Poetry for the Poisoned

Poetry for the Poisoned is the ninth studio album released by the band Kamelot. It was released on the earMUSIC label, a subdivision of Edel, on September 10, 2010 in Europe, and four days later in North America by the band's own label, KMG Recordings. It is the last album to feature long-time vocalist Roy Khan and also the first to re-introduced bassist Sean Tibbetts. (Tibetts rejoining the group after a 17 year hiatus away from Kamelot)

Track Listing
All songs are written by Khan, Youngblood, Paeth and Palotai except for "Where the Wild Roses Grow" which is written by Nick Cave.

Re-Release
A re-release version of the album was available in 2011. (April 15th in Europe and May 10th in the U.S) Just like they're re-release of Ghost Opera, this came with: the original CD, a live CD from their Wacken concert and a DVD. The concert CD came with 8 live tracks:

Music Videos
From the album, the band has released two music videos. One for "The Great Pandemonium" and one for "Necropolis".

"The Great Pandemonium" was released on September 6th, four days before the official album release. The video features Björn "Speed" Strid (Since he adds the harsh vocals in the song) as a demon: Khan being the controller of everything, sending a spirit into Strid's body to control him. (As seen in the form of black smoke) The setting is dark and gloomy, and is an obvious interpretation of Hell. (The hands snaking out of the ground, demons looming everywhere, a large black thrown being in the center of it all...)

"Necropolis" was released on November 28th (By earMusic Official). Kamelot is hardly seen throughout the video, the main focus being a man, a solider, who is dealing with PTSD. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Throughout the video, he sees hallucinations; of the war, of his wife (Or lover), death, family. It shows the insanity of it all through the his spastic movements.





Band Line-Up

 * Vocals: Roy Khan


 * Guitars: Thomas Youngblood


 * Keyboards and orchestrations: Oliver Palotai


 * Drums: Casey Grillo


 * Bass: Sean Tibbetts

Special Guests

 * Simone Simons (Epica) - vocals on "House on a Hill" and "Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. II-III"


 * Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork) - screams on "The Great Pandemonium"


 * Jon Oliva (Savatage, Jon Oliva's Pain, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) - vocals on "The Zodiac"


 * Gus G. (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne) - guitar solo on "Hunter's Season"


 * Amanda Somerville - choir vocals on "Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. I-IV" and vocals on "The Zodiac".


 * Chanty Wunder - Female vocals on "Where the Wild Roses Grow"


 * Sascha Paeth - Additional guitars


 * Miro - Additional keys and orchestration


 * Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) - Female Backing vocals on "Live from Wacken 2010"