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Kamelot



Kamelot was founded in Florida by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. In 1994, the band signed a deal with Noise Records; the release of their debut album Eternity followed in 1995. The next album, Dominion, was released in 1997. Later that year, drummer and founder Richard Warner and lead vocalist Mark Vanderbilt were replaced by drummer Casey Grillo and vocalist Roy Khan (formerly of Conception) respectively. With the two new members, Kamelot released their third studio album, Siege Perilous, in 1998. The new line-up undertook an extensive tour through Europe during the fall of the same year; twelve months later, they returned to the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg to produce the fourth studio effort, The Fourth Legacy.

The summer of 2000 brought the "New Allegiance Tour" through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Greece and Spain during which the recordings for Kamelot's first live album The Expedition were made. A few months later, the band presented their fifth album Karma. Their sixth album, Epica, was released in 2003. To support the Epica album, the band went on tour through Europe (with At Vance as supporting Band) and Japan. Both "Epica" and the band's seventh effort, The Black Halo, which was released in 2005, are based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's version of the legend of Faust, a man who sells his soul to the devil. To support the new album, the band went on tour through Europe and Japan. During the first leg of the "Black Halo World Tour 2005", they played a headliner show with Epica and Kotipelto. In Japan the support was Silent Force. They also played on the Bang Your Head!!! Festival in Germany and the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium.

In 2005, they shot their first music videos for the songs "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)" and "March of Mephisto" from the album The Black Halo. Both videos were shot by the prolific director Patric Ullaeus. On October 5th 2005, Kamelot added Oliver Palotai as the fifth official band member; Oliver handles both keyboards and (additional) guitars.

On the second leg of the "Black Halo World Tour" they visited North and South America (USA, Canada, Brazil) as well as Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Norway). On February 11th, 2006, the band's live DVD, One Cold Winter's Night was shot by Patric Ullaeus at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway. It was released on November 17th, 2006 in Germany, November 20th in other parts of Europe and November 21st in US/Canada via SPV Records.

In fall 2006 the band returned to Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany to record their latest album, Ghost Opera. Drummer Casey Grillo flew in to record in Wolfsburg for the first time since the Karma album.

Ghost Opera was released on June 1 in Germany, June 4th in Europe and June 5th in the US. The album was recorded and mixed at Gate Studios and Pathway Studios in Wolfsburg with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro. Three music videos have been made for the songs "Ghost Opera", "The Human Stain" and "Rule the World". A re-issue of Ghost Opera labeled, Ghost Opera: the Second Coming was released shortly after it's predecessor. It contains the entire original Ghost Opera album with an additional bonus track, "Season's End" and a second CD full of live recordings and remixes from previous albums.

Background Information

Origin: United States
Genre(s): Power metal, Symphonic metal, Progressive metal
Years active: 1991-present
Label(s): Steamhammer, SPV

Members:

Current:

* Thomas Youngblood
* Glenn Barry
* Roy Khan
* Yves Huts
* Casey Grillo
* Oliver Palotai

Former:


* Mark Vanderbilt
* Richard Warner
* David Pavlicko
* Sean Christians



Eternity (1995)
Studio album




Released: 1995
Recorded: Summer 1995 at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Label: Noise
Producer: Jim Morris

Code:

1. "Eternity"    2. "Black Tower"    3. "Call of the Sea"    4. "Proud Nomad"    5. "Red Sands"    6. "One of the Hunted"    7. "Fire Within"    8. "Warbird"    9. "What About Me"   10. "Etude Jongleur"   11. "The Gleeman"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134874233/Kamelot-Eternity.rar

Dominion (1997)
Studio album




Released: 1997
Recorded: Summer 1996 at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Label: Noise
Producer: Jim Morris

Code:

1. "Ascension"    2. "Heaven"    3. "Rise Again"    4. "One Day I'll Win"    5. "We Are Not Separate"    6. "Birth of a Hero"    7. "Creation"    8. "Sin"    9. "Song of Roland"   10. "Crossing Two Rivers"   11. "Troubled Mind"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134975109/Kamelot-Dominion.rar

Si�ge Perilous (1998)
Studio album




Released: August 4, 1998
Recorded: Jan/Feb/Mar, 1998 at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Label: Noise
Producer: Thomas Youngblood, Kamelot

Code:

1. "Providence"    2. "Millennium"    3. "King's Eyes"    4. "Expedition"    5. "Where I Reign"    6. "Rhydin"    7. "Parting Visions"    8. "Once a Dream"    9. "Irea"   10. "Si�ge" (Instrumental)

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134954401/Kamelot-Siege_Perilous.rar

The Fourth Legacy (2000)
Studio album




Released: February 22, 2000
Recorded: Gate Studio and Pathway Studios (Wolfsburg, Germany) August-September 1999
Label: Noise, Modern Music
Producer: Sascha Paeth and Miro

Code:

1. "New Allegiance"    2. "The Fourth Legacy"    3. "Silent Goddess"    4. "Desert Reign"    5. "Nights of Arabia"    6. "The Shadow of Uther"    7. "A Sailorman's Hymn"    8. "Alexandria"    9. "The Inquisitor"   10. "Glory"   11. "Until Kingdom Come"   12. "Lunar Sanctum"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134968413/Kamelot-The_Fourth_Legacy.rar

Karma (2001)
Studio album




Released: 19 February 2001
Recorded: Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) December 2000-March 2001
Label: Sanctuary
Producer: Sascha Paeth and Miro

Code:

1. "Regalis Apertura" (Instrumental, music by Miro)    2. "Forever"    3. "Wings of Despair"    4. "The Spell"    5. "Don't You Cry"    6. "Karma"    7. "The Light I Shine on You"    8. "Temples of Gold"    9. "Across the Highlands"   10. "Elizabeth: I - Mirror Mirror"   11. "Elizabeth: II - Requiem for the Innocent"   12. "Elizabeth: III - Fall From Grace"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134890001/Kamelot-Karma.rar

Epica (2003)
Studio album




Released: January 13, 2003
Recorded: Recorded at Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) June-October 2002
Label: Noise
Producer: Sascha Paeth and Miro

Code:

1. "Prologue"    2. "Center of the Universe"    3. "Farewell"    4. "Interlude I - Opiate Soul"    5. "The Edge of Paradise"    6. "Wander"    7. "Interlude II - Omen"    8. "Descent of the Archangel"    9. "Interlude III - At the Banquet"   10. "A Feast for the Vain"   11. "On the Coldest Winter Night"   12. "Lost & Damned"   13. "Helena's Theme"   14. "Interlude IV - Dawn"   15. "The Mourning After (Carry On)"   16. "III Ways to Epica"   17. "Snow"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134979382/Kamelot-Epica.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/134987837/Kamelot-Epica.part2.rar

The Black Halo (2005)
Studio album




Released: March 15, 2005
Recorded: Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) June-October 2004
Label: Steamhammer
Producer: Sascha Paeth and Miro

Code:

1. "March of Mephisto"    2. "When the Lights Are Down"    3. "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)"    4. "Soul Society"    5. "Interlude I - Dei Gratia"    6. "Abandoned"    7. "This Pain"    8. "Moonlight"    9. "Interlude II - Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso"   10. "The Black Halo"   11. "Nothing Ever Dies"   12. "Memento Mori"   13. "Interlude III - Midnight/Twelve Tolls for a New Day"   14. "Serenade"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134960471/Kamelot-The_Black_Halo.rar

Ghost Opera (2007)
Studio album




Released: June 5, 2007
Recorded: Gate Studios and Pathway Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2007
Label: SPV/Steamhammer
Producer: Sascha Paeth and Miro

Code:

1. "Solitaire"    2. "Rule the World"    3. "Ghost Opera"    4. "The Human Stain"    5. "Bl�cher"    6. "Love You to Death"    7. "Up Through the Ashes"    8. "Mourning Star"    9. "Silence of the Darkness"   10. "Anthem"   11. "EdenEcho"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/135034479/Kamelot_-_Ghost_Opera.rar

Ghost Opera: The Second Coming
Reissue




Released: June 5, 2007
Recorded: Gate Studios and Pathway Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2007
Label: SPV/Steamhammer
Producer: Sascha Paeth and Miro

Code:

1. "Solitaire [Live]"    2. "Ghost Opera [Live]"    3. "The Human Stain [Live]"    4. "Mourning Star [Live]"    5. "When the Lights Are Down [Live]"    6. "Abandoned [Live]"    7. "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) (feat. Simone Simons) [Live]"    8. "Memento Mori [Live]"    9. "Epilogue [Live]"   10. "March of Mephisto [Live]"   11. "Season's End"   12. "The Pendulous Fall"   13. "Epilogue"   14. "Rule the World [Remix]"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/135025718/Kamelot_-_Ghost_Opera__second_coming_.rar

The Expedition (2000)
Live album




Released: October 2000
Recorded: Concerts in Germany and Greece, April 2000
Label: Noise
Producer: Sascha Paeth

Code:

1. "Intro / Until Kingdom Come"    2. "Expedition"    3. "The Shadow of Uther"    4. "Millennium"    5. "A Sailorman's Hymn"    6. "The Fourth Legacy"    7. "Call of the Sea"    8. "Desert Reign" / "Nights of Arabia"    9. "We Three Kings"   10. "One Day"   11. "We Are Not Separate"

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134882512/Kamelot-Expedition__live_.rar

One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
Live album




Released: November 14, 2006
Recorded: Oslo, Norway, February 11, 2006
Label: SPV GmbH


CD1:

Code:

1. "Intro: Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso"    2. "The Black Halo"    3. "Soul Society"    4. "The Edge of Paradise"    5. "Center of the Universe"    6. "Nights of Arabia"    7. "Abandoned"    8. "Forever"    9. "Keyboard solo"   10. "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)"

CD2:

Code:

1 "Moonlight"   2. "When the Lights Are Down"   3. "Elizabeth (parts I, II & III)"   4. "March of Mephisto"   5. "Karma"   6. "Drum solo"   7. "Farewell"   8. "Curtain Call/Outro"

CD1:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/135509662/One_Cold_Winters_Night_CD1.rar

CD2:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/135505946/One_Cold_Winters_Night_CD2.rar

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