Raso's background is in Gypsy jazz and hard rock and across Devil's Tale he demonstrates a fluid, lyrical technique that Fanfare Ciocărlia back with jaunty horn arrangements.

[citation needed] Guests on the album are guitarists John Jorgenson and Rodrigo (of Rodrigo & Gabriela), rock drummer Kevin Figueiredo (of Extreme), Kai Schonburg (drums and percussion), Florin Ionita (accordion), Marc Elsner (electric bass) and Michael Metzler (Jew's harp).

[citation needed] Devil's Tale is a slower, gentler, more melodic album than previous Fanfare Ciocărlia efforts.

The interplay of guitar and horns created an atmospheric, instrumental album that touches on jazz and surf music while retaining a Balkan brass character.

Devil's Tale was well received internationally with The New York Music Daily writing, "Devil's Tale is in many respects as noir as noir gets" while in the UK Neil Spencer in The Observer wrote, "the 12-piece band are splendidly restrained, swelling gently behind waltzes, contributing accordion and clarinet and only occasionally ripping into their trademark supercharged intricacy.