Line #6 Music/Tarot


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarot_finland.png]]
2	'''Tarot''' is a heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland formed in 1982 by [[Music/{{Nightwish\|Band}} Marko Hietala]] and his brother Zachary. Originally conceived as "Purgatory", they were asked to change their name when offered a record deal in 1986. Notably, their lineup has remained almost consistent since their formation; only replacing guitarist [[StageNames Mako H]] in 1988 with keyboardist Janne Tolsa, and adding additional vocalist and secondary keyboardist Tommi Salmela in 2006 (after having him as an unofficial member since 1996); drummer Pecu Cinnari died in 2016, however. The band started as playing traditional heavy metal with some elements from what was popular in rock music at the time. (The band even wore glam type makeup in their first live appearances, as proven by early music videos). Later they veered towards progressive metal, largely inspired by Music/{{Queensryche}}, and now the band has elements of power metal in their music.
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4	Their first album Spell of Iron was a moderate success, but after that, they fell to obscurity. Despite their strong underground following, they never received much mainstream attention until 2002, when Marko joined Music/{{Nightwish\|Band}}, though they still remain relatively underground, despite being active for 28 years and releasing 8 albums.
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6	Current Line-up:
7	* Marko Hietala: Lead and backing vocals, bass guitar (1982-present)
8	* Zachary Hietala: Lead guitar (1982-present)
9	* Janne Tolsa: Keyboard (1988-present)
10	* Tommi "Tuple" Salmela: Backing and lead vocals, samples, keyboards (2006-present; unofficial 1996–2006)
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12	Former Members:
13	* Mako H: Guitar (1982-1988)
14	* Pecu Cinnari: Drums (1982-2016; died in 2016)
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16	Studio Discography:
17	* ''Spell of Iron'' (1986)
18	* ''Follow Me Into Madness'' (1988)
19	* ''To Live Forever'' (1993)
20	* ''Stigmata'' (1995)
21	* ''For the Glory of Nothing'' (1998)
22	* ''Suffer Our Pleasures'' (2003)
23	* ''Crows Fly Black'' (2006)
24	* ''Gravity of Light'' (2010)
25	* ''The Spell of Iron MMXI'' (2011)
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27	!!Tarot has examples of:
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29	* AscendedExtra: Vocalist Tommi Salmela was originally the band's roadie and unofficial backing vocalist between 1996 and 2006, when he was promoted to full band member.
30	* BloodKnight: The narrator of "Follow the Blind" wants death and destruction for the sake of death and destruction.
31	-->We need no gods of war,\
32	petty excuses no more.\
33	Just what we always wanted,\
34	the blood of our kind
35	* CoverVersion: They have covered [[Music/BlackSabbath "Children of the Grave", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"]], [[Music/{{Accept}} "Generation Clash", "Turn Me On"]], [[Music/BlueOysterCult "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"]], [[Music/JethroTull "Locomotive Breath"]] and [[Music/{{Genesis\|Band}} "Mama"]].
36	* EpicRocking: "The Invisible Hand", "Iron Stars", "Guardian Angel", "E.T.I.", "Stigmata (I Feel for You)", "Shining Black", "Rider of the Last Day", "Crows Fly Black", "Hell Knows" and "Gone"..
37	* {{Expy}}: Their [[EightiesHair 80s Hair]] and glam metal makeup made them look like expies of [[{{Music/Europe}} a more famous Swedish band]]. Their vocalist Tommi sounds like [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Ozzy]].
38	* FadeOut: Very common on their albums.
39	* LargeHam: Marko, on nearly every song.
40	* LeadBassist: Marko is the frontman.
41	* LongRunnerLineup: Type 1. After Tommi Salmela joined Tarot permanently in 2006, the band's lineup remained unchanged until drummer Cinnari's death in 2016.
42	* NeverBeHurtAgain: Theme of the song "Love's Not Made for My Kind".
43	-->I've had more than my share of pain\
44	Love's not made for my kind\
45	My heart's turning to stone\
46	Love's not made for my kind\
47	Better to leave me alone
48	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Follow Me Into Madness" seems to be narrated by a vampire turning his lover into other vampire while waxing lyrical about the beauty of the night.
49	* RearrangeTheSong: ''The Spell of Iron MMXI'' is the whole debut album [[TheRemake re-recorded]] and -arranged.
50	* StarCrossedLovers: "Dancing on the Wire".
51	-->From my love you were delighted\
52	Though it was clear that we sailed on different streams\
53	Like the stars we are divided and I'll be lost in your dreams\
54	So bitter so sweet
55	* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Things That Crawl at Night"]], from the perspective of that thing.
56	-->The frost grows on your window at the touch of my icy fingertips\
57	I come to give you a kiss to suck the warmth from your lips\
58	And I just slip away\
59	As the night turns into a new day\
60	Leaving you to lie cold and still in your bed
61	* VillainSong:
62	** [[{{Dracula}} "I Rule"]].
63	-->Bowels of a grave turned loose,\
64	spat out the one the reaper couldn't use.\
65	Time to burn the inhuman torch.\
66	Rip and slash, impale and scorch!
67	** The narrator of "Follow The Blind" is a BloodKnight who wants death and destruction for the sake of death and destruction.
68	* VillainousLament: "Things That Crawl At Night" is sung from the perspective of [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the monster lurking in the shadows]] and has this line:
69	-->There is no rescue from this hell in which I am now
70	* VocalTagTeam: The new team of Tommi and Marko.
71	* WarIsHell: "Crows Fly Black", about the aftermath of war.
72	-->Earth and sky as one in countless pieces.\
73	Time stands still, frozen in the flow.\
74	In the dust the faces of the fallen.\
75	They're erased in the fall of snow.
76	* WasOnceAMan: Implied in "Things That Crawl at Night" with the narrator saying, "I have become one of the things that crawl at night."
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