Kamelot Fourth Legacy

“Settle for the journey…
Sail across the seven seas…
Carried by the spirit of the brave…
Join the New Allegiance now,
And pledge your sacred heart…
A history that no one can forsake”

--Youngblood of Kamelot, Fourth Legacy from the album Fourth Legacy.

Kamelot’s Fourth Legacy is a fantastic album that I have recently decided to replay and replay and replay again.

The true gems include the cryptic Fourth Legacy, Silent Goddess and Desert Reign/Nights of Arabia. These are the songs that set the stage for their further epics found on Karma, Epica, and Black Halo.

I also believe this was the album that set them up as the true kings of Power/Melodic/Speed Metal.

The obvious Middle Eastern Musical influences are here as well as the “epic” quality of such classics as Fourth Legacy and Alexandria.

Thematically, this is their album of searching and yearning, whether it be about a singular soul or the band searching for their identity. I think they found it.

Easily their most accessible of the “early” Kamelot albums, this is a proud step forward for the band and one that few have dared to take. The quality of the performance of Fourth Legacy and Nights of Arabia cannot be underscored.

Glad I took the time to rediscover this one.

Kamelot’s Fourth Legacy:
New Allegiance
The Fourth Legacy
Silent Goddess
Desert Reign
Nights Of Arabia >mp3
The Shadow Of Uther
A Sailorman's Hymn
Alexandria
The Inquisitor
Glory
Until Kingdom Come
Lunar Sanctum