KAMELOT — Poetry For The Poisoned (review)

KAMELOT — Poetry For The Poisoned album cover Album · 2010 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Stephen
As told by Khan that the band wanted an even further experimentation on "Poisoned", that's exactly what you'll get out of this album. They stripped down the power metal rhythm which made them popular in the early 2000s, boosted the progressive lever upward, varied the record with industrial element, gothic nuance, traditional melodic metal, and some occasional slow-tempo ballads.

"The Great Pandemonium" rolls with a groovy techno drumming, wrapped the atmosphere as if you're crawling in a dark dungeon, and as the chorus explodes, you'll be swarmed with an overflowing melodies. "If Tomorrow Came" brimmed with darkened riffages, in a slow gothic style, before Khan punches the chorus with a soaring voice and Grillo kicks in an ultra-fast tempo. Both are good tracks but "Hunter's Season" definitely is the pinnacle of the record. Started with a decent verse, the best thing erupted when Khan delivered a nostalgic hooks of classic Kamelot on the chorus. Not only the song has a superb arrangement, check out Youngblood's lethal solo, a very inspiring high-voltage shred performance, his finest moment.

"House On A Hill" is a good moody ballad and "Once Upon A Time" shows the band flirting with his old style, a very good track, but somehow the rest of the tracks are just bland and quite boring to be honest. "The Zodiac" with Jon Oliva supposed to be awesome but the arrangement is just dreadfully pale. The title track epic, which divided into four parts, is ridiculous, as the best part in my opinion, is "Part II : So Long" which is a ballad. "Seal of Woven Years" might be decent, but "Necropolis" and "My Train of Thoughts" are examples of how effective is the "Skip" button on my player's remote.

For those who highly appreciate "Ghost Opera", this can be an easy chew and enjoyable ride, but for those who's longing for anything in the veins of "Karma" or "Epica", you'll be left disappointed. While I'm on the latter part, from my objective point of view, there are several good songs to enjoy, some are okay, but the rest are disposable. The songwriting overall is just too flat and bland, I know they can do better than this, far better, but I just didn't see it here. I even need to find a good time and mood to spin this album in entirety, otherwise, "Hunter", "Pandemonium", and "Once" are probably the only three tracks I wanted on my iPod.
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