Tarot
Play Radio
Listen to Tarot Radio,
featuring artists like Northern Kings, Brother Firetribe, Thunderstone, Marco Hietala and more…
-
Search on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
2,518,182 plays (96,669 listeners)
Kuopio, Finland (1985 – present)
Tarot is a heavy metal band from Kuopio, formed in 1985. 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 80’s. 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.
Tarot was originally formed by the Hietala brothers in the early 80’s. 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.
Shouts:
532 shouts
Top Albums
-
Suffer Our Pleasures
TarotBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $12.65
- eBay Search
-
Crows Fly Black
TarotBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.90
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Gravity of Light
Tarot
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $11.90
- eBay Search
-
Spell of Iron
TarotBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $24.99
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
CHARLOTTExNW wrote:
Marco has an epic voice, indeed, but let's not forget about Tommi. He's a hell of a singer too
-
xeBuz wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [9]
-
PhAntOmEttA wrote:
Ashes to the Stars
-
CGholy wrote:
If it's not broke, don't fix it.
-
Maszaa_ wrote:
@CoenVen maybe the ballad was one of these? Things That Crawl At Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIED7VC2JsM Shadow In Me Heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr08oH4CjjY Guardian Angel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Y_AtsSo0Q State Of Grace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vrHUvmQ23M
-
Bacian26 wrote:
A day with whole Tarot discography is what I need now ! :D Btw Rider of the Last Day is kickass.
-
vivizok_ wrote:
ASHES TO THE STARS \m/
-
ToHellWithPop wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [8]
-
Killman66 wrote:
PYRE OF GODS! <3
-
uathelove wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [7]
-
CoenVen wrote:
Sorry for the late reply! But anyway! Thanks a lot for the help, guys! But it was none of those xD! I shouted in the shoutbox of the song, something like 'Omg, Marco..!' but simply can't find it xD! Ah well, I'll find it someday, I guess! But still, thanks a lot : )! And yeah, os_teriyaki, it's annoying as Hell : (
-
death_funeral wrote:
they became shit (( oh no!
-
cobforever wrote:
They re-recorded their first album "Spell of Iron". I don't think it was a good idea, for me the original one is better. [3]
-
monstradamus666 wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [6]
-
UlfBlod wrote:
*An
-
Last_Dawn wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [5]
-
Toki-Akane-Yuki wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [4]
-
ayuxx wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [3] I didn't like his voice at first, but now he's one of my favorite vocalists.
-
J_PhillipsLover wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice! [2]
-
Iridiel wrote:
Marco Hietala has epic voice!
Videos
-
Play
Sleep In The Dark (lyrics)
-
Play
Pilot of all Dreams
-
Play
Satan Is Dead [Gravity of Light]
-
Play
I Walk Forever
1 shout
Top Listeners
-
Neegy
Top Listener
-
brut666
Top Listener
-
jousalm
Top Listener
-
SimoFromLepaa
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
sw97, Amanda_666, NihilistSufi and 6 other people added Tarot to their libraries. Thursday evening
-
Karpetians tagged Tarot with finland and heavy metal. Sunday evening
-
Karpetians added Tarot to Karpetians’s library. Sunday evening
-
sarahchristinah tagged Tarot with ‘heavy metal’. Sunday afternoon
-
Martial28 and Nateags added Tarot to their libraries. last week
-
cgern tagged Tarot with ‘power metal’. last week
-
G-Brumaire, Tony_Arktikay and Anrika_Vlaeri added Tarot to their libraries. last week
-
Song0fMyself tagged Tarot with melodic metal, metal, power metal and one other tag. last week
-
ladyof_dreams and Norsepagan added Tarot to their libraries. last week
-
Doomload tagged Tarot with ‘heavy metal’. last week
Related Journals
-
2011: My Musical Year, Part Three
by Bahkasika |
2 Jan 2012
-
2011 Albums
by Slamacques |
30 Dec 2011
-
50 questions about your top 50 artists
by PureValkyria |
9 Dec 2011
Groups (108)
-
Northern Kings
146 members
-
Tarot
279 members
-
Marco Hietala
639 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
33,460 members
-
Heavy Metal
11,147 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Tarot from Universal Music.
