Haven (Kamelot album)

Haven is the eleventh studio album by American power metal 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.[2] It features guest appearances by Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Troy Donockley (Nightwish) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain). It is also the band's first album with Napalm Records.

Haven
Studio album by Kamelot
Released	May 5, 2015
Genre	Power metal progressive metal symphonic metal
Length	54:53
Label	Napalm/Universal, Napalm/ADA/Warner
Producer	Sascha Paeth
Kamelot chronology
Silverthorn (2012) Haven (2015) The Shadow Theory (2018)
Singles from Haven
"Veil of Elysium" Released: April 1, 2015 "Insomnia" Released: April 26, 2015 "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" Released: September 9, 2015 "My Therapy" Released: May 4, 2016 "Under Grey Skies" Released: December 22, 2017[1]

It is the final studio album to feature Casey Grillo on drums.[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Sputnikmusic	[5]
AntiHero Magazine	[6]
Metal Storm	[7]
Blabbermouth	[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Note(s)	Length
1.	"Fallen Star"		4:39
2.	"Insomnia"		4:13
3.	"Citizen Zero"		5:49
4.	"Veil of Elysium"		3:54
5.	"Under Grey Skies"	featuring Charlotte Wessels (Delain) & Troy Donockley (Nightwish)	4:52
6.	"My Therapy"		4:26
7.	"Ecclesia"		0:44
8.	"End of Innocence"		3:49
9.	"Beautiful Apocalypse"	featuring Charlotte Wessels (Delain)	4:25
10.	"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)"	featuring Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)	5:54
11.	"Here's to the Fall"		4:04
12.	"Revolution"	featuring Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)	4:49
13.	"Haven"		2:14
Total length:			54:53

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
14.	"The Ties That Bind"	3:52

Vinyl edition

No.	Title	Length
14.	"At First Light"	5:07

Exclusive bonus CD (available only with the LTD Mediabook and Deluxe Earbook)

No.	Title	Note(s)	Length
1.	"End of Innocence" (Piano Version)		3:35
2.	"Veil of Elysium" (Acoustic Version)		3:07
3.	"Fallen Star" (Orchestral Version)		4:52
4.	"Here's to the Fall" (Orchestral Version)		4:05
5.	"My Therapy" (Orchestral Version)		4:22
6.	"Fallen Star" (instrumental version)		4:40
7.	"Insomnia" (instrumental version)		4:12
8.	"Citizen Zero" (instrumental version)		5:51
9.	"Veil of Elysium" (instrumental version)		3:54
10.	"Under Grey Skies" (instrumental version)	featuring Charlotte Wessels (Delain) & Troy Donockley (Nightwish)	4:52
11.	"My Therapy" (instrumental version)		4:26
12.	"End of Innocence" (instrumental version)		3:50
13.	"Beautiful Apocalypse" (instrumental version)	featuring Charlotte Wessels (Delain)	4:27
14.	"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" (instrumental version)	featuring Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)	5:54
15.	"Revolution" (instrumental version)	featuring Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)	4:49

Personnel

Credits for Haven adapted from liner notes.[9]

Kamelot

• Thomas Youngblood – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
• Casey Grillo – drums and percussion
• Tommy Karevik – lead vocals
• Sean Tibbetts – bass guitar
• Oliver Palotai – keyboards, orchestral arrangements

Additional musicians

• Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) – female vocals on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)", grunts on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" and "Revolution"
• Troy Donockley (Nightwish) – tin whistle on "Under Grey Skies"
• Charlotte Wessels (Delain) – 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

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	104
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14]	12
French Albums (SNEP)[15]	150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	14
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17]	28
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18]	73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19]	44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	24
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	119
US Billboard 200[22]	75
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[23]	6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24]	10
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[25]	1

References

1. "KAMELOT Releases Video For 'Under Grey Skies' Feat. CHARLOTTE WESSELS Of DELAIN". Blabbermouth. December 22, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
2. "News Blog :: KAMELOT - Reveal New Album Details". Napalm Records. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
3. "KAMELOT Parts Ways With Drummer CASEY GRILLO, Announces Replacement". Blabbermouth. February 5, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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