![]() ![]() Khan's former group Conception had split up the year before: that marked the genesis of the new Kamelot. A whole record had been written but no one worthy enough to grab the mic. After listening to between 75 and 100 audition tapes of vocalists, the band was at a standstill. A local music veteran at the age of 21, Casey was a perfect fit for the opening. After one audition, Casey Grillo was chosen as Warner's replacement. Kamelot's first goal was to find a new drummer. Unfortunately drummer Richard Warner and vocalist Mark Vanderbilt could not tour and there seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel for the two to ever tour. ![]() After the success of Dominion, many tour opportunities were presented to Kamelot. ![]() But obstacles were ahead.ġ997 was a year of major changes. Not resting on their laurels, the group went back to work on their 3rd and most important release. ![]() The fans and sales for Kamelot would grow over the year and the group was being touted as one the new leaders in melodic metal from the United States. In 1996 their second album, Dominion, received even more attention, because it showed the variety of the band, spanning all the way from European progressive metal to classical music. Fans and critics alike praised Kamelot as being one of the most promising newcomers in metal. Kamelot had signed with Noise Records (Germany) in the spring of 1994 in order to prepare for the release. Perception Blur (Perception Blur Demo)Ħ.In 1991 Kamelot was founded by guitarist Thom Youngblood and drummer/school mate Richard Warner, but it wasn't until August 1995 that the band's debut album, Eternity, was released. Nothing (Psychosomatic Insanity) (Execution Demo)ĥ. This resulted in very little attention to their debut which just happens to be a Death Metal masterpiece. Viogression’s American label folded during the first week of the band’s tour with Death, a tour was meant to promote “Expound & Exhort”, and to add insult to injury, their label could not pay for the Euro leg of said tour and so the band had to withdraw. This was because the band signed to one of the most notorious rip-off labels at the time, and this wasn’t the only bad thing that happened. Viogression’s debut is one of the great early 90’s Death Metal albums but it never got any bigger attention. Forgotten early 90’s Death Metal classic back in the spotlight!īonus disc has remastered demos! Essential. ![]()
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