KAMELOT Where I Reign: The Very Best of the Noise Years 19 CD (2016)

Before Kamelot became the definitive American power metal band with a European soul, they were cutting their teeth on the Noise Records roster throughout the nineties, building the foundation for everything that followed. Where I Reign rounds up the best of those years and makes the case that the blueprint was there from the start.

This is progressive and melodic metal with genuine weight behind it, Roy Khan-era material that sits at the intersection of neo-classical ambition and accessibility without ever tipping into cheese. Kamelot have always occupied a specific lane in the alternative and metal underground, beloved by people who care about composition and not just riffs, and these Noise years recordings are the origin story. Nineteen tracks of essential catalogue for anyone serious about the genre.

Full length compilation CD. Released 2016. 19 tracks. USA.

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