Tales from the King's Court
Tales from the King’s Court is the second Maegi album. Dedicated fans and friends partially crowdfunded the album, and the album continued the Maegi tradition of featuring guest artists. Near to many local artists, the album also featured Dreamtone veterans Onur Ozkoc and Ozan Alparslan, Gary Wehrkamp and Joe Nevolo of Shadow Gallery, as well as Mike LePond of Symphony X and Silent Assassins.
Tracklist
- Cold is the Void
- Hallowed are the Ori
- Coming Home
- The King Who Sold His Men
- (If You're Gonna Drink) Drink Like a Dwarf
- The Queen and Her Lovers
- Make It Rain
- New Born Prince
- Armored Pride
- Fallen Angels
- Orcs! It's Always Orcs
- Empires Rise, Empires Fall
Album Story
The album was a natural evolution from Skies Fall. Where Skies Fall was full of anger in its construction, Tales from the King’s Court was full of intrigue and fun. The compositions were about my cleansed emotions and what I wanted to do. Although I enjoyed all the tracks, Hallowed are the Ori, Armored Pride, and Drink Like a Dwarf became fan favorites.
The song “Make it Rain” is a track I wrote before my father’s terminal diagnosis and eventual passing to memorate him and to tell the emotional state I was in as he slowly faded away before my eyes. To this day, I still skip the track whenever I listen to the album.
Album credits
September 20th, 2016 - Kardanadam Media
Oganalp Canatan: Vocals, rhythm, lead, and acoustic guitars, keyboards
Mike LePond: Bass
Joe Nevolo: Drums
Ozan Alparslan: Piano, backing vocals
Gary Wehrkamp: Lead guitars
Mertcan Ozbakir: Lead guitars
Onur Ozkoc: Lead and acoustic guitars
Alper Sarioglu: Lead guitars
Dicle Su Han: Backing vocals
Recorded by Oganalp Canatan at Ghostwall Studios. Additional recordings by CJ Scioscia, Joey DeMaio, and Gary Wehrkamp.
Mixed by Erim Arkman
Mastering by Jens Bogren
Artwork by Yigit Koroglu
Booklet Design by Mattias Norén
Photography by Mertcan Ozbakir
Styling by Elif Bilge Canatan
Produced by Oganalp Canatan
Crowdfunding Supporters
Mertcan Ozbakir, Duygu Yakin, Mehmet Cetinkursun, Arin Dogan, Artun Ozsemerciyan, Murat Tolga Erturk, Cemal Burak Tansel, Esatcan Coskun, Seray Coskun, Daniel Kelley, Heves Beseli, Ilya Andreev, Jordan Rozsa, Alma Cooper, Kevin Brady, Ricard Jimenez, Can Dedekarginoglu, Cagla Turhan, Bulutay Gunes, Ebru Kanbur, Anil Kangal, Enver Hakan Konac, Ozge Kaya, Onur Ozkoc, Onur Kayiran Igor Jakobsen, Lennart Jakobbson, Ozge Oner, Felix Uhl, Dries Dokter, Stefan Pietsch, Ulf Hartung, Gokhan Yildirim, Juliana Mourisca, Samet Bilge
