The Fourth Legacy

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.

The Fourth Legacy
Studio album by Kamelot
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
Kamelot chronology
Siége Perilous (1998) The Fourth Legacy (1999) Karma (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm	[2]
The Metal Crypt	[3]
Amazon.com	[4]

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
Total length:		52:45

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.^[5]

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

References

1. "Metal Storm".
2. "Metal Storm review".
3. "The Metal Crypt review".
4. "Amazon.com review".
5. (1999). "The Fourth Legacy liner notes". In The Fourth Legacy [CD booklet]. Noise Records / Modern Music.

External links

• Official website