Crusade Of Bards

Formed in 2016 by Paolo Andreotti (keyboards & vocals) and Eleanor Tenebre (vocals), Crusade of Bards began as a studio project with a bold ambition: to fuse classical and folk instrumentation with the power and grandeur of modern metal. Their debut album, Tales of Bards & Beasts (2019), introduced listeners to a world where orchestral swell meets folk melodies, where choirs and traditional instruments dance over heavy riffs — a rich, melodic mosaic spanning myth, legend, soul-stirring ballads and battle-ready hymns. Building on that foundation, their sophomore full-length, Tales of the Seven Seas (2022), expanded the scope: drawing from actual events and tales tied to the world’s great oceans, the album delivered a sweeping journey across geography and history — a bold conceptual leap. With dual male/female vocals, orchestral ambition, folk and pagan overtones, and dramatic choir + metal fusion, it carved a distinctive niche among symphonic, folk, gothic and pagan metal circles. Over the years, Crusade of Bards evolved from a studio-born idea into a force on stage, delivering live performances they describe themselves as a “Wien-Orchestra directed by Davy Jones” — equal parts theatrical symphonic grandeur and visceral metal energy. Nowadays, the band is preparing their third long-awaited album "Tales of Distant Worlds", the last of the Tales Trilogy. For its release, the band has signed with the famous German label No Cut Entertainment.