Tarot
There are multiple artists named Tarot:
1) Tarot is a heavy metal ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists named Tarot:
1) Tarot is a heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 1985.
2) Tarot is a heavy metal / hard rock band from Australia.
3) Tarot was a gothic metal band from Turin, Italy. They released the demo "The Kin & Mysterious Sorcery" in 1996.
4) Tarot was a HNW project from the UK.
1)
While having enjoyed a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band has never been very famous elsewhere until gaining new success in the recent years when their singer Marco Hietala joined Nightwish in 2002.
Tarot was originally formed by the Hietala brothers in the early 1980s. Back then the band’s name was “Purgatory”. As Purgatory reached the point when they got the record deal, the label wanted them to change their name. Since then the band has been known as Tarot. The line-up settled in to the form of Marco Hietala (bass/vocals), Zachary Hietala (guitars), Mako H. (guitars) and Pecu Cinnari (drums).
The Wings of Darkness single saw the daylight in 1986 and during that same year they released their first full length album, Spell of Iron. The next year they released Rose on the Grave. In 1988 the second Tarot album, Follow Me Into Madness, was released.
After the second album there was a hiatus in the band. During this “vacation” the line-up changed a little bit and a keyboardist was added to the band as Janne Tolsa joined Tarot, who replaced the second guitarist Mako H. After five years of silence the third album, To Live Forever, was finished in 1993. Tarot got good publicity in Japan so their first live album was released in 1994 only in Japan. The gig was recorded at Tavastia Club, Helsinki. Fortunately some of the songs from the live album were released during the next year on a limited edition bonus CD with the next studio album, Stigmata.
Again there was a hiatus and For the Glory of Nothing came out in 1998. Shining Black, a Tarot compilation album, came out in Japan the same year. After this they returned into silence, which was broken with an occasional gig. While Tarot was inactive, Marco was played in Conquest and Sinergy. He also did some gigs with other members of Conquest as a cover group “Metal Gods”. Marco also joined Nightwish in 2002 and along that, some more attention came also towards Tarot. Janne Tolsa played the keyboards for Virtuocity’s Secret Visions album as Marco sang a few songs for it. At the end of summer 2002 Tarot did a special '80s gig in Kuopio, playing material only from the first two albums.
During the year 2003 the Shining Black compilation was released again in the rest of the world. Tarot signed a new record deal with Spinefarm Records and the new studio album Suffer Our Pleasures was released. While the album did well in Finland, it received poor distribution in other countries.
During these years Marco kept busy with his other band Nightwish by recording and touring around the world. Janne did an album with Eternal Tears of Sorrow and a lot of gigs with industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt. Early spring 2006 the late record company Bluelight Records released a collection of the band’s first six albums with a large amount of bonus material, un-released demos, live and special versions of the songs and some covers. Some of the albums were also remixed.
The fans had been expecting the re-releases for years and the collection was so successful that in May 2006 when Tarot released the new single You, it made number one on the Finnish charts for the first time in the history of the band. In the same time the band formalized their backing vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela as a true band member, after being with the band more than ten years.
Tarot changed record labels again and now they work in Finland with KingFoo Entertaiment. In Europe Tarot is working with Nuclear Blast. During the summer of 2006 the band toured various clubs and festivals. In the mean time Tarot also composed, demoed and recorded new material. The album Crows Fly Black was released in 2006. Official website: http://www.wingsofdarkness.net
1) Tarot is a heavy metal ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists named Tarot:
1) Tarot is a heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 1985.
2) Tarot is a heavy metal / hard rock band from Australia.
3) Tarot was a gothic metal band from Turin, Italy. They released the demo "The Kin & Mysterious Sorcery" in 1996.
4) Tarot was a HNW project from the UK.
1)
While having enjoyed a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band has never been very famous elsewhere until gaining new success in the recent years when their singer Marco Hietala joined Nightwish in 2002.
Tarot was originally formed by the Hietala brothers in the early 1980s. Back then the band’s name was “Purgatory”. As Purgatory reached the point when they got the record deal, the label wanted them to change their name. Since then the band has been known as Tarot. The line-up settled in to the form of Marco Hietala (bass/vocals), Zachary Hietala (guitars), Mako H. (guitars) and Pecu Cinnari (drums).
The Wings of Darkness single saw the daylight in 1986 and during that same year they released their first full length album, Spell of Iron. The next year they released Rose on the Grave. In 1988 the second Tarot album, Follow Me Into Madness, was released.
After the second album there was a hiatus in the band. During this “vacation” the line-up changed a little bit and a keyboardist was added to the band as Janne Tolsa joined Tarot, who replaced the second guitarist Mako H. After five years of silence the third album, To Live Forever, was finished in 1993. Tarot got good publicity in Japan so their first live album was released in 1994 only in Japan. The gig was recorded at Tavastia Club, Helsinki. Fortunately some of the songs from the live album were released during the next year on a limited edition bonus CD with the next studio album, Stigmata.
Again there was a hiatus and For the Glory of Nothing came out in 1998. Shining Black, a Tarot compilation album, came out in Japan the same year. After this they returned into silence, which was broken with an occasional gig. While Tarot was inactive, Marco was played in Conquest and Sinergy. He also did some gigs with other members of Conquest as a cover group “Metal Gods”. Marco also joined Nightwish in 2002 and along that, some more attention came also towards Tarot. Janne Tolsa played the keyboards for Virtuocity’s Secret Visions album as Marco sang a few songs for it. At the end of summer 2002 Tarot did a special '80s gig in Kuopio, playing material only from the first two albums.
During the year 2003 the Shining Black compilation was released again in the rest of the world. Tarot signed a new record deal with Spinefarm Records and the new studio album Suffer Our Pleasures was released. While the album did well in Finland, it received poor distribution in other countries.
During these years Marco kept busy with his other band Nightwish by recording and touring around the world. Janne did an album with Eternal Tears of Sorrow and a lot of gigs with industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt. Early spring 2006 the late record company Bluelight Records released a collection of the band’s first six albums with a large amount of bonus material, un-released demos, live and special versions of the songs and some covers. Some of the albums were also remixed.
The fans had been expecting the re-releases for years and the collection was so successful that in May 2006 when Tarot released the new single You, it made number one on the Finnish charts for the first time in the history of the band. In the same time the band formalized their backing vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela as a true band member, after being with the band more than ten years.
Tarot changed record labels again and now they work in Finland with KingFoo Entertaiment. In Europe Tarot is working with Nuclear Blast. During the summer of 2006 the band toured various clubs and festivals. In the mean time Tarot also composed, demoed and recorded new material. The album Crows Fly Black was released in 2006. Official website: http://www.wingsofdarkness.net
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Tarot Lyrics
'Sleep in the Dark!' to the wind I cast my fortune on a shining…
Angels Of Pain Full moon stares at me from the ceiling Shadows are suckin…
As One This world I see perception of essential me It turns wit t…
Ashes To The Stars Jump into madness awaiting at the seams Of all reality and…
Back In The Fire Black spots floating before my eye Solar wind shouting from…
Before The Skies Come Down The ropes want to fell your neck. To embrace is good…
Beyond Troy Blind, searching the dark Stand, pray and leap Watch not w…
Bleeding Dust There's magic in seven virgins After you've gone through mil…
Born Into The Flame So many faces but you know there's only mine that carries…
Breathing Fire All is twisted, all I see is glowing red Fire is…
Calling Down the Rain They've left me broken, But I never give up my…
Caught in the Deadlights They are daisies afraid of rain. Hiding from the touches th…
Chariot I used to be a passenger Camouflaged as traveler A tourist o…
Children Of The Grave Revolution in their minds - the children start to march Aga…
Convulsions Change over the suit of flesh. Can't touch my mind with…
Crawlspace Blood is thicker than water but nothing beats oil Take the…
Crows Fly Black Screaming in flames, down from the sky, That's how he comes…
Dancing On The Wire You are the child of fire and I'm of ice And…
Dark Star Burning Space, time and rocketjuice, suck at the bittersweet taste L…
Descendants Of Power We know the war that rages in the minds of…
Do You Wanna Live Forever Tell me I'm a fool with my feet off the…
E.T.I I see a burning streak in the dark sky The stars above…
End Of Everything Read my mind, but you don't hear anything. Hear my word,…
Follow Me Into Madness Look at me I'll create you a dream Reality escapes Or so…
Follow the Blind Hear the mad dogs barking with the voice of men. Bodies…
From the Shadows Prayer ain't no key. Words aligned to make a puzzle of…
From The Void We sent the word ou our coming. We've done it many…
Generation Clash Warnings around me Coming on strong Hear the desire Th…
Ghosts Of Me Don't wake this child of lies, he sleeps here in…
Gone You're staring through the windows of my eyes But the curta…
Grey A graveyard grows inside my head. They planted things inside…
Guardian Angel Angel watch over me walking alone to the fall of night Gua…
Hell Knows You may find me lying on some desert road My eyes…
Howl! Pack of wolves behind me. Seasons on my face. Coming out…
I Don't Care Anymore Somewhere in the night The visions come to me And I dream…
I Rule I was crowned a king in a womb Tore my mother…
I Spit Venom I come to feed upon your veins at night I crawl…
I Walk Forever Did I leave in time for the words to rhyme, For…
I'm Here Breat of living, heart punding, poison stinging Tiny voices,…
Ice I'm the wind, I'm the snow Taste me with the tip…
In My Blood The touch of you body still lingers on my hands I…
Iron Stars The earth shook and the mighty angels wept the brooms of…
Kill the King Danger, danger, the Queen's about to kill There's a strange…
Lady Deceiver My thirst for you helps you to do me wrong I'm…
Live Hard Die Hard There's a sign, there's a star, It rises over the sea Ther…
Locomotive Breath In the shuffling madess of the locomotive breath, runs t…
Love's Not Made For My Kind There's been a thousand times Thousand times I've wondered …
Magic and Technology It's how we think and how we move And see our…
Mama I can't see you, mama But I can hardly wait To touch…
Messenger of Gods Behind all the empty glitter the city's a painted whore. A…
Midwinter Nights Screams falling out of the sky Blackness encloses me Stran…
My Enslaver Clean puncture and now she's gone But her spell still carrie…
Never Forever Ever constant change, timefilled space Spacefilled time jus…
No Return God knows I love you Meaning I love you as much…
Of Time And Dust There's only one we've all fought for Give us your grace We'…
Painless Blinded in the land of the one-eyed. Took a walk the…
Pharao They knew about the curse but didn't mind Blew up my…
Pilot of All Dreams Assume a shape, take a wing. An alien lover, superconductin…
Pyre Of Gods On the legs of lightning, the storm rears in defeat. Rising …
Race The Light The orbital angels are gliding Their messages confused The…
Rider of the Last Day The flesh is weak, the bones are brittle, the blood…
Rise! Safety of the cages an the butcher's love. They've held us…
Rose on the Grave Sound of falling water in the deserted halls Red light dims…
Salt Water Taffy I feel like myself with you Swimming through cotton candy sk…
Satan Is Dead Just a few letters from the Earth. Corporate policies, corr…
Shades In Glass Do you know the feeling Like your blood in your veins Ceas…
Shadow In My Heart Please don't, don't hurt me this way I can't go on If…
Shame I've been living so long in a very short time Who…
Shining Black I've been fasting face to the dawn From the desert of…
Sleep in the Dark Hear this Holy word, let it burn the world. Slaves must…
Sleepless Tonight the wind comes from afar with a distant call Scent…
Spell Of Iron Oh iron, the taker of men Gray glitter through the blood…
State Of Grace I see the hill Scattered to horizons They've haunted my drea…
Stigmata I am the guardian angel to these demons within The cells…
Sunken Graves You weren't bor out of time, the time went out…
Tears Of Steel We live with rage, conditioned and natural, that is all Ano…
The Chosen Did you see the black snow falling? Did you see the…
The Colour Of Your Blood I can feel the poison In the pulse pounding straight trough…
The Invisible Hand I've never ceased to wonder At the strangeness of my…
The Punishment Inhale from the barrel of my gun Swallow these words and…
The Scourger I've seen the marvesl of the molten fles I've smelt the…
The Spell of Iron Oh iron, the taker of men Gray glitter through the blood…
The Teeth It's no surprise There'll be murder to my name I'm disgust…
Things That Crawl at Night The night falls in the forest and the light fades…
Tides Oh, I see your face as if in a dream. Eyes…
Traitor Hundred lashes! -The battles are fought outside. Count your …
Undead Son I hear, I speak, counted the words all of my…
Veteran of Psychic Wars You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic…
Warhead The pround son of proud fathers, the feared and fearless…
Wings of Darkness The skies are open, smell of a danger in the…
You I may no longer be your friend But this much I…