Tales of Absolution & Obsoletion is the 8th studio album by the gothic rock

Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

 band The Awakening

The Awakening (band)

The Awakening is an alternative rock band from Johannesburg, South Africa, formed in 1995 by vocalist, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. The band is credited in the press as "South Africa's most successful Gothic Rock act and one of the top bands in the far broader Alternative scene." The band...

, released worldwide via Intervention Arts in June 2009.

Recording

The Awakening's eighth full-length studio album released June 2009, Tales is described as "a return to Zeen/Dark Romantics-era classic gothic rock." The album represents the longest lapse between releases, a full three years having passed since the band's previous release, Razor Burn

Razor Burn

Razor Burn is the 7th studio album by the South African gothic rock band The Awakening, released on Massacre Records in Germany and Intervention Arts in Africa and the US in September 2006.-Recording:...

. It is also the first of the band's albums to be cross-continentally written and recorded, as the band has been based in the United States since late 2007 but recorded various tracks from Tales in both South Africa and the USA.

Track listing

1. "Ivory (part 1 and 2)" - 6.17
2. "Indian Summer Rain" - 4.29
3. "Upon the Water" - 4.24
4. "A Carnival of Souls" - 3.59
5. "Frozen" - 4.52
6. "Nothing Like The Rain" - 4.08
7. "Where the Shadow Goes" - 4.01
8. "Open" - 4.02
9. "Prayer for the Song" - 3.06
10. "Alone" - 3.29