Haven is the eleventh studio album by American

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

band

Kamelot Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood, in 1987. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album ''Siége Perilous'', and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in Apr ...

, released in North America on May 5, 2015 and world-wide on May 8. The album is produced by

Sascha Paeth Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970 in Wolfsburg, West Germany) 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 For ...

and mastered by Jacob Hansen. The cover and artwork were created by Stefan Heilemann and the additional art/layout were done by Gustavo Sazes. It features guest appearances by

Alissa White-Gluz Alissa White-Gluz (; born 31 July 1985) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and former lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian metalcore band the Agonist. Her vocal ...

Troy Donockley Troy Donockley (born 30 May 1964) is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of Uilleann pipes. Having performed with many artists as a session player, he is most notable as a member of Finnish symphonic metal ba ...

and

Charlotte Wessels Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as the former lead vocalist for the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. Background Wessels has been trained in both jazz singi ...

. It is also the band's first album with

Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later ...

. It is the final studio album to feature Casey Grillo on drums.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Haven'' adapted from liner notes.(2015). "''Haven'' liner notes". In ''Haven'' D booklet Napalm. Kamelot *

Tommy Karevik Tommy Karevik (born 1 November 1981) is a Swedish metal vocalist, best known as the singer for Seventh Wonder and Kamelot. He also appeared on Ayreon's 2013 album '' The Theory of Everything'', in which he portrayed the main character. He appe ...

– lead vocals *

Thomas Youngblood Thomas Youngblood (born May 29, 1974) is an American metal guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of power metal band Kamelot. Early life At the age of 12, after the death of his father, Youngblood moved from Virginia to Florida where he sta ...

– guitars, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements * Sean Tibbetts – bass *

Oliver Palotai Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974) is a classically trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry, husband of Simone Simons from Epica, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band. Career He made his n ...

– keyboards, orchestral arrangements * Casey Grillo – drums Additional musicians *

– female vocals on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)", grunts on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" and "Revolution" *

–

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on "Under Grey Skies" *

– female vocals on "Under Grey Skies", backing vocals on "Beautiful Apocalypse" * Cloudy Yang – backing vocals (track 12) * Sascha Paeth – additional guitars * Dennis Hornung – contrabass (1) * Miro – additional keyboards (4, 8), engineering (additional) Choir * Cloudy Yang, Grazia Sposito, Herbie Langhans, Thomas Rettke Production * Jacob Hansen – mastering * Stefan Heilemann – artwork, layout * Gustavo Sazes – additional artwork, layout * Jim Morris – recording, engineering (drums) * Andrew Boullianne – recording, engineering (assistant) (drums) * Philip Collodetti – engineering (additional) * Olaf Reitmeier – engineering (additional) * Tim Tronckoe – photography * Nina Lahtinen – clothes * Ville Juurikkala – photography (Troy Donockley)

Charts

References

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