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Haven is the eleventh studio album by American power metal band Kamelot, released in North America on May 5, 2015 and world-wide on May 8. The album is produced by Sascha Paeth and mastered by Jacob Hansen. The cover and artwork were created by Stefan Heilemann and the additional art/layout were done by Gustavo Sazes. It features guest appearances by Alissa White-Gluz, Troy Donockley and Charlotte Wessels. It is also the band's first album with Napalm Records.

It is the final studio album to feature Casey Grillo on drums.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Sputnikmusic
AntiHero Magazine
Metal Storm
Blabbermouth

Track listing

No.	Title	Note(s)	Length
1.	"Fallen Star"		4:39
2.	"Insomnia"		4:13
3.	"Citizen Zero"		5:49
4.	"Veil of Elysium"		3:54
5.	"Under Grey Skies"	featuring Charlotte Wessels & Troy Donockley	4:52
6.	"My Therapy"		4:26
7.	"Ecclesia"		0:44
8.	"End of Innocence"		3:49
9.	"Beautiful Apocalypse"	featuring Charlotte Wessels	4:25
10.	"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)"	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	5:54
11.	"Here's to the Fall"		4:04
12.	"Revolution"	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	4:49
13.	"Haven"		2:14
Total length:			54:53

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
14.	"The Ties That Bind"	3:52

Vinyl edition
No.	Title	Length
14.	"At First Light"	5:07

Exclusive bonus CD (available only with the limited mediabook and deluxe earbook)
No.	Title	Note(s)	Length
1.	"End of Innocence" (Piano Version)		3:35
2.	"Veil of Elysium" (Acoustic Version)		3:07
3.	"Fallen Star" (Orchestral Version)		4:52
4.	"Here's to the Fall" (Orchestral Version)		4:05
5.	"My Therapy" (Orchestral Version)		4:22
6.	"Fallen Star" (instrumental version)		4:40
7.	"Insomnia" (instrumental version)		4:12
8.	"Citizen Zero" (instrumental version)		5:51
9.	"Veil of Elysium" (instrumental version)		3:54
10.	"Under Grey Skies" (instrumental version)	featuring Charlotte Wessels & Troy Donockley	4:52
11.	"My Therapy" (instrumental version)		4:26
12.	"End of Innocence" (instrumental version)		3:50
13.	"Beautiful Apocalypse" (instrumental version)	featuring Charlotte Wessels	4:27
14.	"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" (instrumental version)	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	5:54
15.	"Revolution" (instrumental version)	featuring Alissa White-Gluz	4:49

Personnel

Credits for Haven adapted from liner notes.

Kamelot

Tommy Karevik – lead vocals
Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
Sean Tibbetts – bass
Oliver Palotai – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
Casey Grillo – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Alissa White-Gluz – female vocals on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)", grunts on "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)" and "Revolution"
Troy Donockley – tin whistle on "Under Grey Skies"
Charlotte Wessels – female vocals on "Under Grey Skies", backing vocals on "Beautiful Apocalypse"
Cloudy Yang – backing vocals (track 12)
Sascha Paeth – additional guitars
Dennis Hornung – contrabass (1)
Miro – additional keyboards (4, 8), engineering (additional)

Choir

Cloudy Yang, Grazia Sposito, Herbie Langhans, Thomas Rettke

Production

Jacob Hansen – mastering
Stefan Heilemann – artwork, layout
Gustavo Sazes – additional artwork, layout
Jim Morris – recording, engineering (drums)
Andrew Boullianne – recording, engineering (assistant) (drums)
Philip Collodetti – engineering (additional)
Olaf Reitmeier – engineering (additional)
Tim Tronckoe – photography
Nina Lahtinen – clothes
Ville Juurikkala – photography (Troy Donockley)

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	104
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)	12
French Albums (SNEP)	150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	14
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)	23
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	28
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)	73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	24
UK Independent Albums (OCC)	18
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)	5
US Billboard 200	75
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)	10
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)	1

References

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"KAMELOT Parts Ways With Drummer CASEY GRILLO, Announces Replacement". Blabbermouth. February 5, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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v t e Kamelot
Thomas Youngblood Oliver Palotai Sean Tibbetts Tommy Karevik Alex Landenburg Rob Beck Dirk Van Tilborg David Pavlicko Mark Vanderbilt Richard Warner Glenn Barry Roy Khan Casey Grillo Johan Nunez
Studio albums	Eternity (1995) Dominion (1997) Siége Perilous (1998) The Fourth Legacy (1999) Karma (2001) Epica (2003) The Black Halo (2005) Ghost Opera (2007) Poetry for the Poisoned (2010) Silverthorn (2012) Haven (2015) The Shadow Theory (2018) The Awakening (2023)
Live albums	The Expedition One Cold Winter's Night I Am the Empire – Live from the 013
Related	Discography Conception Seventh Wonder

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