Karma (Kamelot album)

Karma
Studio album by Kamelot
Released	10 July 2001
Recorded	Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) December 2000-March 2001
Genre	Power metal Symphonic metal
Length	55:55
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	Sascha Paeth and Miro
Kamelot chronology
The Fourth Legacy (2000) Karma (2001) Epica (2003)

Karma is the fifth full-length album by symphonic power metal band Kamelot. It was released on February 19, 2001 through Noise Records (Germany) which is a part of Sanctuary Records.

Track listing

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

1. "Regalis Apertura" – 1:57 (Instrumental, music by Miro)
2. "Forever" – 4:07
3. "Wings of Despair" – 4:32
4. "The Spell" – 4:20
5. "Don't You Cry" – 4:18
6. "Karma" – 5:12
7. "The Light I Shine on You" – 4:15
8. "Temples of Gold" – 4:11
9. "Across the Highlands" – 3:46
10. "Elizabeth: I - Mirror Mirror" – 4:22
11. "Elizabeth: II - Requiem for the Innocent" – 3:46
12. "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 silence from the end of "Fall From Grace" to 11:01. This is because 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 information

• 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

• Official website