With a new album, terrific tour lined up, and die hard fans, Kamelot plowed through the doors of Webster Hall ready to conquer U.S. heavy metal stages with their Classical/Power Metal sound laced with Progressive Metal styles. The speed single “When the Lights are Down” was the ideal opening song for the stage lighting to rise and hover over the massive crowd. Kamelot made their tour stop worthwhile for fans in The Marlin Room of Webster Hall. From Tampa, Florida, Kamelot are one of the few Power Metal bands originating in the U.S. with lead singer and Swedish native Tommy Karevik’s smooth and passionate vocal range tastefully placed in heavy metal music where screams and growls are otherwise heard. The vocal style for Kamelot’s dark, heavy, and high energy music has bestowed success upon the band since 1998. Bassist Sean Tibbetts kept the energy high amongst a head banging crowd with his deep thumping notes and famed long wild blonde braided hair tossed high and low to the the beat of each song. Lovely special guest and live vocal support Linnéa Vikström engaged Kamelot fans with her lacy and fierce transition of vocals while inviting the crowd to sing along. Kamelot’s set brought fans together with other performed hits such as “Ghost Opera”, “The Great Pandemonium”, “Veil of Elysium”, “My Confession”, “Center of the Universe”, “Song for Jolee”, “Karma”, drum solo by Casey Grillo, “Revolution”, “Torn”, “Insomnia”, “Veritas”, keyboard solo by Oliver Palotai, “Forever”, and last but not least, an encore performance of “Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)” and “March of Mephisto”. Karevik called out and beckoned to the crowd to cheer for their camera man who briefly filmed Kamelot and the roaring fan interaction towards the end of their set, a performance by both Kamelot and Dragonforce is one The Marlin Room of Webster Hall will remember for months to come until their return.
