KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood is featured in a new interview with Metalpaths.com discussing the band's new album, Poetry For The Poisoned. An excerpt is available below.

Q: So, are you satisfied with how it is going so far? What was the reaction of the fans to the new songs?

Youngblood: "I think with each record you always have different degrees of reactions, but so far the reactions have been great. You know, with each record, whether it’s The Black Halo or Ghost Opera there is always initially some fans like: 'I’m not sure…' and then a couple of weeks later they’ve listened to the record and they love it. You know, we don’t wanna make albums that you listen to one time and you make a judgment on it. We wanted the album to be listened to, you have to soak in everything about it and you can’t do that just by putting it on the computer one time or listening to it on your iPod one time, you’ve got to read the lyrics and get into the story, you know…"

Q: You have also made a video clip for 'The Great Pandemonium' track; do you think that this song is the most representative song of the album, and maybe the 'hit' of the record?

Youngblood: "I wouldn’t say necessarily, I think we just felt like that song was good for a video, and it had an upbeat kind of feel that we wanted to start the video clips with. You know, with Ghost Opera we did 'Ghost Opera' first and then we did different songs after that, but we wanted the song to be more of an upbeat kind of fast tempo song, and I think that was the right choice for the video."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Kamelot's live video for the track 'Hunter's Season', featured on the bonus DVD included with the band's new Poetry For The Poisoned album, is available below.

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'

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.