Kamelot has been one of my favorite bands as of late. They're now missing the great Roy Khan (featured in this album, lead singer) but he has been replaced with Tommy Karevik (who I will talk about when he debuts on Kamelot's upcoming album "SilverThorn".
Ok now to the album, it's considered one of Kamelot's best, and for good reason. It's packed fool of great songs with awesome vocals, melody, and atmosphere, 3 of the things this band perfects. It's started off with a short Opera-y intro, and then we get hit with "Rule The World", one of the outstanding tracks of the album. The Chorus will be hooked in your head for weeks to come, if not. SUE ME. Then we're hit with yet another amazing track, "Ghost Opera". If this song doesn't make you feel like you're in a Metal Theater than there is something wrong with you, don't worry, you'll be alright, because you have Thomas Youngblood directing the rhythm and Roy Khan's voice guiding you through the Ghost Opera. "Welcome all, to curtain fall" will echo through your speakers and hopefully send shivers up your spine. On we go to Track #4, it's about how we treat our planet like shit and leave our (rightly titled) "Human Stain". Is it possible for 3 nearly perfect tracks to be placed back to back? Of course. Again Khan steals the show and the background singers make the chorus feel beautiful, just like this planet, while we hear "tick tock" "tick tock" and some cool vocal mixes, this song does a great job at insulting the human race and glorifying our beautiful earth. The next highlight on this album is "Love you to death", a beautiful romantic tragedy that may bring a tear to your eye, "like a black rose, blooming white". The rest of the album is good but nothing that really caught me like the songs listed in this review, and continue the Opera metal sound which never dissapoints
HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORING
Out of 11 (10) tracks on the album I find 4-5 being absolutely wonderful, and you will (hopefully) get hooked on them right away, and they will be in every playlist. Roy Khan is wonderful, as is the rest of the band, and songs such as "Rule The World", "Ghost Opera", and "The Human Stain" are musts. If you're like me and haven't heard much of Kamelot, please do check them out, and I should hopefully be reviewing more of them very soon.
8.7/10
