The Fourth Legacy

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The Fourth Legacy
Kamelot - fourth legacy.jpg
Studio album by
Kamelot
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1999
Recorded1999
StudioGate Studio and Pathway Studios (Wolfsburg, Germany)
GenrePower metal
Symphonic metal
Length48:18
LabelNoise/
ProducerSascha Paeth and Miro
Kamelot chronology
Siége Perilous
(1998) 		The Fourth Legacy
(1999) 		Karma
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Storm8.5/10 stars[1]
4.5/5 stars[2]
Amazon.com4.8/5 stars[3]

The Fourth Legacy is the fourth full-length album by power metal band Kamelot. It was released in 1999 by Noise Records/Modern Music. It is the first album to credit vocalist Roy Khan as a writer on all tracks, establishing him as the main songwriter of the band together with founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."New Allegiance" (instrumental)0:54
2."The Fourth Legacy"4:55
3."Silent Goddess"4:15
4."Desert Reign" (instrumental)1:39
5."Nights of Arabia"5:26
6."The Shadow of Uther" (Glenn Barry, Khan, Youngblood)4:45
7."A Sailorman's Hymn"4:05
8."Alexandria"3:54
9."The Inquisitor" (Barry, Khan, Youngblood)4:35
10."Glory"3:42
11."Until Kingdom Come"4:11
12."Lunar Sanctum"5:59
Total length:48:18
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Can You Remember" (live)4:27

Personnel[]

All information from the album booklet.[4]

Kamelot

Additional musicians

  • Miro – keyboards and orchestral arrangements, producer
  • Sascha Paeth – additional guitars
  • Thomas Rettke – background vocals on "Nights of Arabia", "Until Kingdom Come" and "Alexandria"
  • Dirk Bruinenberg – additional drums
  • Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – additional drums
  • Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir – backing vocals on "A Sailorman's Hymn"
  • Cinzia Rizzo – female vocals on "Nights of Arabia"
  • Farouk Asjadi – flute and additional percussion on "Desert Reign"
  • Andre Neygenfind – double bass on "Nights of Arabia"
  • Fallersleben String Quartet – strings
  • Simon McTavish – flute

Production

  • Sascha Paeth – producer, mixing, mastering
  • Derek Gores – cover art, design
  • Thomas Kuschewski – photography

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Metal Storm review".
  2. ^ "The Metal Crypt review".
  3. ^ "Amazon.com review".
  4. ^ (1999). "The Fourth Legacy liner notes". In The Fourth Legacy [CD booklet]. Noise Records / Modern Music.

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