Karma (Kamelot album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Karma
Artist = Kamelot
Type = studio


Released = 19 February 2001
Recorded = Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) December 2000-March 2001
Genre = Symphonic metal
Power metal
Progressive metal
Length = 55:47
Label = Sanctuary
Producer = Sascha Paeth and Miro
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lyoibkr9aakm link]
* Lords of Metal rating-10|8.7 [http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=659&lang=en link]
* The Metal Crypt #1 Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3853 link]
* The Metal Crypt #2 Rating|4|5 [http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=228 link]
* The Metal Observer rating-10|9.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=3665 link]
* Metal Storm rating-10|9.5 [http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/album.php?album_id=916 link]
* Metal Temple Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.metal-temple.com/review.asp?id=120 link]
Last album = "The Fourth Legacy"
(2000)
This album = "Karma"
(2001)
Next album = "Epica"
(2003)

"Karma" is the fifth full-length album by metal band Kamelot. It was released on February 19 2001 through Sanctuary Records.

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Khan & Youngblood and all arrangements by Kamelot; except where indicated.

# "Regalis Apertura" – 1:57 (Instrumental, music by Miro)
# "Forever" – 4:07
# "Wings of Despair" – 4:32
# "The Spell" – 4:20
# "Don't You Cry" – 4:18
# "Karma" – 5:12
# "The Light I Shine on You" – 4:15
# "Temples of Gold" – 4:11
# "Across the Highlands" – 3:46
# "Elizabeth: I - Mirror Mirror" – 4:22
# "Elizabeth: II - Requiem for the Innocent" – 3:46
# "Elizabeth: III - Fall From Grace" – 4:15

American version contains a bonus track:
*13. "Ne Pleure Pas" – 4:14

Japanese version contains a bonus track:
*13. "Once and Future King" – 4:29

Notes

* "Forever" is based on "Solveig's Song", written by Edward Grieg for his Peer Gynt Suites.
* "Don't You Cry" is dedicated to Thomas Youngblood Sr. who died when his son was very young.
* "Ne Pleure Pas" is essentially the same song as "Don't You Cry", only sung in French.
* The trilogy of songs that close the album on the normal edition, "Elizabeth" I, II & III, are based on the story of Elizabeth Bathory.
* There is a long pause of several minutes after "Fall From Grace" at the very end of the record. This is due to the fact that Karma was Kamelot's fifth studio album and they wanted its duration to be 55:55.

Line-up

* Roy Khan – vocals
* Thomas Youngblood – guitar
* Glenn Barry – bass guitar
* Casey Grillo – drums

Album info

* Produced and engineered by Sascha Paeth and Miro
* Mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at Pathway Studios, Germany
* Management: KMI Entertainment
* Cover art: Derek Gores
* Photography: Kim Grillo.

Guest musicians

* Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro
* Additional guitars – Sascha Paeth
* Shakuhachi – Farouk Asjadi
* Opera vocals on "Requiem for the Innocent" and "Fall From Grace" – Liv Nina Mosven
* Background vocals – Olaf Hayer, Cinzia Rizzo, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and Miro

Strings quartet

* Tobias Rempe – 1st violin
* Corinna Guthmann – 2nd violin
* Marie-Theres Stumpf – viola
* Patrick Sepec – cello

External links

* [http://www.kamelot.com/karma.htm Official site]