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Today, legendary symphonic metal unit KAMELOT unveil the final single from their forthcoming epic album Dark Asylum, out this Friday via Napalm Records. Iconic frontman Tommy Karevik is joined by labelmates and upcoming tour partners, Visions of Atlantis’s Clémentine Delauney and Decessus frontwoman and current Miss World Chile Ignacia Fernández, for an exhilaratingly dynamic vocal trio. With all of its bombast and bravado, ‘Sanctuary’ sees the band firmly planting their feet before leaping into their triumphant, intercontinental victory lap.
Pre-order the album here: https://lnk.to/Kamelot-DarkAsylum/napalmrecords
Guitarist and founding member Thomas Youngblood commented on ‘Sanctuary’: “‘Sanctuary’ represents the moment when the darkness of RavenHill is finally left behind. The song is about hope, freedom and finding your way back to yourself after everything you’ve endured. The video takes the story beyond the walls of RavenHill and gives us a glimpse of life after the escape, a new beginning, but one still shaped by the memories and scars of the past. With Tommy, Clémentine and Ignacia bringing three distinct voices to the song, it gives ‘Sanctuary’ an emotional depth that perfectly reflects the journey from darkness into light.”
This Friday, alongside the album’s release, the band kicks off their extensive Dark Asylum World Tour in Orlando, FL, bringing audiences throughout into the spirit breaking halls of RavenHill Asylum cities like in New York, NY, Seattle, WA, and Dallas, TX for North America, and Tilburg, NL at Kamfest, London, UK, Warsaw, PL, and Barcelona, ES. This is a spectacle that should not be missed.
Set within a shadowed Neo Victorian-era world, Dark Asylum invites listeners beyond the gates of RavenHill Asylum – an imposing institution once built as a grand cathedral, now repurposed into a place where science, faith, and madness uneasily coexist.
KAMELOT push further into cinematic and atmospheric territory on Dark Asylum, diving deeper into theatrical darkness while preserving the signature hooks that define their sound. Candlelight trembles along towering arches and cold stone corridors as you are greeted familiar spectres: Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet, Eluveitie’s Lea-Sophie Fischer, Visions of Atlantis’s Clémentine Delauney, Decessus frontwoman and current reigning Miss World Chile champion Ignacia Fernández, Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir and Sólveig Sara Leupold, and Billy King. Identity fractures, reality bends, and control slips into unseen hands, guiding its central figure through a descent into psychological darkness that ultimately leads toward transformation… and perhaps sanctuary. From the cinematic sweep of ‘Ashen World’ to the introspective depth of ‘Sanctuary’, and the layered mystique of ‘Ivy, My Dear’, Dark Asylum unfolds as a fully immersive journey, blending orchestral grandeur, haunting melodies, and theatrical storytelling into one cohesive vision.
Will you find sanctuary?
Or will you wander its halls for eternity?
Deepening the immersion of RavenHill, Dark Asylum will be released on a plethora of exciting platforms including standard gold, solid silver, and classic black vinyl editions, certified vinyl with the white label, white splatter, and blood filled variants, the latter of which are each paired with an official 24 page booklet. Multiple CD digipak available, with the two disc version including an instrumental version of the album, alongside cassette and digital options.
North America Pt. 1
w/ Visions of Atlantis & Frozen Crown
28.08.26 US – Orlando, FL / Hard Rock Live
29.08.26 US – Atlanta, GA / The Masquerade (Heaven)
31.08.26 US – Dallas, TX / The Studio at the Factory
02.09.26 US – Phoenix, AZ / The Van Buren
03.09.26 US – Las Vegas, NV / House of Blues
04.09.26 US – Anaheim, CA / House of Blues
05.09.26 US – San Francisco, CA / The Fillmore
07.09.26 CA – Vancouver, BC / Vogue Theatre
08.09.26 US – Seattle, WA / Neptune
10.09.26 US – Salt Lake City, UT / Rockwell at The Complex
11.09.26 US – Denver, CO / Summit Music Hall
12.09.26 US – Kansas City, MO / The Truman
14.09.26 US – Minneapolis, MN / First Avenue
15.09.26 US – Milwaukee, WI / The Rave
17.09.26 US – St. Charles, IL / The Arcada Theatre
18.09.26 US – Cleveland, OH / Globe Iron
19.09.26 CA – Toronto, ON / Phoenix Concert Theatre
20.09.26 CA – Montreal, QC / MTELUS
22.09.26 CA – Quebec City, QC / Theatre Capitole
24.09.26 US – Glenside, PA / Keswick Theatre
25.09.26 US – Worcester, MA / The Palladium
26.09.26 US – New York, NY / Palladium Times Square
27.09.26 US – Silver Spring, MD / The Fillmore Silver Spring
All Tickets and VIP links for North America: https://tix.soundrink.com/tours/kamelot
KAMFEST DARK ASYLUM
30.10.26 NL – Tilburg / O13 – KAMFEST (Xandria, Leaves Eyes, Elegy)
31.10.26 NL – Tilburg / O13 – KAMFEST (Black Briar, Exit Eden, Temperance)
EUROPE Pt. 1
w/ Exit Eden & Temperance
01.11.26 UK – London / O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
03.11.26 UK – Manchester / O2 Ritz Manchester
05.11.26 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle
06.11.26 CH – Pratteln / Z7 Konzertfabrik
07.11.26 FR – Lyon / La Rayonne
08.11.26 DE – Stuttgart / LKA
10.11.26 PL – Krakow / Klub Studio
11.11.26 PL – Warsaw / Progresja
13.11.26 HR – Zagreb / Boogaloo
14.11.26 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra Red Stage
15.11.26 RS – Belgrade / Hangar
17.11.26 IT – Trezzo sull’Adda / Live Club
18.11.26 IT – Padova / Hall
20.11.26 FR – Toulouse / Metronum
21.11.26 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz 1
22.11.26 ES – Madrid / Sala La Riviera
All tickets and VIP Links for Europe: www.kamelot.com/tour
KAMELOT are:
Tommy Karevik – Vocals
Thomas Youngblood – Guitars
Oliver Palotai – Keyboards
Sean Tibbetts – Bass
Alex Landenburg – Drums
KAMELOT online:
WEBSITE || FACEBOOK || INSTAGRAM || NAPALM RECORDS
Dark Asylum tracklist:
1. Sanctorium
2. Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández)
3. Dark Asylum
4. Sanctuary (feat. Clémentine Delauney & Ignacia Fernández)
5. Nocte Veritas
6. One Last Masquerade (feat. Tobias Sammet)
7. Ivy, My Dear
8. Godlike Alchemy
9. The Sleeping Mind (Orphic Paradigm)
10. Kaleidoscope
11. Enigma (Think of Me)
12. Cassandra’s Disease
13. Beneath the Moon (Tunglið) (feat. Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir, Sólveig Sara Leupold, Lea-Sophie Fischer)
14. The Puppet King
15. Sanctum Requiem
Photo credit: Timo Maczollek / Nat Enemede
