Originally released on October 31st, 2025, HUMAN now appears in a new high‑quality vinyl edition, crafted for collectors and supporters of the underground. Released by Fetzner Death Records and Schattenpfade Support Circle.

The vinyl edition features:
Outer sleeve, 3.5 mm spine, glossy print
12-inch vinyl, 180 g, smoke‑coloured
Black inner sleeve
300 g insert, 4‑colour, high‑quality print
Limited to 130 pieces

HUMAN is an album born out of necessity, a personal process shaped by encounters with masquerades, superficiality, and false friends, and the will to remain unchanged.

Order the vinyl:
Bandcamp: https://talesofmike.bandcamp.com/album/human-album-2025

Fetzner Death Records:
https://fetznerdeathrecords.de/Tales-of-Mike-Human-LP

Schattenpfade Support Circle:
https://www.schattenpfade.de/schattenpfade-releases

Tracklist includes:
– Nomen est Omen (Intro)
– Nevermore
– Money Tree
– Human Masquerade
– Ancient Mirror
– Hourglass
– Abandoned
– Swan Song
– RIP (Landscape of Sorrow)*
– LSD-Butterfly*
– Under the Pale Moonlight*

Links:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/talesofmike_official
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TalesofMike
Bandcamp:
https://talesofmike.bandcamp.com/

Release Information
Band: Tales of Mike
Title: Human
Release Date: May 25th, 2026 (LP)
Label: Fetzner Death Records and Schattenpfade Support Circle
Format: LP (limited to 130 vinyls)
Genre: Epic Heavy/Doom Metal
Country: Germany

Line up:
Michael “Mike” Heß — All instruments, recording

Gonzalo Civita — Vocals (AV Estudio, Córdoba, Argentina)
Henrik Schaller — Guitar solos
Bernhard “Doomchild” Tischler — Spoken words (track 1)

Mixed & mastered: Matías Takaya (AV Estudio Córdoba, Argentina)
Lyrics: Shannon Heß
Cover artwork & logo: Joss Miranda
Design & layout: Nicole Dau (CD / cassette editions)