Biography

Born in 2013, Battle Tales has now become a well known name of the swiss folk metal scene. The band's narrative approach in folkloric tales and medieval-dark-fantasy stories, combined with a boundless energy on stage, has made them a very unique act in this ever-evolving genre.

The band members around a banquet table.

From left to right: Manuel Cordova (guitar), Kristopher Beaud (drums), Romaric Gendre (vocals, flute), Benjamin Bonjour (bass).

Right after the release of their first LP “The Ire of the Condemned” in 2018, the four musicians directly took a big maturity step by composing a 4-tracks EP about ancient tales from their home region. This record named "Lè lèjande dè vêr nô" ("the legends from our region" in a regional dialect from Fribourg in Switzerland), released in 2019, quickly received excellent feedbacks from the public and other actors of the scene.

In September 2024, Battle Tales released an ambitious 12-tracks LP called “Greed of a King”. Five years of work made this record reach an even higher level of musicality and narrative quality. To support the musical narrative, the band developed a huge music videos project, bringing to each song the attention it deserves during the album's TV-series-like episodic release.

Shortly after the launch of the “Greed of a King” project, Battle Tales had already totalized over 80'000 views on its Youtube channel, got a more than 85'000 listen count on Spotify, and sold hundreds of CDs at live shows and on Bandcamp.

Over the past decade, Battle Tales has been a constant presence in the Swiss and European metal scene, playing dozens of shows across Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany. Their energetic performance and engaging stage presence have earned them a dedicated fanbase and opened the path to larger venues.

Betting on a high quality music production, modern cross-media narrative project and extended promotion plan of their new album, Battle Tales is more than ever determined to reach a wider audience and play shows all over Europe and beyond, promoting their latest music and older classics!