German Epic Heavy Metal Project TALES OF MIKE To Release New Album ‘Human’ on October 31 via Fetzner Death Records!

The Metallist PR
Sep 17, 2025
2 min read

Germany’s TALES OF MIKE has announced that its new album Human will be released on October 31st via label Fetzner Death Records. The album follows the 2023 EP Landscape of Sorrow and it will be available as digipak and cassette.

Human is an epic heavy metal album full of emotion, authenticity, and the will to survive. While Landscape of Sorrow was a personal tribute to the late brother Markus, Mike experienced how people around him were changing at that time. From this experience, he came to realize that he still had something to say. This is how Human came about, processing the challenges of Mike’s childhood and life - the will to survive in an orphanage, later encounters with masquerades, greed, and false friends - and the determined will not to be influenced by them.

Two videos are available from Human – watch them below!

Pre-order the album:

Digipak (Label Shop): https://tinyurl.com/axux3zw5

Cassette (Label Shop): https://tinyurl.com/4ym3wdrv

Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/3uuecmrc

The lyrics were written by Mike’s daughter Shannon, who formulated the themes with clarity and depth. Her words merge with the music to form a powerful whole - direct, unadorned, and full of life. It is not a case that Mike stated:

“Human is an album born out of a personal need and is necessary for me. It processes personal experiences and encounters with masquerades, superficiality, and apparent friends - and the will to not let them change me.”

TALES OF MIKE has also revealed the artwork created by Joss Miranda, reflecting the music and the lyrics: greed, masquerades, the burden of life, the hourglass as a sign of our limited time, and the decision of which path to take - everything is connected.

This is the tracklist of Human:

1. Nomen est Omen

2. Nevermore

3. Money Tree

4. Human Masquerade

5. Ancient Mirror

6. Hourglass

7. Abandoned

8. Swan Song

Music & Recording by Michael Heß. Vocals by Gonzalo Civita recorded at AV Estudio, Córdoba (Argentina). Guitar solo by Henrik Schaller. Mixed and mastered by Matías Takaya at AV Estudio Córdoba (Argentina). Lyrics by Shannon Heß.