Tarot: Wings Of Darkness – new video

 

25 years after its original release, Finland's heavy metallers TAROT have re-recorded their classic debut album, 1986's ‘Spell Of Iron’ and are releasing it under the name ‘Spell Of Iron MMXI’ on April 6th, 2011 via King Foo Entertainment (May 6th, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records). The band has also released a video clip for the song they are most known for, ‘Wings Of Darkness’.

TAROT was formed by Hietala brothers in the early 1980's in Kuopio, Finland. The band released its debut album ‘Spell Of Iron’ in 1986, followed by ‘Follow Me Into Madness’ in 1988. TAROT took some five years off and after shifting the lineup some, the band released its third album, ‘To Live Forever’, in 1993. Not to confuse their fans maybe, they kept up with the tradition of waiting another five years before releasing their next offering, ‘For The Glory Of Nothing’ in 1998 (and squeezing in a couple of exclusives for their Japanese fans). While the band rested again, Marco Hietala kept busy by playing in CONQUEST and SINERGY. After releasing ‘Shining Black’ compilation, TAROT signed with Spinefarm Records and recorded their sixth album entitled ‘Suffer Our Pleasures’ (2003) which did well in Finland but got barely noticed elsewhere. Three years and a re-mastered collection that included all six albums (“with a huge collection of bonus material, unreleased demos, live and special versions of the songs and some covers”) later, TAROT finally acknowledged their until-then backing vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela as a proper band member and fully fledged vocalist (ten years after his joining the group). In 2006 the band signed with King Foo Entertainment (Finland) and Nuclear Blast Records (Europe) and released ‘Crows Fly Black’ that same year. Eight album, ‘Gravity Of Light’, followed in 2010.

TAROT features: Marco Hietala -  vocals, bass & acoustic guitar, Tommi Salmela - vocals & samples, Zachary Hietala – guitar, Janne Tolsa – keyboards and Pecu Cinnari – drums.