The Fourth Legacy
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The Fourth Legacy is the fourth full-length album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by symphonic power metal band Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
. It was released in 1999 by Noise Records
Noise Records (Germany)
Noise Records was a German record label founded by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach in 1983 as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. Noise Records specialized in thrash and melodic speed metal. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any...
/Modern Music
Modern music
Modern music may refer to:* 20th-century music* 20th-century classical music* 21st-century classical music* Contemporary classical music* Modernism * Modern rock* Popular music...
. It was the first album to credit vocalist Roy Khan
Roy Khan
Roy Sætre Khantatat , is a Norwegian singer. Commonly known as Roy Khan or simply Khan, he is the former vocalist for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot. He co-wrote most of Kamelot's songs with the band's guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood since he joined the band.-Personal life:Roy began...
as a writer on all tracks, establishing him as the main songwriter of the band together with founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood
Thomas Youngblood
Thomas Youngblood is the guitarist, founding member and one of the main creative forces behind the progressive/symphonic power metal band Kamelot from Tampa, Florida. He began playing guitar at the age of 15 and in 1991 founded Kamelot with Richard Warner...
.
Track listing
All songs written Roy KhanRoy Khan
Roy Sætre Khantatat , is a Norwegian singer. Commonly known as Roy Khan or simply Khan, he is the former vocalist for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot. He co-wrote most of Kamelot's songs with the band's guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood since he joined the band.-Personal life:Roy began...
and Thomas Youngblood
Thomas Youngblood
Thomas Youngblood is the guitarist, founding member and one of the main creative forces behind the progressive/symphonic power metal band Kamelot from Tampa, Florida. He began playing guitar at the age of 15 and in 1991 founded Kamelot with Richard Warner...
, except where noted.
- "New Allegiance (Instrumental)" – 0:54
- "The Fourth Legacy" – 4:55
- "Silent Goddess" – 4:15
- "Desert Reign (Instrumental)" – 1:39
- "Nights of Arabia" – 5:26
- "The Shadow of Uther" (Glenn Barry, Khan, Youngblood) – 4:45
- "A Sailorman's Hymn" – 4:05
- "Alexandria" – 3:53
- "The Inquisitor" (Barry, Khan, Youngblood) – 4:35
- "Glory" – 3:42
- "Until Kingdom Come" – 4:11
- "Lunar Sanctum" – 5:59
Japanese version contains a bonus track:
- 13. "Can You Remember?" (live) – 4:27
Line-up
- Roy KhanRoy KhanRoy Sætre Khantatat , is a Norwegian singer. Commonly known as Roy Khan or simply Khan, he is the former vocalist for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot. He co-wrote most of Kamelot's songs with the band's guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood since he joined the band.-Personal life:Roy began...
– vocals - Thomas YoungbloodThomas YoungbloodThomas Youngblood is the guitarist, founding member and one of the main creative forces behind the progressive/symphonic power metal band Kamelot from Tampa, Florida. He began playing guitar at the age of 15 and in 1991 founded Kamelot with Richard Warner...
– guitarsElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, backing vocals - Glenn Barry – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Casey GrilloCasey GrilloCasey Grillo, born October 16, 1976 in Enid, Oklahoma, is the drummer for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot. He has two older siblings, a brother and a sister, who are also drummers...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Album information
- Recorded at Gate Studio and Pathway StudiosPathway StudiosPathway Studios was a North London studio in Islington run by producer Mike Finesilver for many years. Among the well-known artists who made their early recordings at Pathway Studios are Madness, Elvis Costello, The Police, Squeeze, Haircut One Hundred and John Foxx...
(WolfsburgWolfsburgWolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) August–September 1999 - Released by Noise RecordsNoise Records (Germany)Noise Records was a German record label founded by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach in 1983 as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. Noise Records specialized in thrash and melodic speed metal. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any...
/Modern MusicModern musicModern music may refer to:* 20th-century music* 20th-century classical music* 21st-century classical music* Contemporary classical music* Modernism * Modern rock* Popular music... - Produced by Sascha PaethSascha PaethSascha Paeth is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever, Epica, et al...
and Miro - MixedAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
and masteredAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
by Sascha PaethSascha PaethSascha Paeth is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever, Epica, et al...
at Pathway Studios, Germany - Management: KMI Entertainment
- Cover artCover artCover art is the illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book , magazine, comic book, video game , DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e...
: Derek Gores - PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
: Thomas Kuschewski
Guest musicians
- Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro
- Additional guitars – Sascha PaethSascha PaethSascha Paeth is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever, Epica, et al...
- Background voice on "Nights of Arabia", "Until Kingdom Come" and "Alexandria" – Thomas Rettke
- Additional drums – Dirk BruinenbergDirk BruinenbergDirk Bruinenberg is a Dutch musician known as the former drummer of several European progressive metal and power metal bands, including: Elegy, Ian Parry's Consortium Project and Adagio...
and Robert Hunecke-RizzoRobert Hunecke-RizzoRobert Hunecke-Rizzo is a German bass player, guitarist and drummer, known for his work with Heavens Gate, Luca Turilli, and Kamelot.He helped to found the supergroup Aina, who released their metal opera Days of Rising Doom in 2003. He was the music composer and played most of the instruments... - Female voice on "A Sailorman's Hymn" – Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir
- Female voice on "Nights of Arabia" – Cinzia Rizzo
- FluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
and additional percussion on "Desert Reign" – Farouk Asjadi - D-bass on "Nights of Arabia" – Andre Neygenfind
- Strings sections – Fallersleben String QuartetString quartetA string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
- Flute – Simon McTavish