Somehow the fact that Khan is out now has put me off getting the new one, despite all the great things that are being said about it (and the fact that Poetry For The Poisoned was actually a pretty poor album). I remember checking out a song on youtube a while ago (not bad at all) and thinking that while the new guy sounds good, he's still not Roy Khan good...
I'm still going to get the album though..
I think he sounds 100% like Khan
For me the absolute peak was Epica-The Black Halo-Ghost Opera. Everything else is only great compared to those three
I listened to Karma last week for the first time in a few years. Roy sounded so much younger in 2001.