About Karma by Kamelot Album
Karma is the fifth full-length album by power metal band Kamelot. It was recorded at Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) June 2000-January 2001 and released on July 9, 2001 through Noise Records (Germany) which is a part of Sanctuary Records. Members of the Band Roy Khan – vocalsThomas Youngblood – guitarGlenn Barry – bass guitarCasey Grillo – drums Guest Musicians Miro – Keyboards and orchestral arrangementsSascha Paeth – Additional guitarsFarouk Asjadi – ShakuhachiLiv Nina Mosven – Opera vocals on "Requiem for the Innocent" and "Fall From Grace" Olaf Hayer, Cinzia Rizzo (backing vocals track 6), Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and Miro - Choirs Strings Quartet Tobias Rempe – 1st violinCorinna Guthmann – 2nd violinMarie-Theres Stumpf – violaPatrick Sepec – cello Notes "Forever" is based on "Solveig's Song", written by Edvard Grieg for his Peer Gynt Suites."Don't You Cry" is dedicated to Thomas Youngblood Sr., who died when his son was very young."Ne Pleure Pas" is essentially the same song as "Don't You Cry", only sung in French.The trilogy of songs that close the album on the normal edition, "Elizabeth" I, II & III, are based on the story of Elizabeth Bathory.