 Style: Power Syphonic Metal
Year of birth: 1991
Country: USA
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Biography of BandThomas Youngblood and drummer Richard Warner founded Kamelot in Tampa, Florida back in 1991.
In 1994 the band signed a deal with Noise Records, and the release of the debut Eternity followed in August of the next year. Press praised the album as one of most promising debuts of all time.
In 1996 the successor Dominion hit the stores, an opus that was even more diverse and varied than the debut.
Then in 1997, drummer Warner as well as singer Mark Vanderbilt had to be replaced. Kamelot found more than just mere replacements in Casey Grillo and former Conception singer Khan, who had already joined the band during the production of the third album Siege Perilous. The new line-up undertook an extensive tour of Europe during the fall of the same year only to return to the ´Gate Studio` in Wolfsburg twelve months later 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. Only a few months later the band presented their fifth album entitled Karma, which took Khan, Youngblood, Grillo and Barry on yet another European tour.
Now the new opus Epica follows seamlessly; here Kamelot combines all the fortes of the previous productions with new ideas and majestic sounds. |
Members of Kamelot
Current Members:
Roy Khantatat. In Band at: 1997 - . Role: Vocals
Side projects: Conception, Crest Of Darkness
Thomas Youngblood (Founder). In Band at: 1991 - . Role: Guitars
Side projects: Ian Parry, The Consortium Project
Casey Grillo. In Band at: 1997 - . Role: Drums
Side projects: Ian Parry, Sequel
Glenn Barry. In Band at: 1995 - . Role: Bass
Side projects: Hemlock
Past Members:
Richard Warner (Founder). Period: 1991 - 1997. Role: Drums
Mark Vanderbilt. Period: 1991 - 1997. Role: Vocals
Side projects: Monarque
David Pavlicko. Period: 1995 - 1998. Role: Keyboards
Gunter Werno. Role: Keyboards |
DiscographyDemo: 1991 demo (1991) Tracklist.
Lineup: Mark Vanderbilt - Vocals, Thom Youngblood - Guitars, Sean Christians - Bass, Richard Warner - Drums
CD: Eternity (1996) Studio: Morrisound Studios. Tracklist.
Lineup: Mark Vanderbilt - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - Guitars (lead, rythm and acoustic), Glenn Barry - Bass, Richard Warner - Drums, David Pavlicko - Keyboards, Todd Plant, Leroy Meyers - Additional Backing Vocals, Howard Helm - Additional Keyboards
CD: Dominion (1997) Studio: Morrisound Studios. Tracklist.
Lineup: Mark Vanderbilt - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - uitars (lead, rythm and acoustic), Glenn Barry - Bass, Richard Warner - Drums, David Pavlicko - Keyboards
CD: Siege Perilous (1998) Studio: Morrisound Studios. Tracklist.
Lineup: Roy Khan - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - Guitars, Backing vocals, Glenn Barry - Bass, Casey Grillo - Drums, David Pavlic - Keyboards
CD: The Fourth Legacy (2000) Studio: Gate / Pathway Sound. Tracklist.
Lineup: Roy Khan - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - Guitars, Backing vocals, Glenn Barry - Bass, Casey Grillo - Drums
Comment: Guest Musicians:
Miro:
All Keyboards and orchestral arrangements
Thomas Rettke:
Background Vox on "Nights of Arabia" , "Until Kingdom Come" & "Alexandria"
Dirk Buirneberg and Robert Hunecke-Rizzo:
Additional Drums
Sascha Paeth:
Additional Guitars
Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir:
female voice on "A Sailorman's Hymn"
Cinzia Rizzo:
female voice on "Nights of Arabia"
Farouk Asjadi:
flute & additional percussion on "Desert Reign"
D-bass on "Nights of Arabia" by Andre Neygenfind
Strings sections by Fallersleben String Quartet
Flute by Simon McTavish
Live CD: The Expedition (2000) Studio: Recorded by Sascha Paeth from concerts in Germany and Greece. Tracklist.
Lineup: Roy Khan - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - Guitars, Backing vocals, Glenn Barry - Bass, Casey Grillo - Drums, Gunter Werno - Guest keyboards
CD: Karma (2001) Studio: Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany and Pathway Sound Studios, W. Tracklist.
Lineup: Roy Khan - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - Guitars, Backing vocals, Glenn Barry - Bass, Casey Grillo - Drums
Comment: Guest musicians :
Miro:
Keyboards, Orchestral arrangements
Sascha Paeth:
additional guitars
Farouk Asjadi:
shakuhachi
Liv Nina Mosven:
opera vocals on "Requiem" and "Fall From Grace"
Background Vocals:
Olaf Hayer, Cinzia Rizzo, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Miro
String Quartet:
Tobias Rempe - 1st violin
Corinna Guthmann - 2nd violin
Marie-Theres Stumpf - viola
Patrick Sepec - cello
CD: Epica (2003) Studio: Gate Studio. Tracklist.
Lineup: Roy Khan - Vocals, Thomas Youngblood - Guitars, B. Vocals, Glenn Barry - Bass, Casey Grillo - Drums
Comment: Guest Musicians :
Miro - Keyboards and Orchestral arrangements
Mari - female vocals
Sascha Paeth - additional guitars
Luca Turilli - solo guitar 1 on Descent
Gunter Werno- Keyboards
Jan P. Ringvold - Keyboards
Choirs vocalists - Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Cinzia Rizzo, Annie, Herbie Langhans
Fabricio Alejandro - bandeneón on Lost & Damned
Rodenberg Symphony - various
Olaf Reitmeier - acoustic bass on The Coldest Winter Night
Robert Huneckke Rizzo - jembe on The Coldest Winter Night
John Wilton - Master of Ceremonies on At the Banquet, and River Spirit in Helena's Theme
Andre Neygenfind - D-bass On The Coldest Winter Night
Thomas Youngblood - Additional background vocals.
A concept album built around the book "Faust", by J. W. Von Goethe The limited and enhanced digipack CD includes the bonus track "Snow" (4:22).
The Japanese version of this album contains the bonus track 'Like the Shadows'. |
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