TALES OF THE OLD is a Symphonic Dark Ambient Power Metal band from Athens, Greece. The band was founded in 2010 by keyboard player Mike Tzanakis who is also the main composer and arranger of their music.His love for Symphonic Metal acts like Rhapsody, Nightwish, Therion, Haggard and such, led him to form a band and contribute to this genre with a more Dark version of his favorite music. The classical orchestrations are entwined with lyrics inspired by the Medieval Era, making the music of TALES OF THE OLD sound like a perfect soundtrack of the Dark Ages and the eternal battle of Good & Evil.
After releasing their first self-produced demo “Beware” in 2010, Tzanakis decided to make the next step and work with producer Bob Katsionis (ex - Firewind) who, in collaboration with Mike formed the sound of the band as it can be heard in their Ep '' The Passageway From Hell To Earth '' in 2012, their last act before even they start...
After eight hard struggling years, of unspeakable difficulties and obstacles (a period where actually TALES OF THE OLD did not exist), Tzanakis decided to reform the whole band and give birth to his dream. New members, new reality, a total new vision.
The band's first album “The Book Of Chaos” became reality during the past years!
A project which created and marked piece by piece by pure toil and unending sacrifices! A project which would never take flesh and bones without the contribution and the hard work of the only possible Co-Producer for Tales Of The Old, the mastermind of Power Metal in Greece, Bob Katsionis!
credits
released September 17, 2021
All music and lyrics by MikeTzanakis.
Produced by Bob Katsionis and MikeTzanakis.
Recorded at Sound Symmetry Studio, Athens, GR
Mixed by Bob Katsionis & Nasos Nomikos
Mastered by Nasos Nomikos at VU Productions , GR
All vocals recorded at Deva soundZ Studios. Engineered by Thanos Jan.
Classical Choir recorded at Deva Soundz studios. Sound engineering by Thimios Krikos.
Children Choir conducted by Spiros Lambrou and recorded at Art Tracks Studio.
Photo by : Konstantina Karastathi, Poppy Flowers Mavrena and Theodoros Kentistos
Cover concept by Mike Tzanakis
Cover artwork & layout by George Zacharoglou
Keys & Screaming Vocals : Mike Tzanakis
Guest Musicians
Bob Katsionis (Guitars)
Shadow (Bass)
Spectre (Drums)
supported by 6 fans who also own “The Book OF Chaos”
I've loved Katsionis's work since his days with Firewind. His Stray Gods album was a little too Miaden-sounding for me, but this album does the Queensryche/Fates Warning thing right. You can hear an influence, but it is its own entity that can stand alone and should be promoted more because everyone deserves to hear this! ewilt15
supported by 5 fans who also own “The Book OF Chaos”
Absolutely an excellent and solid power/heavy metal album! all the tracks are well written and put! The fact that I can't stop hearing this all the time, means that these guys know exactly what to do in order to deliver fresh, heavy, quality and power metal music! imagine all this in a perfect production! totally deserve all the support you can give! 🤘
P.S.: the favorite track is really hard to find and can change every day between all the songs! georgor