The Fourth Legacy Explained

The Fourth Legacy
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kamelot
Cover:	Kamelot - fourth legacy.jpg
Released:	September 19, 1999
Recorded:	1999
Studio:	Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre:	Symphonic power metal^[1]
Length:	48:18
Label:	Noise/Modern Music
Producer:	Sascha Paeth and Miro
Prev Title:	Siége Perilous
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Karma
Next Year:	2001

The Fourth Legacy is the fourth studio album by American 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.

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.^[2]

Kamelot

• Roy Khan – vocals
• Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals
• Glenn Barry – bass guitar
• Casey Grillo – drums

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

• Scheherazade in popular culture
• Alexandria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Metal Storm.
2. (1999). "The Fourth Legacy liner notes". In The Fourth Legacy [CD booklet]. Noise Records / Modern Music.