Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are most famous for the song “Wings of Darkness” from the 1986 album Spell of Iron. 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 and bassistMarco 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 called “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).
Much anticipated For the Glory of Nothing came out in 1998. Shining Black, a Tarot compilation album, came out in Japan in December 1998. While Tarot was inactive, Marco also played in Conquest and Sinergy. Together with other members of Conquest, Marco played cover songs under the name “Metal Gods”. Marco became a member of Nightwish in 2001. Janne Tolsa played the keyboards for Virtuocity’s Secret Visionsalbum as Marco sang a few songs on it. In summer 2002 Tarot played a special 80’s gig in Kuopio, playing material only from the first two albums.
Последна редакция от Chromatic - 27.10.2010, 19:07
