Artist: Kamelot
Title: The Black Halo 20th Anniversary Edition 
Label: Napalm Records
Cat #: NPR1179DP
Release Year: 2025
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak
Special Attributes: Reissue

20th-anniversary reissue of The Black Halo, the classic seventh full-length studio album from the American melodic power metal band Kamelot.

In the legends of King Arthur, Camelot is the capital of his kingdom. Truth, goodness, and beauty reigned there.

"Following the release of their thirteenth full-length, the introspective, uplifting, vital The Awakening (#2 US Current Hard Music Albums, #27 Current Album Sales), exciting reissues of seminal albums Ghost Opera, Poetry For The Poisoned and One Cold Winter's Night, and several international tours – including their recent Awaken The World tour, which has become the band’s most successful and massive headline run in their 30+ year history – Kamelot is ringing in the new year by celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the most renowned albums of their career, The Black Halo.

Upon its release, Blabbermouth dubbed The Black Halo “stunning”, naming it “one of 2005's most impressive releases”. Widely considered by fans and critics alike as a shining example of Kamelot’s finest early-era work, the album featured standout guest characterizations by Dimmu Borgir mastermind Shagrath, keymaster Jens Johansson of Stratovarius and many others, and was produced by band mastermind/guitarist Thomas Youngblood and vocalist Roy Khan, as well as renowned musicians, producers and The Black Halo personnel Sascha Paeth and Miro. 

Recommended if you like: Nightwish, Epica, Delain, Dragoforce, Within Temptation, Dark Moor, Blind Guardian, Avantasia, Iced Earth, HammerFall, Helloween

Track Listing:
01    March Of Mephisto (feat. Shagrath)
02    When The Lights Are Down    
03    The Haunting (Somewhere In Time) (feat. Simone Simons)
04    Soul Society    
05    Interlude I: Dei Gratia    
06    Abandoned (feat. Mari Youngblood)
07    This Pain    
08    Moonlight    
09    Interlude II: Un Assassino Molto Silenzioso    
10    The Black Halo    
11    Nothing Ever Dies    
12    Memento Mori (feat. Shagrath & Mari Youngblood)
13    Interlude III: Twelve Tolls For New Day    
14    Serenade