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Arjen Lucassen is a Classical and Folk act. Their catalogue also touches Progressive rock. Their sound grew out of Dan Swanö, Arnold Layne, See Emily Play, The Beatles and Ritchie Blackmore. Those roots explain a lot about how Arjen Lucassen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lunatic Soul, The Flower Kings, Symphony X, Haken and Dream Theater, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into After Forever, Within Temptation, Avantasia and Dan Swanö, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Arjen Lucassen, reaching back through Dan Swanö and forward to After Forever. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Arjen Lucassen grew out of Dan Swanö, Arnold Layne, See Emily Play and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Lunatic Soul, The Flower Kings, Symphony X and Haken, went on to shape After Forever, Within Temptation, Avantasia and Dan Swanö. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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