Roy Khan

Roy Khan
Roy Khan performing in Texas (2007)
Background information
Birth name	Roy Sætre Khantatat
Born	12 March 1970 (1970-03-12) (age 39)
Origin	Elverum, Norway
Genres	Symphonic metal Power metal Progressive metal
Occupations	Vocalist, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Steamhammer/SPV GmbH
Associated acts	Kamelot Conception
Website	www.kamelot.com

Roy Sætre Khantatat (born 12 March 1970 in Elverum), is a Norwegian singer. Commonly known as Roy Khan or simply Khan, he is the vocalist for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot. Before becoming famous as a metal vocalist, he studied opera in Norway for 3 years.

Before Khan joined Kamelot in 1997, he was in the progressive metal band Conception. He co-writes all of Kamelot's songs with the band's guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood^{[citation needed]}. In 2005, Khan reunited with his previous band Conception and played at the 2005 ProgPower USA VI festival^[1] on Friday 16 September and Norwegian Scream Magazine's 15 Years & 100 Issues Festival on Saturday 1 October. Khan, guitarist Tore Østby (previously from ARK) and the rest of Conception reunited; it was clarified Khan will continue to support Kamelot^{[citation needed]}.

Discography

With Conception

Albums

• The Last Sunset (1991)
• Parallel Minds (1993)
• In Your Multitude (1995)
• Flow (1997)

EPs

• Guilt/Sundance (1995)

With Kamelot

Albums

• Siége Perilous (1998)
• The Fourth Legacy (2000)
• Karma (2001)
• Epica (2003)
• The Black Halo (2005)
• Ghost Opera (2007)

Live albums

• The Expedition (2000)
• One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
• Ghost Opera: The Second Coming (2008)

Live DVDs

• One Cold Winter's Night (2006)

Guest appearances

• Crest Of Darkness - The Ogress (1999) in "Reference" and in "Sweet Scent Of Death"
• Epica - Consign to Oblivion (2005) in "Trois Vierges"
• Avantasia - The Scarecrow (2008) in "Twisted Mind"

See also

• Kamelot

External links

• Roy Khan's information on the Kamelot official webpage

References