KAMELOT has announced their return to Europe on the heels of their new album release, Poetry For The Poisoned. The 2011 European leg of The Pandemonium Tour, will begin on April 22nd at Paris' famous Elysee Montmartre venue, taking their spectacular show to 18 top venues and a host of new cities in Europe.

In keeping with Kamelot's flair for the theatrical, as well as their innovative and creative spirit, the second leg of the tour promises

to push the limits of the live concert experience, bringing fans a spectacle even more eye-popping than what they experienced during the thrilling first leg of The Pandemonium Over Europe Part 1.

"It's still called the Pandemonium Tour, but it's more theatrical and visual than before,” Thomas Youngblood said in a October interview. “It has a dark theme, a new stage design and more surprises for the Kamelot fans!".

ICS Festival Service GmbH is the International tour promoter for The Pandemonium Tour and under the direction of Thomas Jensen , CEO Global Touring and Chairman – ICS who said: “Kamelot has set out to revolutionize Metal music and with their new production they continue to do exactly that. We’re thrilled to take The Pandemonium Tour to fans around the world.”

Kamelot is touring in support of Poetry For The Poisoned, which was released on September 10th by earMusic/KMG Recordings.

The album reached the band's highest chart positions in their history with entries in the Billboard Top 10 Hard charts and several Top 40 entries around the world. The album is the follow-up to 2007’s Ghost Opera.

Tour dates:

April

22 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
23 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
24 - Antwerp, Belgium - Hof Ter Lo
27 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
28 - London, England - KoKo
29 - Luxemburg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
30 - Luzern, Switzerland - Schüür

May

1 - Milano, Italy - Magazzini Generali
3 - Budapest, Hungary - Petöfi Hall
5 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
6 - Krakow, Poland - Kwadrat
7 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club
8 - Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn / LKA
10 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall
11 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
12 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgårn
14 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene

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.