According to a brief update, KAMELOT has been chosen to host MTV’s Headbanger's Ball. Band members will be taking over the show and playing their favorite Kamelot videos and more. Stay tuned for broadcast info, coming soon.

As previously reported, Kamelot guitarist Thomas Youngblood is featured in a new audio interview with RockMyMonkey.com. Check it out via the audio player below.

Thomas Youngblood

Following is an excerpt from BW&BK;'s recent interview with Youngblood:

Straddling the line between giving people what they expect while offering up something new so things aren’t wall-to-wall predictable isn’t an easy trick to pull off. Particularly nine albums into a career.

“It is tough,” Youngblood agrees, “and we look at ourselves first and say ‘Okay, is this something that we really dig?’ and if it is we hope the vision follows through with the fans. Not everybody is going to get into it, though, and we know it. When The Black Halo came out and we had all these great reviews, but the very first one I saw was something ridiculous like 4 out of 10. The guy came back later months later and said ‘Well, I’ve actually changed my mind about that…’ (laughs).”
“I remember when we did ‘Lost And Damned’ (for the Epica album). We were putting the accordion piece into it and I told Sascha (Paeth / producer) ‘This isn’t going to go over well.’ The album came out and people loved it, and I think it was that point where I really felt that as long as we did something well and kept that integrity the fans would get it. It’s a privilege to have that. I look at bands like Queen, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, those classic rocks bands, and they did all kinds of experimental stuff and people loved that. I don’t know where or why bands lost that freedom over the years, but we’re very lucky to have a fanbase that let’s us experiment the way we do.”

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Kamelot recently revealed new Poetry For The Poisoned top 10/40/100 chart entries:

USA Billboard Hard Charts - #6

Norway - #7

USA Billboard Indie Charts - #15

Sweden - #23

Germany - #32

Netherlands - #43

Switzerland - #48

Austria - #57

Belgium - #64

USA Billboard Top 200 - #74

Poetry For The Poisoned, was recorded at Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro and features guest appearances by Simone Simons (EPICA), Gus G. (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIREWIND), Björn “Speed” Strid (SOILWORK) and Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA’S PAIN). The album is available in three versions - Regular CD edition, Digipak CD with bonus DVD and 2LP gatefold vinyl edition.

DVD bonus material:

- Kamelot video 'The Great Pandemonium'
- Exclusive and in depth Interviews with each Kamelot member
- Kamelot “Pick and Play” for the song 'The Great Pandemonium'
- Poetry For The Poisoned background Images
- Exclusive video footage from Norway Rock Festival 2010
- Bonus song 'House On A Hill' (uncut version)

Marquee/Avalon Records will release the album in Japan (date TBC).

Poetry For The Poisoned tracklisting:

'The Great Pandemonium

'If Tomorrow Came

'Dear Editor

'The Zodiac

'Hunter’s Season

'House On A Hill

'Necropolis

'My Train Of Thoughts

'Seal Of Woven Years

'Poetry For The Poisoned':

- Pt. I - 'Incubus'
- Pt. II - 'So Long'
- Pt. III - 'All Is Over'
- Pt. IV - 'Dissection'

'Once Upon A Time'