Roy Khan Plans Solo Album That Recreates the Kamelot Sound of His Era

Roy Khan is making a solo album with a very specific aim. The former Kamelot singer says he wants the music to feel like the work he did with that band during his long tenure.

“I’m trying to capture the sound that Kamelot had while I was in the band. That’s the idea,” Khan told Metal Injection. The comment is his plainest statement of intent yet for the project, which surfaces after years of distance from the metal scene. Khan left Kamelot in 2011, stepping away from music entirely to work in counseling and church ministry. He has performed occasionally since then, but this album will be his first sustained return to recorded heavy music.

During Khan’s time fronting Kamelot—from 1998’s Siége Perilous through 2010’s Poetry for the Poisoned—the Florida based band refined a theatrical, melody-driven power metal style that earned a wide international following. That sound, both dramatic and tightly constructed, has been absent from his live appearances, which often leaned on stripped-down arrangements. A deliberate attempt to recreate it signals more than nostalgia. It points to a reunion of sensibility, a conscious move back into a creative space he once defined.

No release date or label details have been announced. What’s clear is that Khan is framing the album around a specific artistic reference point rather than chasing an updated identity. For listeners who came to Kamelot during that era, the news lands as a promise that hasn’t been made in well over a decade.