Kamelot - The Black Halo (Limited Edition Digipak) (2005)

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Kamelot - The Black Halo (Limited Edition Digipak) (2005)

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Kamelot - The Black Halo (Limited Edition Digipak) (2005)

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Year : 2005
Style : Melodic Symphonic Power Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 166 mb


Bio:

Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011. On June 22, 2012, Youngblood announced on their website that their new vocalist is the Swedish singer Tommy Karevik, who is featured on Kamelot's latest album Silverthorn as main vocalist, co songwriter and lyricist.Up until 2012, Kamelot had released ten studio albums (excluding two reissues), two live albums, one live DVD, and seven music videos. Their latest studio album is Silverthorn, which was released October 2012 via SPV/Steamhammer and King Records Japan.Kamelot was unofficially formed back in 1988 by Youngblood, Wagner and others as "Camelot". The band recorded "Breaking The Silence" for the "Tampa Bay's Metal Mercenaries: The Invasion" a cassette of various Heavy Metal bands from Tampa Bay produced by Keith "Thumper" Collins (ex-bassist for Savatage).Kamelot was officially founded in Florida by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991.Three years later, the band signed a deal with Noise Records and released its first album, Eternity, in 1995. The next album, Dominion, was released in 1997. Later that year, the drummer and founder Warner and the lead vocalist Mark Vanderbilt were replaced by drummer Casey Grillo and vocalist Roy Khan (formerly of Conception).With these two new members, Kamelot released its third studio album, Siege Perilous, in 1998. The band undertook its first tour during the fall, playing shows across Europe. Following this, the band returned to Tampa to write music for a new album titled The Fourth Legacy.

Album:

The Black Halo is the highly acclaimed, seventh full-length album by the American power metal band Kamelot. It was released on March 15, 2005, through Steamhammer Records. It is a concept album inspired by Goethe's Faust. Continuing the story introduced in Epica (2003), it is the second and final record in Kamelot's two-part rock opera about Ariel (a character based on Heinrich Faust). Epica tells Part 1 while The Black Halo tells Part 2. Goethe's Faust is also broken into two parts. The Black Halo features guest appearances by Simone Simons (Epica), Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), and several others. The album was released on vinyl in the spring of 2009, along with Ghost Opera (2007).

Characters:

Ariel (Roy Khan) – Ariel is a curious, determined, and arrogant man. An unparalleled genius and an accomplished scientist and philosopher, he has become disappointed with the inability of these disciplines to answer his deepest questions, and seeks to uncover the universal truth that they have failed to provide. He strongly believes that discovering such transcendent knowledge is the only thing that can make his life worthwhile. In Epica, Ariel's quest for this truth led him to make a binding deal with Mephisto, under which Mephisto would supply him with worldly power and knowledge. In exchange, if Ariel ever experiences a moment in which he is so content that he wishes to linger there forever, his soul will belong to Mephisto. After a reunion with Helena, Ariel left her to continue his quest, driving her to commit suicide. Ariel is based on the character Heinrich Faust from Goethe's Faust.Helena (Mari) – Helena grew up with Ariel, and loves him deeply. She is the only person that Ariel has ever truly loved. She represents innocence and all that is pure and good. In Epica, after Ariel left to embark on his quest for ultimate knowledge, she went in search of him, and eventually found him. Though they stayed together for a time, Ariel left her to continue his quest. Helena, distraught at this, killed herself. Now in Heaven, she is watching over Ariel. Helena is based on Gretchen from Goethe's Faust.Mephisto (Shagrath) – Mephisto is a rebellious angel who was cast out of Heaven. He desperately yearns to reenter Heaven and be reunited with God. He deeply disdains humans, whom he considers inferior beings unworthy of God's love. In Epica, Mephisto made a bet with God that he could claim the soul of Ariel, God's favorite man. If Mephisto wins his bet, he can reenter Heaven, but if he loses, he will be condemned to Hell for eternity. Mephisto manipulated Ariel into a contract whereby Mephisto would provide Ariel with worldly power and knowledge, and in exchange, if Ariel ever experiences a moment of such deep contentment that he wishes to linger there forever, his soul would belong to Mephisto. Mephisto is the only character whose name was left as it was in the original Faust story.Marguerite (Simone Simons) – A young woman living in the Town (in which Epica ends and The Black Halo begins), Marguerite's voice and appearance are similar to Helena's. Ironically her character was inspired by the appearance of Helen of Troy in Goethe's Faust Part 2 yet she is named for Gretchen from Goethe's Faust. (Gretchen being a nickname for Margaret or Marguerite). The character in Epica and The Black Halo who is actually based on Faust's Gretchen, though, is Helena so their names are more or less swapped from the original Goethe story.

Line Up:

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

Guest musicians:

Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro
Additional guitars – Sascha Paeth
Keyboard solos on "March of Mephisto" and "When the Lights Are Down" – Jens Johansson
Mephisto character on "March of Mephisto" and "Memento Mori" – Shagrath
Cabaret singer on "Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso" – Cinzia Rizzo
Marguerite character on "The Haunting" – Simone Simons
The Usher at the Theater and Mayor of Gatesville – Geoff Rudd
Helena character on "Memento Mori" and "Abandoned" – Mari Youngblood
Baby Alena on "Soul Society" – Annelise Youngblood (Thomas Youngblood's daughter)
D-bass on "Abandoned" – Andre Neygenfind
Oboe on "Memento Mori" – Wolfgang Dietrich
Rodenberg Symphony Orchestra
Kamelot Choir: Herbie Langhans, Amanda Somerville, Michael Rodenberg, Gerit Göbel, Thomas Rettke and Elisabeth Kjaernes

Tracklist:

01. March of Mephisto 05:28
02. When the Lights Are Down 03:41
03. The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) 05:40
04. Soul Society 04:17
05. Interlude I: Dei Gratia 00:57
06. Abandoned 04:07
07. This Pain 03:59
08. Moonlight 05:10
09. Interlude II: Un assassinio molto silenzioso 00:40
10. The Black Halo 03:43
11. Nothing Ever Dies 04:45
12. Memento Mori 08:54
13. Interlude III: Midnight - Twelve Tolls for a New Day 01:21
14. Serenade 04:33
15. The Haunting (Somewhere In Time) (Radio Edit) 03:42 (Bonus Track)
16. March of Mephisto (Radio Edit) 03:30 (Bonus Track)


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