The Fourth Legacy
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| The Fourth Legacy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Kamelot | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | Gate Studio and Pathway Studios (Wolfsburg, Germany) October 1998-May 1999 | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal Power metal Symphonic metal |
|||
| Length | 48:18 | |||
| Label | Noise/Modern Music | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth and Miro | |||
| Kamelot chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Sputnikmusic |   [1] |
| Metal Storm |    [2] |
| The Metal Crypt | [3] |
| Amazon.com | [4] |
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 was 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.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Can You Remember" (live) | 4:27 |
Line-up
- Roy Khan – vocals
- Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals
- Glenn Barry – bass guitar
- Casey Grillo – drums
Album information
- Recorded at Gate Studio and Pathway Studios (Wolfsburg, Germany) October 1998-May 1999
- Released by Noise Records/Modern Music
- Produced by Sascha Paeth and Miro
- Mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at Pathway Studios, Germany
- Management: KMI Entertainment
- Cover art: Derek Gores
- Photography: Thomas Kuschewski
Guest musicians
- Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro
- Additional guitars – Sascha Paeth
- Background voice on "Nights of Arabia", "Until Kingdom Come" and "Alexandria" – Thomas Rettke
- Additional drums – Dirk Bruinenberg and Robert Hunecke-Rizzo
- Backing vocals on "A Sailorman's Hymn" – Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir
- Female vocals on "Nights of Arabia" – Cinzia Rizzo
- Flute and additional percussion on "Desert Reign" – Farouk Asjadi
- D-bass on "Nights of Arabia" – Andre Neygenfind
- Strings sections – Fallersleben String Quartet
- Flute – Simon McTavish
