''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 a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
band
Kamelot, released in North America on May 5, 2015 and world-wide on May 8. The album is produced by
Sascha Paeth 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 and
Charlotte Wessels. It is also the band's first album with
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...
.
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 – lead vocals
*
Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
* Sean Tibbetts – bass
*
Oliver Palotai – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
* Casey Grillo – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
*
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 ...
– female vocals on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)", grunts on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" and "Revolution"
*
Troy Donockley –
tin whistle on "Under Grey Skies"
*
Charlotte Wessels – 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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2015 albums
Kamelot albums