Tales of Absolution and Obsoletion

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."^[1] The album represents the longest lapse between releases, a full three years having passed since the band's previous release, Razor Burn. It was 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.^[2] It is also the first of the band's albums to include Rose Mortem on piano and keyboards.^[3]

All songs written by Ashton Nyte.

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