KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood is featured in a new interview with Australia's Chaos Cartel. An excerpt is available below:

Q: How has the response of Silverthorn been? It has done well pretty much everywhere, how are you all feeling about it?

Thomas: "It's been killer! To be honest, we really didn’t worry to much about the response because we put everything we have got into every record. We got fantastic reviews through various sources and that made us confident. It did really well in the charts as well and that was awesome, really fantastic result for us and we all felt really good about it."

Q: What changes did you make for the songwriting on this album? It seems slightly different, and has a lot going on in the songs? Any new approach?

Thomas: "Yeah, well we had a new vocalist, Tommy (Karevik), and he fit in the band perfectly! This time we also had Oliver (Palotai) in the songwriting part and that worked out really well. To be honest, I wish we had done it earlier and had him in the writing process. Earlier we had a set approach and that was working so we didn’t want to change the chemistry in the band. Now it’s different, and he contributed lots of cool parts. He is also a super cool guy and very easy to work with. It was a lot of fun, and we wanted to have fun in the entire process, and that’s exactly how it worked out."

Q: You had quite a few guest musicians in Silverthorn. How was all this planned?

Thomas: "Oh, we basically went out on the streets in Germany and yelled at people saying 'Can you please come in and record a few songs with us?' Ha! We have good friends, and they have special talents. Alissa White-Gluz from THE AGONIST. Her band had opened for us on our North American tour. We kept in touch and I really liked her, her stage presence, her voice and talents, and I wanted to have her on the record, and do the harsh vocals in ‘Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)’. We also had Amanda Somerville (TRILLIUM) and Elize Ryd (AMARANTHE) contributing and it was really cool. We have some cool friends and it was very nice to add some spice to the album, it worked well."

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Kamleot recently added four shows in Australia to their Silverthorn World Tour for 2013. The band have now confirmed the support acts for the dates:

June

4 - Brisbane, Australia - The Hifi (with AWAKEN SOLACE)
5 - Adelaide, Australia - The Gov (with MATRONARCH, QUIET CHILD)
6 - Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar (with AVARIN, HEMINA)
7 - Melbourne, Australia - Hifi Bar (with DIVINE ASCENSION, ANARION)

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Kamelot recently issued a video trailer for their North American tour this fall in support of their Silverthorn album. DELAIN and EKLIPSE will be opening all shows. Watch the trailer below:

“We are really looking forward to getting back on the road for our headline shows in the US and Canada, along with great support acts Delain and Eklipse, this tour will be something very special," states Kamelot’s Thomas Youngblood.

On a recent Kamelot European Tour, Delain proved to be a great addition as special guests, Delain's Charlotte Wessels added: “It has been way too long since our last tour with our friends in Kamelot! We're hugely looking forward to joining them on tour this fall, and we're hugely looking forward to meeting YOU on the road rocking the US!"

In addition to Delain comes the German quartet Eklipse, whose unique style and musical approach rounds out a very diverse and stunning line-up.

For fans hoping to get a little more involved, the band will be offering up VIP packages at several of the tour stops. The VIP experience includes early entry to the show, a meet and greet with the band and an autographed commemorative poster.

Kamelot North American headline tour with Delain and Eklipse:

September

2 - Columbus, OH - Al Rosa Villa
3 - Baltimore, MD - 2 Soundstage
5 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
6 - New York, NY - Stage 48
7 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
8 - Montreal, PQ - Club Soda
10 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
12 - Chicago, IL - Mojoe's
13 - Kansas City, KS - Granada Theater
14 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
15 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
17 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
18 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
20 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
21 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
22 - Phoenix, AZ - Joe's Grotto
24 - Dallas, TX - Trees
25 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live
27 - Louisville, KY - Diamonds
28 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
29 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues

Kamelot recently announced the following European tour dates for November:

November

3 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
6 - Tampere, Finland - Pakkahuone
7 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
8 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
9 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
11 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
12 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
13 - Genk, Belgium - Rondpunt
15 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
16 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
17 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
18 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
19 - Munich, Germany - Backstage Halle
21 - Trieste, Italy - Teatro Miela
22 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic
23 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Winter Masters of Rock Festival