Karma

Kamelot - Karma

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Artist: Kamelot
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Music Label: Noise
Soundtracks:
  1. REGALIS APERTURA
  2. FOREVER
  3. WINGS OF DESPAIR
  4. THE SPELL
  5. DON'T YOU CRY
  6. KARMA
  7. THE LIGHT I SHINE ON YOU
  8. TEMPLES OF GOD
  9. ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS
  10. ELISABETH: MIRROR, MIRROR
  11. ELISABETH: REQUIEM FOR THE INNOCENT
  12. ELISABETH: FALL FROM GRACE
  13. Ne Pleure Pas (US Bonus)

Music reviews of Karma

Music Review: KARMA - After Two Years, Still Great!
Rating: 5 Stars

This Review completes a goal I set to do at least one review on each of what I consider (being the expert that I am) the top tier of Epic and Heroic Power Metal Bands.

Previous reviews have included Freedom Call, Sonata Arctica, Dark Moor, Thy Majestie and Secret Sphere. Kamelot will complete the hexagon of top bands in this sub genre and the good news is, believe it or not, they are from America. Down in the back yard of the current Super Bowl Champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Maybe that's why they play swashbuckling Heroic music. It's a shame that their record label and most of their following is overseas.

What's that you say? I left off Rhapsody. Yes I know. They play their self described "Hollywood Metal", Italiano. Plus, It's my list, you can do your own.

Karma

Karma is the fifth of six studio albums released by Kamelot. It has been out for a couple years so if you're into this kind of music you probably own it. Therefore, this review is for the stragglers (there's always some), the fence sitters and the non-believers, if they haven't clicked off yet and the ever curious.

Before I start I would like to say a little something about the sub-genre. I have the feeling that many people think Epic Power Metal is an offshoot or a little brother of Death, Black or Doom Metal. This is absolutely untrue, I'm too old for anything that smacks of Death Metal and if I were younger I still doubt if I would like it.

Now there are different versions of Power Metal as well. My favorite bands are the ones that introduce a symphonic element, sometimes with choirs into their music. Kamelot is such a band and I am visibly impressed by their larger than life sound, so let's talk about Kamelot, shall we?

Kamelot was formed in 1991 and released their first album, Eternity four years later. Their lineup has changed slightly since then and has been greatly enhanced by the addition of ex-Conception singer, Roy Kahn, who is one of the best pure singers around. In 2003 they released their sixth album called Epica, which I will review at a future date.

I'm glad to tout an American band for a change for I'm afraid most young American musicians have abandoned heavy metal. I once read a statement by someone unknown, that has turned out to be very true, "Heavy Metal didn't die, it just emigrated to Europe".

Now this music is starting to come back to us in various sub-genres, via Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, In Flames, Nightwish, Therion, Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica and others with a delicious exotic European seasoning.

Whereas, I warned readers that Blind Guardian, Evergrey and a couple other groups would take multiple plays to get used to and appreciate, this is NOT the case with Karma. I believe alternative, rock and pop affectionados could jump right in on Karma and dig it right away. Maybe thats because it's an Americanized version of Epic Power Metal but I think it's because Roy Kahn is a popular music style singer and the music really isn't all that much different from that played on top twenty stations.

Other American bands with an European slant

Symphony X, Dream Theater, Shadow Gallery, Nicodemus, Arise From Thorns/Brave, Agalloch, Defyence

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