KAMELOT Unveil Grandiose New Single & Video ‘Godlike Alchemy’

[Photo Credit: Timo Maczollek / Nat Enemede]

Following the release of the triumphant debut single “Ashen World”—chosen as one of Metal Hammer’s best tracks of the week—KAMELOT reveals the second single from their forthcoming masterpiece, Dark Asylum, out August 28 via Napalm Records.

The grandiose “Godlike Alchemy” emerges larger than life with its soaring string arrangements accompanying frontman Tommy Karevik’s goosebump inducing wails. Dynamically expansive and rhythmically infectious, the band flawlessly oscillates between ornate and brutal, with Thomas Youngblood wielding some serious melodic firepower in the solo and breakdown department. Biblical atmosphere with an anthemic chorus, “Godlike Alchemy” sees KAMELOT firing from all cylinders.

Singer Tommy Karevik on “Godlike Alchemy”:
“This song encapsulates the overarching theme of the Dark Asylum. What if you don’t need to look outside of yourself to find peace and happiness… What if you already possess the power you need to heal and create the reality you want to see? What if we are all magical, powerful beings with unlimited potential? It’s a mind boggling thought…”

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.

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KAMELOT pushes 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 2 disc version including an instrumental version of the album, alongside cassette and digital options!

Dark Asylum Tracklisting:
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

Produced by Sascha Paeth and Kamelot – Mixed and Mastered by Jacob Hansen

Always committed to bringing their worlds beyond the studio, KAMELOT will take RavenHill Asylum on the road this fall with the immersive Dark Asylum World Tour, spanning North America and Europe. Once you step inside RavenHill… there is no turning back.

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