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.

With this first album, the band was able to start its live activity with shows in Spain, France, Switzerland and Germany.

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. The live action continued throughout Europe and with the first appearances at festivals in Germany and the United Kingdom.

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 and is currently preparing several shows and festival appearances to promote it thoroughly all over Europe and the United Kingdom.