Silverthorn (album)

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All tracks are written by Thomas Youngblood, Sascha Paeth, Oliver Palotai and Tommy Karevik, except "Falling Like the Fahrenheit" and "Leaving Too Soon" by Youngblood, Paeth, Palotai, Karevik and Bob Katsionis

Silverthorn
Silverthorn cover.jpg
Cover art by Stefan Heilemann
Studio album by
Kamelot
Released24 October 2012 (Japan)
26 October 2012 (Germany)
29 October 2012 (rest of Europe)
1 November 2012 (North America)
RecordedJanuary–June 2012
Studio Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida, US, Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, Palosphere Studios, Stuttgart, Germany, and JohanArt, Sweden
Genre Symphonic metal, [1] power metal, progressive metal [2]
Length56:20
Label SPV/Steamhammer (Europe and North America)
King (Japan)
Producer Sascha Paeth, Miro and Kamelot
Kamelot chronology
Poetry for the Poisoned
(2010)		Silverthorn
(2012)		 Haven
(2015)
Alternate cover
Silverthorn alternate cover.jpg
Silverthorn vinyl and 2-CD box set cover (2012)
No.TitleLength
1."Manus Dei"2:12
2."Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)" (feat. Elize Ryd & Alissa White-Gluz)4:39
3."Ashes to Ashes"3:58
4."Torn"3:51
5."Song for Jolee"4:33
6."Veritas" (feat. Elize Ryd)4:35
7."My Confession"4:34
8."Silverthorn"4:52
9."Falling Like the Fahrenheit" (feat. Elize Ryd)5:05
10."Solitaire"4:56
11."Prodigal Son"
  • "Part I: Funerale"
  • "Part II: Burden of Shame (The Branding)"
  • "Part III: The Journey" (feat. Alissa White-Gluz)
8:52
12."Continuum" (silence at 1:53, cello solo at 2:49)4:17
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Leaving Too Soon"3:51
Box set limited edition - disc 2 (instrumental version)
No.TitleLength
1."Manus Dei (Instrumental Version)"2:12
2."Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife) [Instrumental Version]"4:39
3."Kismet (Instrumental Version)"1:41
4."Ashes to Ashes (Instrumental Version)"3:58
5."Torn (Instrumental Version)"3:51
6."Song for Jolee (Instrumental Version)"4:33
7."Veritas (Instrumental Version)"4:34
8."My Confession (Instrumental Version)"4:33
9."Silverthorn (Instrumental Version)"4:51
10."Falling Like the Fahrenheit (Instrumental Version)"5:06
11."Solitaire (Instrumental Version)"4:56
12."Prodigal Son (Instrumental Version)"8:52
13."Continuum (Instrumental Version)"1:53
14."Grace" (with Apollo Papathanasio & Niclas Engelin)3:24

Personnel

Credits for Silverthorn adapted from liner notes. [12]

Kamelot

Additional personnel

Silverthorn Children's Choir

Silverthorn Choir

Production

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart [13] 70
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders) [14] 116
Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia) [15] 133
Canadian Albums Chart [16] 86
Canadian Top Hard Music [16] 7
Finnish Albums Chart [17] 28
French Albums Chart [18] 121
German Albums Chart [19] [20] 36
GfK Dutch Charts [21] 54
Oricon Japanese Albums Chart [22] 65
Norwegian Albums Chart [23] 17
Swedish Albums Chart [24] 20
Swiss Albums Chart [25] 55
Spanish Albums Chart [26] 89
UK Albums Chart [16] 168
UK (Rock & Metal Chart) [16] 17
UK (Indie Chart) [16] 36
US Billboard Top 200 [27] 79
US Billboard Hard Rock Albums [16] 9
US Billboard Top Internet [16] 11
US Billboard Independent Albums [16] 14

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