Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Palotai recently spoke with Dreyman Magazine about his creative process and working with the band. An excerpt is available below:

On touring: "To be honest, I am not too fond of touring. I like seeing my band mates again - we usually live far apart - and having a good time together. Also the actual playing is usually fun, meeting fans and seeing some parts of the world. But there are many downsides to touring. Mostly it is waiting, waiting, waiting. Sitting in tour buses, airplanes, ferries, airports etc. Many backstage areas are also crappy; especially in certain countries the promoters are not investing any additional cent into the comfort of the artists. Often it is dirty, dark and uncomfortable. My personal "problem", though, is also the fact that I am not a big party person. I don´t drink alcohol too often, and I need some privacy. That makes it of course harder to be on tour."

On music: "I don´t know if music is so powerful. It can reach people, can stir emotions, but it doesn't win wars or bring peace. A better world? I think the problem we have is that we are still the same old cave men inside. We live in a world with space travel and the internet, but still we kill over the illusion who has the right god and who not. Humanity is great and pathetic at the same time. I think in a couple of decades we have reached the point where computers do everything; and I mean everything. They will do all the jobs, all the thinking, and they might create better art than we were ever able to. Then we have maybe reached some kind of utopia. We can do or not do whatever we want. What I personally fear is the way there, the huge changes in society it brings with it."

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Kamelot thave announced an exclusive live date in Trondheim, Norway at Byscenen on June 7th. Tellus Requiem and Divided Multitude are on the bill as support. Go to this location for tickets and additional information.

Kamelot's schedule for 2014 is currently as follows:

June

6 - Sweden Rock Festival - Solvesborg, Sweden
7 - Byscenen - Trondheim, Norway

August

29 - Patronaat - Haarlem, Netherlands
30 - Masters at Rock Festival - Torhout, Belgium