Kamelot announce new album ‘Dark Asylum’
KAMELOT have announced a brand new album!
The American symphonic metal legends will return with their new full‑length Dark Asylum, due out on August 28th via Napalm Records. The album marks the band’s follow‑up to 2023’s The Awakening.
Set within a shadowed Neo‑Victorian world, Dark Asylum invites listeners beyond the gates of RavenHill Asylum — a towering institution once built as a cathedral, now transformed into a place where science, faith, and madness uneasily coexist. Speaking on the concept behind the album, KAMELOT founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood comments, “Dark Asylum follows a soul trapped inside a world of masks, fractured memories, and psychological torment, wandering the endless halls of RavenHill in search of truth, identity, and redemption. What begins as a descent into darkness gradually transforms into a journey of awakening, where beneath the fear, illusion, and chaos lies the possibility of healing, hope, and ultimately a path out of the shadows into Sanctuary. The album explores the duality between despair and salvation, blurring the lines between reality and madness through theatrical storytelling, haunting atmospheres, and deeply emotional themes.”
Frontman Tommy Karevik adds, “Dark Asylum invites listeners into the hidden chambers of the human mind. A journey where every door reveals a different story, yet all remain deeply connected. At its core, the album explores the duality of human nature: the constant tension between fear and hope, chaos and stillness, destruction and healing. Dark Asylum reflects the struggle to remain sane within a cold and barren world, while ultimately discovering that salvation is not something found externally, but something that already exists within us all. Through self‑exploration, awareness, and inner peace, healing becomes possible. This concept opened the door to a more cinematic and haunting sonic landscape, allowing us to experiment with darker, more eerie musical themes.”
Longtime KAMELOT producer Sascha Paeth returns to helm the album alongside Jacob Hansen, who handled mixing and mastering. Karevik further explained the album’s visual and emotional tone, “the imagery was intentionally painted with delicate strokes, capturing the fine line between beauty and disorder, and the way chaos and tranquility coexist within the same space. The result is an immersive experience that feels both unsettling and deeply human. A descent into darkness that ultimately searches for light.”
Pushing further into cinematic and atmospheric territory, Dark Asylum features an array of guest appearances including Tobias Sammet, Clémentine Delauney, Ignacia Fernández, Lea‑Sophie Fischer, Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir, and Sólveig Sara Leupold.
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Sanctorium
- Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández)
- Dark Asylum
- Sanctuary (feat. Clémentine Delauney & Ignacia Fernández)
- Nocte Veritas
- One Last Masquerade (feat. Tobias Sammet)
- Ivy, My Dear
- Godlike Alchemy
- The Sleeping Mind (Orphic Paradigm)
- Kaleidoscope
- Enigma (Think of Me)
- Cassandra’s Disease
- Beneath the Moon (Tunglið) (feat. Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir, Sólveig Sara Leupold & Lea‑Sophie Fischer)
- The Puppet King
- Sanctum Requiem
Dark Asylum is set for release on August 28th via Napalm Records. Pre‑orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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