Kamelot - Poetry for the Poisoned

\r\nKAMELOT prove with their new album release once more that they are one of the most qualitative and inspired bands of the metal scene nowadays. Even though they begun as a typical Epic/Power Metal band, the addition of new elements, the appendage of new standards and their line-up change (especially the arrival of Palotai), led them to evolve as a band with a personal style, which has its roots on Power Metal, while following more obscure/dark musical paths.
\r\nEvery new album raises their fans’ expectation for the next one, and as soon the next one is out, they set the standards even higher, not only with their compositions, but also with their entire presence (including their perfect videoclips and great live shows).
\r\nAfter the masterpiece “Black Halo”, which is a matter of time to be considered as a “Classic” album, and the adequate successor “Ghost Opera”, which has put them in the elite of the scene and led to a tour that lasted for more than two years, KAMELOT introduce us to another masterly work!
\r\n“Poetry for the Poisoned”, compared to the previous releases, is less perplexing and more straight-given (as much possible as that can be , when we talk about KAMELOT). This is more obvious, mainly when it comes to keyboard parts, which had more space and time before, while the vocal lines of, the always breathtaking, Khan, are the highlight. Not only they touch perfection, actually, they make “perfection” sound nothing but a word when it comes to describe them. Apart from his incomparable expressiveness, his fascinating lyricism, and his unique voice colors, his stunning performance is merely exceptional. KAMELOT ’s lyrics, which are mostly written by him, are also a very important and inextricable part of their songs, because they are not just sentences, but pure Poetry (…”for the poisoned”).
\r\nThe album consists of songs that are based on the group’s well-known style, and it seems that the band has picked them one by one very carefully. They are all equally perfect and (of course) none of them sounds “weak”. The songs that stand out are: "The Great Pandemonium", which is the powerfull intro of the album, the almost theatrical "The Zodiac" with the guest appearance of Jon Oliva and Amanda Somerville on vocals, whose performance gives the right mood to the song, the groovy "Hunter’s Season" with its catchy chorus, the slow-tempo and doom-y "Necropolis", "Seal Of Woven Years",  which on some parts sounds as if it comes from the "Dominion" era, the four-parted "Poetry for the Poisoned, where the majestic performance both from Khan and Simons makes you transend to a dark and full of mystery world, while the astonishing "Once Upon A Time" leaves you speechless.
\r\nTo sum things up, in a few words, it seems that the band from Florida made it once more and created a bunch of songs that everything in them, sounds ”the way it should, where it should and when it should”. \r\n

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\r\nNicoleta Sarantou , John “L.O.V.E. Machine” Litinakis
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\r\n-Album line up:
\r\nRoy Khan – vocals
\r\nThomas Youngblood – guitar
\r\nSean Tibbetts – bass guitar
\r\nCasey Grillo – drums
\r\nOliver Palotai – keyboards
\r\nGuests:
\r\nSimone Simons (Epica) - vocals on "House on a Hill" and "Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. II-III"
\r\nBjörn "Speed" Strid  - screams on "The Great Pandemonium"
\r\nJon Oliva (Savatage, Jon Oliva’s Pain, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) - vocals on "The Zodiac"
\r\nGus G. (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne) - guitar solo on "Hunter’s Season"
\r\nAmanda Somerville- choir vocals on "Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. I-IV" and vocals on "The Zodiac" \r\n

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