Haven (Kamelot album)

Haven is the eleventh studio album by American power metal band Kamelot, released in North America on May 5, 2015 and world-wide on May 8. The album is produced by Sascha Paeth and mastered by Jacob Hansen. The cover and artwork were created by Stefan Heilemann and the additional art/layout were done by Gustavo Sazes.^[4] It features guest appearances by Alissa White-Gluz, Troy Donockley and Charlotte Wessels. It is also the band's first album with Napalm Records.

Haven
Studio album by Kamelot
Released	May 5, 2015
Genre	Symphonic metal,[1] power metal, progressive metal[2]
Length	54:53
Label	Napalm/Universal, Napalm/ADA/Warner
Producer	Sascha Paeth
Kamelot chronology
Silverthorn (2012) Haven (2015) The Shadow Theory (2018)
Singles from Haven
"Veil of Elysium" Released: April 1, 2015 "Insomnia" Released: April 26, 2015 "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" Released: September 9, 2015 "My Therapy" Released: May 4, 2016 "Under Grey Skies" Released: December 22, 2017[3]

It is the final studio album to feature Casey Grillo on drums.^[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[6]
AntiHero Magazine	[1]
Metal Storm	[7]
Blabbermouth	[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Note(s)	Length
1.	"Fallen Star"		4:39
2.	"Insomnia"		4:13
3.	"Citizen Zero"		5:49
4.	"Veil of Elysium"		3:54
5.	"Under Grey Skies"	featuring Charlotte Wessels & Troy Donockley	4:52
6.	"My Therapy"		4:26
7.	"Ecclesia"		0:44
8.	"End of Innocence"		3:49
9.	"Beautiful Apocalypse"	featuring Charlotte Wessels	4:25
10.	"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)"	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	5:54
11.	"Here's to the Fall"		4:04
12.	"Revolution"	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	4:49
13.	"Haven"		2:14
Total length:			54:53

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
14.	"The Ties That Bind"	3:52

Vinyl edition

No.	Title	Length
14.	"At First Light"	5:07

Exclusive bonus CD (available only with the limited mediabook and deluxe earbook)

No.	Title	Note(s)	Length
1.	"End of Innocence" (Piano Version)		3:35
2.	"Veil of Elysium" (Acoustic Version)		3:07
3.	"Fallen Star" (Orchestral Version)		4:52
4.	"Here's to the Fall" (Orchestral Version)		4:05
5.	"My Therapy" (Orchestral Version)		4:22
6.	"Fallen Star" (instrumental version)		4:40
7.	"Insomnia" (instrumental version)		4:12
8.	"Citizen Zero" (instrumental version)		5:51
9.	"Veil of Elysium" (instrumental version)		3:54
10.	"Under Grey Skies" (instrumental version)	featuring Charlotte Wessels & Troy Donockley	4:52
11.	"My Therapy" (instrumental version)		4:26
12.	"End of Innocence" (instrumental version)		3:50
13.	"Beautiful Apocalypse" (instrumental version)	featuring Charlotte Wessels	4:27
14.	"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" (instrumental version)	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	5:54
15.	"Revolution" (instrumental version)	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	4:49

Personnel

Credits for Haven adapted from liner notes.^[9]

Kamelot

• Tommy Karevik – lead vocals
• Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
• Sean Tibbetts – bass
• Oliver Palotai – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
• Casey Grillo – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Alissa White-Gluz – female vocals on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)", grunts on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" and "Revolution"
• Troy Donockley – tin whistle on "Under Grey Skies"
• Charlotte Wessels – female vocals on "Under Grey Skies", backing vocals on "Beautiful Apocalypse"
• Cloudy Yang – backing vocals (track 12)
• Sascha Paeth – additional guitars
• Dennis Hornung – contrabass (1)
• Miro – additional keyboards (4, 8), engineering (additional)

Choir

• Cloudy Yang, Grazia Sposito, Herbie Langhans, Thomas Rettke

Production

• Jacob Hansen – mastering
• Stefan Heilemann – artwork, layout
• Gustavo Sazes – additional artwork, layout
• Jim Morris – recording, engineering (drums)
• Andrew Boullianne – recording, engineering (assistant) (drums)
• Philip Collodetti – engineering (additional)
• Olaf Reitmeier – engineering (additional)
• Tim Tronckoe – photography
• Nina Lahtinen – clothes
• Ville Juurikkala – photography (Troy Donockley)

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	104
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14]	12
French Albums (SNEP)[15]	150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	14
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17]	23
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18]	28
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19]	73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20]	44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	24
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[22]	18
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[23]	5
US Billboard 200[24]	75[permanent dead link]
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25]	6[permanent dead link]
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[26]	10[permanent dead link]
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[27]	1[permanent dead link]