Kamelot
The Black Halo


Tracks:

1. March of Mephisto
2. When the Lights Are Down
3. The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)
4. Soul Society
5. Interlude I: Dei Gratia
6. Abandoned
7. This Pain
8. Moonlight
9. Interlude II: Un assassinio molto silenzioso
10. The Black Halo
11. Nothing Ever Dies
12. Memento Mori
13. Interlude III: Midnight - Twelve Tolls for a New Day
14. Serenade

Line up:

Khan - Vocals
Thomas Youngblood - Guitars
Glenn Barry - Bass
Casey Grillo - Drums

Guest/Session Musicians:

Shagrath - Vocals (role of Mephisto) on 1 & 12
Jens Johansson - Keyboard solos on 1 & 2
Cinzia Hunecke Rizzo - Vocals (role of cabaret singer) on 9
Simone Simons - Vocals (role of Marguerite) on 3
Geoff Rudd - Roles of Usher at the Theater on pre-gap and Mayor of Gatesville on 13
Mari Youngblood - Vocals (role of Helena) on 6 & 12
Annelise Youngblood - Baby Alena on 4
Michael Rodenberg - Keyboards, Vocals (choirs)
Sascha Paeth - Guitars (additional)
André Neygenfind - D-Bass on 6
Herbie Langhans - Vocals (choirs)
Amanda Somerville-Scharf - Vocals (choirs)
Gerit Göbel - Vocals (choirs)
Thomas Rettke - Vocals (choirs)
Elisabeth Kjćrnes - Vocals (choirs)

Record Label / Year of Release:

Steamhammer 2005

Notes:

Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011. On June 22, 2012, Youngblood announced on their website that their new vocalist is the Swedish singer Tommy Karevik, who was first featured on Kamelot's album Silverthorn as main vocalist, co-songwriter and lyricist.

The Black Halo is the highly acclaimed, seventh full-length album by the American power metal band Kamelot. It was released on March 15, 2005, through Steamhammer Records. It is a concept album inspired by Goethe's Faust. Continuing the story introduced in Epica (2003), it is the second and final record in Kamelot's two-part rock opera about Ariel (a character based on Heinrich Faust). Epica tells Part 1 while The Black Halo tells Part 2. Goethe's Faust is also broken into two parts. The Black Halo features guest appearances by Simone Simons (Epica), Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), and several others.