Poetry For The Poisoned
by Kamelot
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Kamelot bestography
Poetry For The Poisoned is ranked 6th best out of 14 albums by Kamelot on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kamelot is Karma which is ranked number 10188 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 119.
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Poetry For The Poisoned track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (3 out of 14 tracks have been rated).
Poetry For The Poisoned rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 85 Music Albums of 2010 | 6/85 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2010 by ROCKS | 42/74 | - |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Metal Albums of 2010 | 8/10 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Symphonic Metal Albums | 91/100 | - |
| 2016 | Deckiller | Top 5 Music Albums of 2010 | 3/5 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2023 02:03 |  zags7000 | 20,468 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2022 13:39 | jeremy9 | 3,738 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2021 18:58 | LosWochos | 47,264 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2018 18:15 | Fischman | 11,858 | 66/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2017 10:51 |  TheHolyKiwi | 3,522 | 56/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Say what you will about power metal bands, if they can't (or don't) break away and develop from their double-bass, dragons & magic beginnings, they are unlikely to be much more than meh. Granted, Kamelot was never quite that generic, but they have gone through (nearly) a major sound change per album since Siege Perilous and this is no exception, embracing the dark vibe foreshadowed in Ghost Opera. I'm torn between choosing a best Kamelot album and admitting it's impossible to decide, but I don't doubt that Poetry is their most refined and technically professional album yet. The guitar work, including some from Gus G. (formerly from Dream Evil and currently with Ozzy) is great, but what you'll notice instantly is the drums, which are orders of magnitude more complex and interesting than most anything known to power metal, and a good deal better than Kamelot's previous works, to the point where you'd think it was no longer Casey Grillo on drums.
My complaints are simple:
The four part titular track, as great as it was, should have been closer to 15 minutes, not the 9:27 it was; there's no point in splitting up a song that short into four parts.
The lyrics are not nearly as good as in their Karma/Epica days (though few albums anywhere are).
Additionally, Once Upon a Time is a bit weak.
Not bad, but not necessarily great by Kamelot's standards. House on a Hill is one of their best songs, but the rest of the tracks are a tad uneven.
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