| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kamelot_2018.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Sean, Youngblood, Karevik, Oliver, Johan]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | A Floridian PowerMetal band formed in 1991 by guitarist Thomas Youngblood and drummer Richard Warner. Their first two albums are generally considered somewhat sub-par, mostly thanks to vocalist Mark Vanderbilt's mediocre singing, plus the completely unambitious songwriting but saw some success. Vanderbilt quit in 1998 because the band was becoming too big to balance with the other aspects of his life. It is doubted that many complained at this development. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Norwegian vocalist Roy Særtre Khantatat (also known as Roy Khan, or Khan, for short) of the then-recently broken up Music/{{Conception}} took his place as a touring member and was soon asked to go sky diving with the band to secure a permanent place. He is considered by many to be a far better singer, and so this move is nearly universally considered a good thing. After one final rough album with ''Siege Perilous'', they [[{{Growing the Beard}} switched to a more progressive-influenced sound]] with ''The Fourth Legacy''. Every album they've released since has been near universally loved by critics and fans alike. Along the way, they replaced their original bassist with the other one of two members to play on all of their albums up to ''Ghost Opera'', Glenn Barry, their original keyboardist with ex-Blaze guitarist Oliver Palotai (after seven years of having no keyboardist), and their original drummer (who left at around the same time as Vanderbilt) with Casey Grillo. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [floatboxright: |
| 9 | Influences: |
| 10 | + Music/IronMaiden |
| 11 | + Music/JudasPriest |
| 12 | + Music/{{Rush|Band}} |
| 13 | + Music/{{Queensryche}} |
| 14 | + Music/YngwieMalmsteen |
| 15 | ] |
| 16 | |
| 17 | In 2009, Glenn Barry had to quit the band due to problems in his personal life. He was replaced by Kamelot's original bassist, Sean Tibbets. As of April 22, 2011, Khan permanently left the band for various reasons: at first it was primarily health problems regarding his voice, however Thomas Youngblood stated that the primary reason Khan ''stayed'' away was due to "religious friction". It is hinted at that Roy was unsatisfied or unhappy with the [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker direction]] of ''Poetry for the Poisoned'' in comparison to their previous albums though Roy has kept open the possibility of personal projects in the future. The the vocalist position was temporarily filled by Fabio Lione of Rhapsody of Fire and the band chose Tommy Karevik, the lead vocalist of the Swedish progressive metal band Music/SeventhWonder, as their new, permanent vocalist. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[folder:Line-up]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | '''Current Line-up''': |
| 23 | * Thomas Youngblood - guitars, backing vocals (1991-) |
| 24 | * Oliver Palotai - keyboards (2005-). |
| 25 | * Sean Tibbetts - bass (1991-1992, live only 2006-2009, 2009-) |
| 26 | * Tommy Karevik - lead vocals (2012-) |
| 27 | * Alex Landenburg - drums (2018-) |
| 28 | |
| 29 | '''Former Members''': |
| 30 | * Mark Vanderbilt - lead vocals (1991-1997) |
| 31 | * Roy Khan - lead vocals (1998-2011) |
| 32 | * Glen Barry - bass (1992-2009) |
| 33 | * Richard Warner - drums (1991-1997) |
| 34 | * David Pavlicko - keyboards (1991-1998) |
| 35 | * Casey Grillo - drums (1997-2018) |
| 36 | * Johan "Jo" Nunez - drums (2018) |
| 37 | |
| 38 | '''Notable Guest Musicians''': |
| 39 | * Simone Simons (Of Music/{{Epica}} and Palotai's wife, guest vocals on ''The Black Halo'', ''One Cold Winter's Night'', ''Ghost Opera'' and ''Poetry for the Poisoned'') |
| 40 | * [[StageNames Miro]] (Real name Michael Rodenburg, session keyboard 1999-2007) |
| 41 | * Mari Youngblood (Thomas Youngblood's wife, Helena on ''Epica'', ''The Black Halo'' and ''One Cold Winter's Night'') |
| 42 | * Shagrath (Of Music/DimmuBorgir, Mephisto on ''The Black Halo''.) |
| 43 | * Fabio Lione (Of Music/RhapsodyOfFire, touring vocals, 2010-2012) |
| 44 | * Music/AlissaWhiteGluz (Of Music/{{Arch Enemy|Band}} and formerly of Music/TheAgonist, guest vocals on ''Silverthorn'' and ''Haven'', live backing vocals 2012-present) |
| 45 | * Elize Ryd (Of Music/{{Amaranthe}}, guest vocals on ''Silverthorn'', live backing vocals 2012) |
| 46 | * Charlotte Wessels (Of Music/{{Delain}}, guest vocals on ''Haven'') |
| 47 | * Kobra Paige (Of Kobra And The Lotus, live backing vocals 2017-present, engaged to Tommy Karevik since 2019) |
| 48 | * Lauren Hart (Of Once Human, guest vocals on ''The Shadow Theory'', live backing vocals 2018) |
| 49 | * Jennifer Haben (Of Beyond The Black, guest vocals on ''The Shadow Theory'') |
| 50 | * Cloudy Yang (Choirs and backing vocals, 2010-2018) |
| 51 | * Amanda Somerville (Backing, choir and guest vocals from 2005-2012, also wrote the story for ''Silverthorn'') |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Discography]] |
| 55 | !!''' Studio Albums:''' |
| 56 | * ''Eternity'' (1995) |
| 57 | * ''Dominion'' (1997) |
| 58 | * ''Siege Perilous'' (1998) |
| 59 | * ''The Fourth Legacy'' (2000) |
| 60 | * ''Karma'' (2001) |
| 61 | * ''[[Music/EpicaAlbumSeries Epica]]'' (2003) |
| 62 | * ''[[Music/EpicaAlbumSeries The Black Halo]]'' (2005) |
| 63 | * ''Ghost Opera'' (2007) |
| 64 | * ''Poetry for the Poisoned'' (2010) |
| 65 | * ''{{Music/Silverthorn}}'' (2012) |
| 66 | * ''Haven'' (2015) |
| 67 | * ''The Shadow Theory'' (2018) |
| 68 | * ''The Awakening'' (2023) |
| 69 | |
| 70 | !!'''Live Albums''' |
| 71 | * ''The Expedition'' (2000) |
| 72 | * ''One Cold Winter's Night'' (CD/DVD, 2006) |
| 73 | * ''I Am the Empire - Live from the 013'' (CD/DVD, 2020) |
| 74 | |
| 75 | !!'''Notable songs:''' |
| 76 | * Vanderbilt era: |
| 77 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gknuor4h4-s Eternity]] (Eternity) |
| 78 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tGUJ8vu2Lw What About Me]] (Eternity) |
| 79 | * Khan era: |
| 80 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVbVfMo1MOA Forever]] (Karma) |
| 81 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4wV4rxTqfU Karma]] (Karma) |
| 82 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wRreoNRGwk Center of the Universe]] (Epica) |
| 83 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qdcl67H1Jw March of Mephisto]] (feat. Shagrath of Music/DimmuBorgir) (The Black Halo) |
| 84 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I438RH1oUJc The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)]] (feat. Simone Simons of {{Epica}}) (The Black Halo) |
| 85 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9hGHnXPEi4 Ghost Opera]] (Ghost Opera) |
| 86 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbOvCG-71s The Human Stain]] (Ghost Opera) |
| 87 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woRaHKNEs8Y The Great Pandemonium]] (feat. Bjorn "Speed" Strid of {{Music/Soilwork}}) (Poetry for the Poisoned) |
| 88 | * Karevik era: |
| 89 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvWT-7l6vJU Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)]] (feat. Elize Ryd of Music/{{Amaranthe}} and Alissa White-Gluz of Music/{{Arch Enemy|Band}}) (Silverthorn) |
| 90 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSylbQEHhVo My Confession]] (feat. Music/{{Eklipse}}) (Silverthorn) |
| 91 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEch2Zdq7b0 Veil of Elysium]] (Haven) |
| 92 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUeqRwWorM Insomnia]] (Haven) |
| 93 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDLZ6Mqy7AM Liar Liar]] feat. Music/AlissaWhiteGluz (Haven) |
| 94 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQKrMeeTlfc Ravenlight]] (The Shadow Theory) |
| 95 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8MqvUeDqL4 Phantom Divine (Shadow Empire)]] (The Shadow Theory) |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | ---- |
| 99 | !!Say my tropes, no beautifying filters... |
| 100 | |
| 101 | * AdvertOverloadedFuture: The "Amnesiac" video, borrowing heavily from Film/BladeRunner and Film/GhostInTheShell2017. |
| 102 | * AudienceParticipationSong: The audience sings along with "Forever". |
| 103 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ariel's wish to know all the world's answers brings him nothing but pain. Mephisto granting his desires keeps ending up with him in worse positions than before. |
| 104 | * BloodBath: |
| 105 | ** The album art for ''Karma'' depicts a woman in a nightgown waist-deep in a pool of blood. The last three songs on the album, "Elizabeth I, II, & III," are about the life of the TropeMaker, UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory. |
| 106 | ** In the video for "March of Mephisto", the title character drinks blood out of a skull and then proceeds to pour blood over his head. |
| 107 | * ButNowIMustGo: Between "Farewell", "Lost And Damned" and "The Haunting", Ariel does this to people who care about him way too much. |
| 108 | * CallBack: |
| 109 | ** In the bridge of "Moonlight" the melody of "Center of the Universe" is played on a pipe. |
| 110 | ** "Citizen Zero" has a TitleDrop in "Revolution" courtesy of Music/AlissaWhiteGluz. |
| 111 | ** "I am the empire" from "Phantom Divine" comes up again in "The Proud and the Broken". |
| 112 | * ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''The Fourth Legacy''. |
| 113 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: |
| 114 | ** Songs from their first four albums have been gradually phased out of their live shows |
| 115 | ** Original members Mark Vanderbilt, Richard Warner, and David Pavlicko are only remembered by die-hard fans. |
| 116 | * ConceptAlbum: A notable theme with Kamelot. |
| 117 | ** ''Epica'', ''The Black Halo'' (based heavily on ''Faust''), and ''Silverthorn'' are all full concept albums. They even have their own TV Tropes links in the discography folder! |
| 118 | ** ''Karma'', ''Poetry For The Poisoned'', ''Haven'', and ''The Shadow Theory'' all have concepts built into part of their song lists. |
| 119 | *** The last two are almost their own loose narrative: ''Haven'' tackles societal problems like loneliness and corruption, then in the end [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized someone incites a revolution]] hoping to find a [[TitleDrop haven]] in the wake of it all. In ''The Shadow Theory'', this trend continues but this time technology and Carl Jung's shadow aspect come heavily into play as the likes of "Kevlar Skin" and "Phantom Divine" imply that the fight is now within as CyberneticsEatYourSoul. |
| 120 | * CoverVersion: [[Music/NickCave "Where The Wild Roses Grow"]] as a bonus on ''Poetry For the Poisoned''. |
| 121 | * CreepyChildrenSinging: ''Silverthorn'' has "Sacrimony" and the TitleTrack. ''The Shadow Theory'' has "Burns to Embrace". |
| 122 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: "The Great Pandemonium" has close-up shots of a woman whose BodyHorror combines with this trope, dieselpunk-style. |
| 123 | %%** "Kevlar Skin" has shades of this. |
| 124 | * CyberpunkIsTechno: Downplayed in ''The Shadow Theory''. {{Industrial}} elements appear at certain points but end up blending into the overall PowerMetal of the album. |
| 125 | * DarkerAndEdgier: ''Poetry for the Poisoned'' traded in the band's usual progressive/power metal style for a more goth-influenced sound. Reception was... mixed. The following album, ''Silverthorn'', featured a new vocalist and a return to their previous form. |
| 126 | * DealWithTheDevil: ''Epica'' and ''The Black Halo'' are based on {{Theatre/Faust}} after all. |
| 127 | * DeathSeeker: "Across the Highlands" is about an [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]] who longs to die. |
| 128 | -->Searching for a way / To finalize my history |
| 129 | %%* DespairEventHorizon: "Abandoned" and "This Pain" from ''The Black Halo''. |
| 130 | * DivinelyAppearingDemons: In the song "Descent of the Archangel", Mephisto (named for a demon in Literature/TheBible) appears to Ariel in his full angelic glory, offering Ariel a bargain for his soul. |
| 131 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first three albums were done in a standard power metal style, before switching to their signature prog-symphonic-power metal fusion on ''The Fourth Legacy''. |
| 132 | * EpicRocking: |
| 133 | ** When played straight through, the three tracks that make up "Elizabeth" are about 12 minutes long. |
| 134 | ** "Memento Mori" from ''The Black Halo'' is 9 minutes long and definitely fits the 'epic' criterion. |
| 135 | ** The four "Poetry for the Poisoned" tracks from their eponymous album amount to almost 9 and a half minutes. |
| 136 | ** "Prodigal Son" from ''Silverthorn''. |
| 137 | ** "The Proud and the Broken" from ''The Shadow Theory'' as well. |
| 138 | * EpicInstrumentalOpener: |
| 139 | ** "Seal Of Woven Years" takes a full 1.5 minutes to set the scene for the song. |
| 140 | ** Most albums open with a minute or so long orchestral piece to set the stage for the rest of the album that leads into the first song on the album. |
| 141 | ** Though eventually averted on ''Haven'', where the opening track "Fallen Star" has vocals, and the ''ending'' track is the instrumental one. |
| 142 | * FireAndBrimstoneHell: The music video for "The Great Pandemonium", with some cyber/dieselpunk and Lovecraftian influences as well. |
| 143 | * GodhoodSeeker: In ''Karma'''s three-part "Elizabeth", UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory comes to believe she can attain {{immortality|Seeker}} and divinity by [[BloodBath bathing]] in [[VirginSacrifice virgin blood]]. By Part 2, she's deluded herself into imagining that her victims became immortal with her. By Part 3, she [[spoiler:realizes she's damned herself [[AllForNothing for nothing]].]] |
| 144 | * HeavyMithril: A little bit on the first three albums, though rather a lot less than you would expect from their name, having only two songs remotely about King Arthur to date. |
| 145 | * HeartbeatSoundtrack: "Love You To Death" uses this. |
| 146 | %%* HomoeroticSubtext: Some of Mephisto's lines, especially in "Descent of the Archangel", just simply ooze this trope. |
| 147 | * HorribleHistoryMetal: A lot of examples all across their discography, including "The Inquisitor" (about the [[BurnTheWitch Witch Hunts]]), "Glory" (about UsefulNotes/TheCrusades), the "Elizabeth" trilogy (about UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory - even though they take more of a [[HeavyMithril fantasy]] approach to the story), and "Blücher" (about the [[SinkingShipScenario sinking of the eponymous German battle ship]] on the borders of Norway during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII). |
| 148 | * InTheHood: Tommy Karevik loves this trope [[https://monimoosic.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/kamelot_usa-7.jpg oh]] [[http://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/kamelotmytherapyvid_638.jpg so]] [[http://metaljournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/kamelot-leyendas-del-rock-2018-pic-3.jpg much]]. |
| 149 | * KillAndReplace: The video for "Phantom Divine" seems to imply that [[EvilInc Shadow Industries]] want to do this to Kamelot, and they successfully 3D-printed a clone of Lauren Hart. [[spoiler:They seem to have succeeded, only for the copies to shut down after the band are found still alive thanks to the Shadow Key.]] |
| 150 | * KillItWithFire: "The Inquisitor," unsurprisingly, burns witches. |
| 151 | -->Ease your pain\ |
| 152 | The fire's burning wild\ |
| 153 | Ease your pain\ |
| 154 | The inquisition\ |
| 155 | Has drained the demons\ |
| 156 | Like I said it would |
| 157 | * LightIsNotGood: |
| 158 | ** "[[WellIntentionedExtremist The]] [[VillainSong Inquisitor]]." |
| 159 | --->Won't you let me ease your sorrow\ |
| 160 | Let me guide you through the night\ |
| 161 | All my methods clean and thorough\ |
| 162 | Don't you fear the light |
| 163 | ** Mephisto appears to Ariel with 'Angel Wings, in White' in "Descent of the Archangel". |
| 164 | * LighterAndSofter: ''Silverthorn''. Though certainly not light and fluffy, it is much closer to the band's Prog/Power roots than the goth-influenced ''Poetry''. |
| 165 | * LongestSongGoesLast: |
| 166 | ** Pre-outro: |
| 167 | *** [[Music/{{Silverthorn}} "Prodigal Son"]]. |
| 168 | *** "The Proud and the Broken" from ''The Shadow Theory''. |
| 169 | ** Longest song as closer: |
| 170 | *** "The Gleeman" from ''Eternity'' clocks in at 6 minutes 19 seconds. |
| 171 | *** "Lunar Sanctum" for ''The Fourth Legacy'' is almost 6 minutes. |
| 172 | *** The [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory "Elizabeth"]] trilogy from ''Karma'' is an interesting case: The trilogy in itself plays the trope straight as one; divided, the 11-minute final third does only if you count the [[SilenceIsGolden silence]] after 4 minutes 14 seconds. |
| 173 | * LyricalDissonance: "Lost and Damned" is a fast paced, epic song... about Ariel, the protagonist of ''Epica'' and ''The Black Halo'' deciding to leave Helena, his lover, to continue his pointless search for the meaning of life. What makes things worse is that this leads directly to Helena throwing herself and their unborn child into a river. |
| 174 | * ManOnFire: Some impeccably timed live photos show Tommy either [[https://www.facebook.com/TommyKarevikOfficial/posts/893025100774514 in close proximity to fire]] or apparently [[https://twitter.com/KamelotOfficial/status/1020048803758596096 ON fire]]. He's also a [[{{Irony}} firefighter]]. |
| 175 | * {{Mephistopheles}}: The albums "Epica" and "The Black Halo" are heavily inspired by the story of ''Faust''. Mephisto, a FallenAngel, makes a bet with God that if he can claim ownership of the soul of the philosopher-scientist Ariel, God must allow him to return to Heaven. He then manipulates Ariel into a DealWithTheDevil: Mephisto will grant him access to worldly power and knowledge in order to satisfy Ariel's yearning to understand universal truths, on the condition that if Ariel ever experiences a moment of such deep contentment that he wishes to stay there forever, he forfeits ownership of his soul to Mephisto. |
| 176 | * MrFanservice: Tommy Karevik. [[https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/25348339_1546809155396102_6732213478988582890_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_eui2=AeFzlZVphINQrtUhJkI5mytTT-uN4ByJUiZKFjEdzbif4SznBsqjeOEd_1I6QGsaXlmr-_Zmfw67iq-_QbXH7LYd4D7buyMYAs4JP5dLHeGENQ&_nc_ht=scontent-hkg3-1.xx&oh=15381b0e1be62439579c8fe9d4c25e95&oe=5C678CFA Behold.]] |
| 177 | ** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGP13JaM0RU video]] for "My Therapy" oozes with {{Fanservice}}. |
| 178 | * NonAppearingTitle: |
| 179 | ** "Lunar Sanctum," "March of Mephisto." |
| 180 | ** "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)" gets a special mention as "Somewhere in Time" does appear in the chorus, but "The Haunting" doesn't appear anywhere. |
| 181 | ** "Necropolis" is not said directly in the song, "City Of The Dead" is said though. |
| 182 | ** "Citizen Zero" is not said in the song... and then, said in "Revolution." |
| 183 | ** In "Phantom Divine (Shadow Empire)," "Shadow Empire" part is not said. |
| 184 | * NothingIsScarier: The end of the "Necropolis" video. [[LastNoteNightmare You need only your ears.]] |
| 185 | * OminousLatinChanting: |
| 186 | ** Present in the form of Faux Latin (Or Faux Italian) in ''The Edge of Paradise'' and the interlude ''Opiate Soul''. |
| 187 | ** The TitleTrack from ''The Fourth Legacy'' features some in its middle section. |
| 188 | ** The bridge of "Citizen Zero" lists SevenDeadlySins in Latin. |
| 189 | * PowerBallad: "What About Me," "Once a Dream", "Temples of Gold", "Abandoned", "Love You to Death", "Song for Jolee", "Under Grey Skies", "Static". |
| 190 | * ProgressiveMetal: The band has always had a progressive streak, which shows in tracks such as "Lunar Sanctum". |
| 191 | * PurpleIsPowerful: A lot of their album covers up to ''Epica'' make use of purple as most prominent color in combination with castle-themed imagery. Downplayed ever since ''Ghost Opera'' (and averted in ''Silverthorn'') where their shades of grey are sometimes tinged with purple. |
| 192 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: "III Ways to Epica," where Ariel blames God for his grief. |
| 193 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The title song of ''The Black Halo'' serves as both, with Ariel denouncing Mephisto and proclaiming he no longer fears damnation. |
| 194 | %%* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: '''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin REVO]][[BigWordShout LUTIOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!]]''' |
| 195 | * RockOpera: ''Epica'' and ''The Black Halo'' as mentioned before. |
| 196 | %%* SanitySlippageSong: "The Great Pandemonium". |
| 197 | * SerialEscalation: Each part of the "Elizabeth" trilogy from ''Karma'' is heavier than the last. |
| 198 | * SevenDeadlySins: Listed in the bridge of "Citizen Zero," [[OminousLatinChanting in Latin]]. |
| 199 | * ShoutOut: The main melody of "Forever" is based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR3N1yBEGbw "Solveig's Song"]], written by Edvard Grieg for his Peer Gynt Suites. |
| 200 | * SopranoAndGravel: Kamelot has been in love with this trope since 2005. |
| 201 | ** ''The Black Halo'' featured [[Music/DimmuBorgir Shagrath]] as Mephisto in "March of Mephisto", who then battles another soprano (Mari Youngblood, as Ariel's lover Helena) in "Memento Mori". |
| 202 | ** "The Great Pandemonium" has [[{{Music/Soilwork}} Björn Speed Strid]] on gravel. |
| 203 | ** "The Zodiac" features [[{{Music/Savatage}} Jon Oliva]] in the gravel role. |
| 204 | ** "Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)" has another three-way, with Music/AlissaWhiteGluz in the gravel role and Tommy Karevik and Elize Ryd in the soprano role. |
| 205 | ** Alissa returns to duel with Tommy in ''Haven'' with "Liar Liar" and "Revolution", shifting to soprano role in the former's penultimate hook. |
| 206 | ** Sascha Paeth provides background gravel in the Karevik era, notably on "Ashes to Ashes" and "The Proud and the Broken". |
| 207 | ** "Phantom Divine" has Once Human vocalist Lauren Hart doing soprano-to-gravel midway through the song. "Mindfall Remedy" and possibly "The Proud and the Broken" feature her in her full gravel glory. |
| 208 | * SpokenWordInMusic: Usually in introductory parts like "Manus Dei" and that of "My Therapy". |
| 209 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Continuing from ''Epica'', protagonist Ariel is still stricken with grief and sorrow over his lover Helena's death. With Ariel's will nearly under Mephisto's total control, the fallen angel brings Ariel a beautiful young woman named Marguerite, who looks and speaks just like Helena. Ariel seduces Marguerite and the two sleep together, which completes Mephisto's manipulation of Ariel ("When the Lights are Down"). |
| 210 | * SurrealHorror: The music videos for "The Great Pandemonium" and "Necropolis" ooze with this. |
| 211 | * ThroatLight: Björn Strid in "The Great Pandemonium" video grunts with the insides of his mouth ''on fire.'' |
| 212 | * TogetherInDeath: Ariel and Helena are united in death at the end of "Memento Mori". |
| 213 | * UncommonTime: |
| 214 | ** "Karma" and "Eden Echo" have verses in 5/4. |
| 215 | ** Common on ''[[Music/EpicaAlbumSeries Epica]]'' [[Music/EpicaAlbumSeries and]] ''[[Music/EpicaAlbumSeries The Black Halo]]''. "III Ways to Epica" and "The Black Halo" have sections in 5/4, "March of Mephisto" has single bars of 5/4 in its second and third choruses, "Abandoned" starts in 7/4, and later changes between 4/4 and 7/4 in the last few bars, and "A Feast For the Vain" switches to 11/8 for the bridge. |
| 216 | * VillainSong: They really like this trope. |
| 217 | ** The "Elizabeth" trilogy on ''Karma'' is about UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory. |
| 218 | ** ''Epica'' has "Descent of the Archangel", in which Ariel, the album's protagonist, is about to kill himself in despair over the fact that his search for the meaning of life went fruitless for years when Mephisto approaches him and [[DealWithTheDevil offers him the resources to continue his search in exchange for his soul]]. |
| 219 | ** ''The Black Halo'' continues this with "March of Mephisto" which is essentially gloating over [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Helena's]] death and how this will aid Mephisto's plan to win Ariel's soul and re-enter heaven. |
| 220 | ** "The Zodiac" from ''Poetry For The Poisoned'' is written from the point of view of the eponymous SerialKiller. |
| 221 | ** "Veritas" from ''Silverthorn''. While most of the album is narrated by its unnamed protagonist, this particular song is given from the perspective of his [[EvilTwin brother Robert]]. [[RageAgainstTheReflection He]] [[EvilGloating has]] [[AGodAmI some]] [[KneelBeforeZod issues,]] [[StrawNihilist to]] [[OminousLatinChanting say]] [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed the least]]. |
| 222 | %%** Other songs that qualify are "Where I Reign", "The Inquisitor", "Citizen Zero", and arguably "Up Through the Ashes". |
| 223 | * WeAllDieSomeday: In "The Human Stain," the human race is hopelessly flawed; life is miserable and senseless, and someday, we all must die; yet, we want to live for just a little longer. |
| 224 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: "Across the Highlands". |
| 225 | -->But I am damned\ |
| 226 | If life itself is condemnation\ |
| 227 | I am immortal\ |
| 228 | Thus my freedom is captivity |
| 229 | * WoundThatWillNotHeal: "Some of these wounds will always bleed" in "This Pain." |
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