Kamelot was founded in
Tampa, Florida by Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. They signed their first contract in 1994 with German label
Noise Records. Six albums were released through the label. After the release of
Epica in 2003 they started working with
SPV/Steamhammer. With them they released
The Black Halo (2005) and
Ghost Opera (2007), after a temporary switch to
Edel Music for the release of
Poetry for the Poisoned (2010), they were back with SPV for another release with
Silverthorn (2012). Currently the band is under contract with
Napalm Records,
Universal,
ADA/Warner and
King Records and released the album
Haven in 2015. Youngblood was the main composer of Kamelot's music from 1994 to 1998, collaborating with singer
Roy Khan from 1998 to 2010. When Khan decided to leave the band,
Tommy Karevik (
Seventh Wonder) became the new singer. The new composing/writing team of the band consists of Thomas Youngblood,
Oliver Palotai (keyboards),
Sascha Paeth (producer) and Tommy Karevik (vocals). During Kamelot live shows Youngblood sings backing vocals and harsh vocals ("
March of Mephisto") if needed. The song "
Don't You Cry" is dedicated to his father and "
Hunter's Season" to his mother. Youngblood is the only founding member continuously active in the band since its formation. With Kamelot, Youngblood played multiple headliner tours during the last 20 years in America, Asia, Australia and Europe and some of the biggest festivals like
Wacken Open Air,
Sweden Rock Festival,
Sonisphere Festival, and
Rock am Ring. After Kamelot released their 2023 studio album,
The Awakening, the first single of the album, "One More Flag in the Ground", was under consideration for the Grammy for Best Metal Performance. Youngblood collaborated with Mark Vanderbilt (ex-Kamelot vocalist) in the late 1990s for a project called "Monarque". The song "Arion" was released on the compilation CD "Powerquest – The Awakening".
Consortium Project is the brainchild of
Ian Parry, vocalist of the Dutch band
Elegy. Youngblood and Ian Parry met when Elegy toured with Kamelot in 1998. When the first album
Consortium Project was recorded, Youngblood was part of it. Other contributions by
Patrick Rondat,
Arjen Lucassen,
Stephan Lill and others. Youngblood also contributed on the second album
Continuum in Extremis in 2001. He has co-songwriting credits for "Poetic Justice". In 2003, Youngblood was invited to play guitars on the metal opera
Days of Rising Doom by
supergroup Aina, a project of Amanda Sommerville, Sascha Paeth, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and Michael Rodenberg. In 2003, another collaboration between Ian Parry and Thomas Youngblood came to fruit. They recorded the song "
Flight of Icarus" for the
Iron Maiden tribute double album
Slave to the Power. ==Personal life==