Delusion-Elle

LAWL no, not really a leak of faith.
BUT IT LEAKED. THE NEW KAMELOT ALBUM LEAKED.
And I know no one cares, but I must do this as this is most definitely part of my duty as a Kamelot fangirl. If you ever doubt that, then you are obviously not looking in the right place (you may have to go back a page or two as I DO HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF THAT PLACE. Kinda).

Okay. So. Duty first:

Artist: Kamelot
Album: Poetry For The Poisoned
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Power Metal
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Size: 123.5 Mb

Track listing:

1. The Great Pandmonium
   
2. If Tomorrow Came
   
3. Dear Editor
   
4. The Zodiac
   
5. Hunter's Season
   
6. House On A Hill
   
7. Necropolis
   
8. My Train of Thoughts
   
9. Seal of Woven Years
   
10. Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. I: Incubus
    
11. Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. II: So Long
    
12. Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. III: All Is Over
    
13. Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. IV: Dissection
    
14. Once Upon A Time
    

Download: HERE, HERE, or HERE.
Okay and now I'm just going to ramble a bit about it because this has been the highlight of my day plus all the lulziness that happens here. Lulziness will be recapped at the end of this post. BUT RAMBLES FIRST. The first thing I have to say about Poetry for the Poisoned is that it is a GROWER. My first listen resulted in me liking tracks 1, 5, 10, and 11. But I gave the album another listen and holy shit I love it. I may not totally love every song, but I have to say that the choruses are really catchy in most of them and the guitarwork is incredible. Another part of my fangirldom is the fact that I must spread the gospel word of Kamelot to everyone. So here are my basic basic recommendations, though I still think the entire album's worth a listen *is biased*:

• Hunter's Season: I LOVED THIS SONG WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE 10 SECOND SAMPLES. <333333 Of all of the songs on this album, I think that this one owns my heart, first and foremost. It is really sad (it was written about the guitarist's mom passing away ;___;) but overall the song is mid-to-uptempo and they use those quick 16th or 32nd (too tired to figure it all out) double kick drums that I love. And THAT GUITAR SOLO. HOLY YES.
• The Zodiac: It's creepy (Dear Editor is the intro, but it's not necessary if you're not into overly dramatic and creepy backstory) and the vocals are aggressive. The band uses a guest vocalist and he really only adds to the creepiness of the story of the Zodiac Killer. Srsly. Look up the Zodiac Killer on Wikipedia. Kamelot does their research well.
• The Great Pandemonium: To me, this song is a combination of March of Mephisto and Rule the World. Rumour has it that it's related to Paradise Lost and the whole Pandemonium bit which we never reached in Lit, but that work fascinates me still, regardless. There are some harsh vocals from a guest vocalist so if you're not into that sort of thing, then I suggest not listening to this right away, though the duality at the end is just AWESOME.
• Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. I: Incubus: The riff in this song has just been stuck in my head since I first heard the sample of it. It's the beginning of a 4-part epic song about vampires. No, they don't sparkle. And in fact, Kamelot wanted to do a concept album on vampires, but they said that they didn't want to cash in on the Twitlight hype, so they just kept the concept confined to these 4 tracks. The only bit about this part of PftP that I'm kind of mehhhhhh about is the little spoken word definition of an incubus towards the end. But this transitions SO WELL into...
• Poetry for the Poisoned, Pt. II: So Long: THIS SONG. HOLY. ARGH. SO BEAUTIFUL. It features another guest vocalist who pops in their songs from time to time and her part is a nice contrast (even if her voice is a teensy shrieky when she hits those really high notes). This is currently on repeat one right now. I just. I can't even. I have to post bits of the lyrics: "A minute more 'til the light of day is here/Lay down/I know you must be nearly there/A bloody kiss and the vision of a dream/For the last of your days in the sun/In the white light I am calm yet peculiarly cold/Silent slumber and wide awake/Love have mercy on my soouuuuuulllll/SO LOOOOOOOOONG, YOUR SORROW BE GONE."

And if I find these songs up on YouTube I WILL DEFINITELY POST LINKS. I'm just too tired now. And I can't stay up 'til 3am like I did yesterday. Stupid online friends in stupid time zones.
LULZINESS ONLINE:
"I ONLY CALL YOU A N00B BECAUSE I ~*CARE*~"
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"No. An album must be approved or discarded on first listen. This is the age of the Internet, we shouldn't have to wait to enjoy things anymore. And where is my flying car?!"
"Mr. Weasley stole my flying car (THAT PUPPY-KILLING BASTARD) and let his good for nothing son fly it into a goddamn tree with that messy-haired Potter brat."
"That sounds awful. Is the car still Rowling at least?"
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"Dammit, stop copying me! I said bai to her in that way first! >:O"
"im in ur hed, copyin ur baiiis 8D"
"I wish I was in ur hed instead. Then I could be all like "all your bais, are belong to meh >:D", but alas, noooooo. :("
"ALL UR BAIS, BAIS, BAIS, ALL UR BAIS -- R BELONG 2 ME!"
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"No, in approximately three and a half hours (plus a few minutes) you will be a September n00b instead. :D In fact, you will be even more of a n00b then since you won't even have EXPERIENCED any September 2010 by then, UNLIKE ME."
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"OF COURSE! If you take the word "incubus" and you switch the first two letters, remove the s, change the n to an l, and then just turn cu into za and bu into rd, you have "lizard"! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW."