Following the tour for The Shadow Theory, Youngblood revealed in June 2020 that he, Karevik and Palotai were working on new material for the upcoming thirteenth Kamelot album.

Youngblood also revealed that a number of twenty-five songs had been written for the new album, focusing on only thirteen of them. Although the album was supposed to be released in March 2020, both Youngblood and Karevik had also stated that the band planned to release the new album in August or September 2021. Youngblood confirmed the number of twelve songs for the album and that the band were going to the studio to record their thirteenth studio album, as well as confirmed that the album will contain a mixture of both old and new elements and influences.

Kamelot announced that they had produced two music videos for the album in May 2022, following the 2021 deadline being passed. In the following month, the band finished the mixing for the album, later planning its release for an early 2023 release. Cellist Tina Guo was later announced that she would be a featured guest on the album.

The album was released on March 17, 2023 via Napalm Records.

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq about 85 kilometers south of modern day Baghdad. In Jewish tradition, Babylon symbolizes an oppressor against which righteous believers must struggle IIn Christianity, Babylon symbolizes worldliness and evil. Prophecies sometimes symbolically link the kings of Babylon with Lucifer.

KAMELOT
Tommy Karevik – vocals
Thomas Youngblood – guitars
Sean Tibbetts – bass
Oliver Palotai – keyboards
Alex Landenburg – drums, percussion

New Babylon: Lyrics
Beware the dynasty
Spreading conformity
The secret ministry
New Babylon
We are born, we are sold, we're deprived
Of the chance for the truth, of our rights
We are hiding from the light
New Pariah

Beware the dynasty
Spreading conformity
The secret ministry
New Babylon
We are born, we are sold, we're deprived
Of the chance for the truth, of our rights
Wе are hiding from the light
New Pariah

How could I forgivе myself
If I was to let go
And how could I reclaim
My own asylum
If my defenses would fall
For I have always had these wounds
I've faced the world alone
Yet never will I sway
Never back away
From the edge of the light

Welcome home to a place
Where the Titans rule
Take me home
To drown in an ocean of lies

Now swear in conformity
New Babylon
The face of conspiracy
New Pariah

Arrival of a new born child
A miracle of life
The freedom of a choice
An undistorted voice
From the edge of the light

Welcome home to a place
Where the Titans rule
Take me home
I'm parting the ocean of lies

Now swear in conformity
New Babylon
The face of conspiracy
New Pariah

Another tyrant lays to die
Under the black Babylonian sky
And the crowd goes wild
As they silence the sound of the drum
That led them astray

All is burning
Deep is the abyss
A storm is coming
Feel the serpents kiss
Brace for impact
Shields to form a wall
By the hands of the small
Every giant must fall

(Beware the dynasty
Spreading conformity
The secret ministry
New Babylon
We are born, we are sold, we're deprived
Of the chance for the truth, of our rights
We are hiding from the light
New Pariah)

Now swear in conformity
New Babylon
The face of conspiracy
New Pariah
Now swear in conformity
New Babylon conspiracy
New Pariah

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