The Fourth Legacy

The Fourth Legacy
Studio album by Kamelot
Released September 19, 1999
Recorded 1999
Studio Gate Studio and Pathway Studios (Wolfsburg, Germany)
Genre Power metal
Symphonic metal
Length 48:18
Label Noise/Modern Music
Producer Sascha Paeth and Miro
Kamelot chronology
Siége Perilous
(1998)Siége Perilous1998
The Fourth Legacy
(1999)
Karma
(2001)Karma2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic[1]
Metal Storm[2]
The Metal Crypt[3]
Amazon.com[4]

The Fourth Legacy is the fourth full-length album by 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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."New Allegiance" (instrumental)0:54
2."The Fourth Legacy"4:55
3."Silent Goddess"4:15
4."Desert Reign" (instrumental)1:39
5."Nights of Arabia"5:26
6."The Shadow of Uther" (Glenn Barry, Khan, Youngblood)4:45
7."A Sailorman's Hymn"4:05
8."Alexandria"3:54
9."The Inquisitor" (Barry, Khan, Youngblood)4:35
10."Glory"3:42
11."Until Kingdom Come"4:11
12."Lunar Sanctum"5:59
Total length:48:18

Personnel

Guest musicians

  • Miro - keyboards and orchestral arrangements
  • Sascha Paeth - additional guitars
  • Thomas Rettke - background voice on "Nights of Arabia", "Until Kingdom Come" and "Alexandria"
  • Dirk Bruinenberg - additional drums
  • Robert Hunecke-Rizzo - additional drums
  • Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir - backing vocals on "A Sailorman's Hymn"
  • Cinzia Rizzo - female vocals on "Nights of Arabia"
  • Farouk Asjadi - flute and additional percussion on "Desert Reign"
  • Andre Neygenfind - D-bass on "Nights of Arabia"
  • Fallersleben String Quartet - strings sections
  • Simon McTavish - flute

Production and design

  • Sascha Paeth - producer, mixing, mastering
  • Miro - producer
  • Derek Gores - cover art
  • Thomas Kuschewski - photography

See also

References

  1. "Sputnik music review".
  2. "Metal Storm review".
  3. "The Metal Crypt review".
  4. "Amazon.com review".
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