The arrangement leans into the band’s cinematic instincts without losing the core of what makes KAMELOT work when they’re at their best: tension, release, and a sense of drama that feels earned.
THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD, who has steered KAMELOT since the beginning, calls “Sanctuary” the turning point on the record — the place where the story finally steps out of RavenHill’s shadow. The song is about hope, but not the easy kind.
It’s about clawing your way back after everything falls apart, and the video follows that same arc: escape, scars, and the start of something new. The three vocalists — KAREVIK, DELAUNEY, FERNÁNDEZ — don’t just trade verses; they give the track the range it needs to make that shift believable.
KAMELOT launch the Dark Asylum World Tour this Friday in Orlando, starting with a North American run alongside VISIONS OF ATLANTIS and FROZEN CROWN. After that, they cross into Europe with EXIT EDEN and TEMPERANCE. It’s a lineup that makes sense if you’ve followed the band’s evolution — each support act brings a different angle on the symphonic and melodic metal spectrum, and the tour looks built to underline that.
KAMELOT started in Tampa back in 1987, with YOUNGBLOOD at the center from the first demo to now. Thirteen albums in, the band has shifted lineups and sounds, but the core has held. TOMMY KAREVIK has been on vocals since “Silverthorn” in 2012, stepping in after ROY KHAN left — a transition that could have broken a lesser band, but here it just marked the start of a new chapter.
[VIDEO:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ_Yfxt0Bgo]
## Dark Asylum North American Tour (w/ Visions of Atlantis, Frozen Crown)
Aug 28 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
Aug 29 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Heaven)
Aug 31 – Dallas, TX – The Studio at the Factory
Sep 2 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Sep 3 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
Sep 4 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Sep 5 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sep 7 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
Sep 8 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
Sep 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at The Complex
Sep 11 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Sep 12 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman
Sep 14 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Sep 15 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Sep 17 – St. Charles, IL – The Arcada Theatre
Sep 18 – Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron
Sep 19 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Sep 20 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
Sep 22 – Quebec City, QC – Théâtre Capitole
Sep 24 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
Sep 25 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Sep 26 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
Sep 27 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
## Dark Asylum Europe Tour Pt. 1 (w/ Exit Eden, Temperance)
Oct 30 – Tilburg, NL – O13 (Kamfest, w/ Elegy, Leaves’ Eyes, Xandria)
Oct 31 – Tilburg, NL – O13 (Kamfest)
Nov 1 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Nov 3 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz Manchester
Nov 5 – Oberhausen, DE – Turbinenhalle
Nov 6 – Pratteln, CH – Z7
Nov 7 – Lyon, FR – Rayonne
Nov 8 – Stuttgart, DE – LKA
Nov 10 – Kraków, PL – Klub Studio
Nov 11 – Warsaw, PL – Progresja
Nov 13 – Zagreb, HR – Boogaloo
Nov 14 – Budapest, HU – Barba Negra
Nov 15 – Belgrade, RS – Hangar
Nov 17 – Trezzo sull’Adda, IT – Live Club
Nov 18 – Padova, IT – Hall
Nov 20 – Toulouse, FR – Metronum
Nov 21 – Barcelona, ES – Sala Razzmatazz 1
Nov 22 – Madrid, ES – Riviera
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