Album

The Fourth Legacy

Kamelot

1999 · Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

The Fourth Legacy by Kamelot

The Fourth Legacy is a Metal album by Kamelot, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 22 pressings tracked.

About

The Fourth Legacy is the fourth full-length album by symphonic power metal band Kamelot. It was released in 1999 by Noise Records/Modern Music. It was the first album to credit vocalist Roy Khan as a writer on all tracks, establishing him as the main songwriter of the band together with founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood. Line-up * Roy Khan – vocals * Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals * Glenn Barry – bass guitar * Casey Grillo – drums Album information * Recorded at Gate Studio and Pathway Studios (Wolfsburg, Germany) August–September 1999 * Released by Noise Records/Modern Music * Produced by Sascha Paeth and Miro * Mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at Pathway Studios, Germany * Management: KMI Entertainment * Cover art: Derek Gores * Photography: Thomas Kuschewski Guest musicians * Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro * Additional guitars – Sascha Paeth * Background voice on Nights of Arabia, Until Kingdom Come and Alexandria – Thomas Rettke * Additional drums – Dirk Bruinenberg and Robert Hunecke-Rizzo * Female voice on "A Sailorman's Hymn" – Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir * Female voice on "Nights of Arabia" – Cinzia Rizzo * Flute and additional percussion on "Desert Reign" – Farouk Asjadi * D-bass on "Nights of Arabia" – Andre Neygenfind * Strings sections – Fallersleben String Quartet * Flute – Simon McTavish.

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Tracklist

  1. 1New Allegiance0:54
  2. 2The Fourth Legacy4:55
  3. 3Silent Goddess4:13
  4. 4Desert Reign1:39
  5. 5Nights of Arabia5:24
  6. 6The Shadow of Uther4:45
  7. 7A Sailorman's Hymn4:05
  8. 8Alexandria3:53
  9. 9The Inquisitor4:35
  10. 10Glory3:42
  11. 11Until Kingdom Come4:11
  12. 12Lunar Sanctum5:57

Sound DNA

  • Metal
  • Power Metal
  • layered
  • triumphant
  • theatrical

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Track 1 arranged based on "Eclipse" - a composition of René Dupéré.
Recorded at Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany and Pathway Sound Studios, Wolfsburg Aug/Sept 1999.
Mixed and mastered at Pathway Sound Studios - October 1999.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • André NeygenfindGUEST, DOUBLE BASS
  • Casey GrilloDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
  • Cinzia RizzoGUEST, VOCALS
  • Dirk BruinenbergGUEST, DRUMS
  • Fallersleben String QuartetGUEST, STRINGS
  • Farouk AsjadiGUEST, FLUTE, PERCUSSION
  • Glenn BarryBASS PERFORMER , BASS
  • MiroGUEST, KEYBOARDS, ARRANGED BY GUEST, KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRA
  • Robert Hunecke-RizzoGUEST, DRUMS
  • Roy KhanPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS VOCALS, LYRICS BY, ARRANGED BY, MUSIC BY
  • Sascha PaethGUEST, GUITAR GUITAR
  • Simon McTavishGUEST, FLUTE
  • Thomas YoungbloodLEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LYRICS BY, ARRANGED BY, MUSIC BY PERFORMER , LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Rannveig Sif SigurdardottirGUEST, VOCALS
  • Thomas RettkeBACKING VOCALS GUEST, BACKING VOCALS

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