---
title: "Tarot"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/tarot"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 1985
---

# Tarot

**Tarot** is a heavy metal band, from Finland, active 1985 to present.

Tarot is a Finnish heavy metal band. They are most famous for being one of the earliest metal bands in Finland, and for the song "Wings of Darkness" from the 1986 album Spell of Iron. While having enjoyed a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band did not become notable elsewhere until gaining new success after 2002, when singer and bassist Marko Hietala joined the largely successful Nightwish, where he played for over two decades. With a more global audience, the band re-recorded Spell of Iron for its 25th anniversary in 2011.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Tarot |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | Kuopio, Finland |
| Formed | 1985 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Marko Hietala](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marko-hietala) |  |  | Current |
| [Janne Tolsa](https://themetalnet.com/musician/janne-tolsa) |  | 1988 to present | Current |
| [Zachary Hietala](https://themetalnet.com/musician/zachary-hietala) |  |  | Current |
| [Pecu Cinnari](https://themetalnet.com/musician/pecu-cinnari) | Membranophone |  | Current |
| [Tommi Salmela](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tommi-salmela) | Lead vocals | 2006 to present | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1986 | [Spell of Iron](https://themetalnet.com/album/daed75f3-38f1-3f4d-85a8-16d7550c57b2) | Album |
| 1988 | [Follow Me Into Madness](https://themetalnet.com/album/314b45a5-c5a6-34f2-bd54-c91874060d3a) | Album |
| 1993 | [To Live Forever](https://themetalnet.com/album/d06803b7-26aa-30dd-87de-87096fed5e56) | Album |
| 1995 | [Stigmata](https://themetalnet.com/album/ac133d7c-c017-3de5-a839-64e41652f61c) | Album |
| 1998 | [For the Glory of Nothing](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c2ea53b-3dc1-3806-978c-19f77144b3ca) | Album |
| 2003 | [Suffer Our Pleasures](https://themetalnet.com/album/bc1ad9c4-140c-3690-9926-d04601f7804b) | Album |
| 2006 | [Crows Fly Black](https://themetalnet.com/album/a22ecc0f-db5a-38a8-a7e3-c3367ea2a3b7) | Album |
| 2010 | [Gravity of Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/2b9f3ac6-db09-4c5c-9c07-5589775885a6) | Album |
| 2011 | [The Spell of Iron MMXI](https://themetalnet.com/album/39435eb7-3a65-4027-92fa-b01a049eaf12) | Album |

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- [HammerFall](https://themetalnet.com/band/hammerfall) (listened together)
- [Blind Guardian](https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian) (listened together)
- [Stratovarius](https://themetalnet.com/band/stratovarius) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween) (listened together)
- [Avantasia](https://themetalnet.com/band/avantasia) (listened together)
- [Edguy](https://themetalnet.com/band/edguy) (listened together)
- [Kamelot](https://themetalnet.com/band/kamelot) (listened together)
- [Rhapsody of Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/rhapsody-of-fire) (listened together)
- [Therion](https://themetalnet.com/band/therion) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tarot/4339
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tarot
- x: https://twitter.com/tarotofficial
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tarotofficial
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/60WI98KvQgbplg7Soa95e4
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/4823

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/tarot](https://themetalnet.com/band/tarot). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt