Холандецът Arjen Lucassen озаглави деветия албум на AYREON “The Theory of Everything”. Той ще бъде двоен и ще излезе в края на октомври чрез InsideOut Music. Вокалите са поверени на: JB (GRAND MAGUS), Sara Squadrani (ANCIENT BARDS), Michael Mills (TOEHIDER), Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL), Tommy Karevik (KAMELOT, SEVENTH WONDER), Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT), John Wetton (ASIA, KING CRIMSON) и Wilmer Waarbroek. Сред инструменталистите са: Ed Warby (HAIL OF BULLETS, GOREFEST), Rick Wakeman (YES), Keith Emerson (EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER), Jordan Rudess (DREAM THEATER), Steve Hackett (GENESIS), Troy Donockley (NIGHTWISH), Ben Mathot (DIS), Maaike Peterse (KINGFISHER SKY), Jeroen Goossens (FLAIRCK), Michael Mills (TOEHIDER) и Siddharta Barnhoorn. Обложката отново е дело на Jef Bertels, работил върху предишните издания на Lucassen. Музиката е разделена на четири 20-минутни композиции, обединяващи следните 42 парчета:

CD 1:
PHASE I: SINGULARITY

01. Prologue: The Blackboard
02. The Theory of Everything part I
03. Patterns
04. The Prodigy’s World
05. The Teacher’s Discovery
06. Love and Envy
07. Progressive Waves
08. The Gift
09. The Eleventh Dimension
10. Inertia
11. The Theory of Everything part II

PHASE II: SYMMETRY

12. The Consultation
13. Diagnosis
14. The Argument I
15. The Rival’s Dilemma
16. Surface Tension
17. A Reason to Live
18. Potential
19. Quantum Chaos
20. Dark Medicine
21. Alive!
22. The Prediction

CD 2:
PHASE III: ENTANGLEMENT

01. Fluctuations
02. Transformation
03. Collision
04. Side Effects
05. Frequency Modulation
06. Magnetism
07. Quid Pro Quo
08. String Theory
09. Fortune?

PHASE IV: UNIFICATION

10. Mirror of Dreams
11. The Lighthouse
12. The Argument II
13. The Parting
14. The Visitation
15. The Breakthrough
16. The Note
17. The Uncertainty Principle
18. Dark Energy
19. The Theory of Everything part III
20. The Blackboard (reprise)