''Poetry for the Poisoned'' is the ninth studio album by American

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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 ...

. It was released on the earMUSIC label, a subdivision of

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, on September 10, 2010 in Europe, and four days later in North America by the band's own label, KMG Recordings, in conjunction with Knife Fight Media. It is the last Kamelot album with longtime lead vocalist and songwriter

Roy Khan Roy Sætre Khantatat ( th, รอย ขันธทัต; born 12 March 1970), commonly known as Roy Khan, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer for progressive metal band Conception and the former lead vocalist for symp ...

who left the band in 2011, and the first with original

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ist Sean Tibbetts, who left the band in 1992 prior to any release and returned in 2009 after 17 years. A video was recorded for the song "The Great Pandemonium" and released on the band's official YouTube channel on September 6.

Track listing

Bonus tracks

Special edition DVD

*"The Great Pandemonium" (video) *Pick and Play for the song "The Great Pandemonium" *Live at Norway Rock Festival 2010 *Interviews with each Kamelot member *Background Images *"House on a Hill" (uncut version) (US version only)

Limited tour edition

In 2011, a reissue of ''Poetry for the Poisoned'' entitled ''Poetry for the Poisoned & Live From Wacken: Limited Tour Edition'' was released on April 15 in Europe and May 10 in the US. The album was released as a double-disc set, with the first disc featuring ''Poetry for the Poisoned'' as previously released and the second disc contained 8 live tracks from their show at Wacken Open Air 2010.

Track listing

Disc 1: Disc 2 - Live from Wacken Open Air 2010:

Charts

Personnel

Credits for ''Poetry for the Poisoned'' adapted from liner notes. Kamelot *

– 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 * 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 * Casey Grillo – drums, percussion Additional personnel *

Simone Simons Simone Johanna Maria Simons (born 17 January 1985) is a Dutch singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, which she joined at the age of seventeen, releasing eight studio albums and touring the world ...

– vocals on "House on a Hill" and "Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. II–III" * Björn "Speed" Strid – screams on "The Great Pandemonium" *

Jon Oliva John Nicholas "Jon" Oliva (born July 22, 1959) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage, which he co-founded with his younger brother Criss Oliva. Sinc ...

– vocals on "The Zodiac" *

Gus G. Kostas Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil and Ozzy Osbourne ...

–

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on "Hunter's Season" *

Amanda Somerville Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands. Biography Personal life Somerville was ...

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

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–

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on "Where the Wild Roses Grow" * Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – backing vocals * Simon Oberender – backing vocals * Thomas Rettke – backing vocals * Cloudy Yang – backing vocals Production *

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 ...

– additional guitars, mixing, mastering, engineering * Miro – additional keyboards, orchestrations, engineering * Seth Siro Anton – cover art, artwork * Michał Loranc – additional artwork, layout * Natalie Shau – additional artwork * Alexandra Dekimpe – additional artwork * Rachel Youngblood – additional artwork

References

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