''Tarot'' is the sixth full-length

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by the Spanish

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band

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. The songs of the album are all named after the

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deck in the

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card game. The first single extracted from the album was "The Chariot". Manda Ophius of the Dutch

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band

Nemesea Nemesea is a Dutch alternative rock band formed in Groningen in 2002 by singer Manda Ophuis and guitarist/songwriter Hendrik Jan 'HJ' de Jong and shortly thereafter completed with Sonny Onderwater on bass. Initially, Nemesea were a symphonic go ...

is the guest female vocalist on ''Tarot''. The final track, "the Moon", samples

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's "Symphony No. 5" and "Moonlight Sonata". The bonus track, "Mozart's March" is based on

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's "Rondo A'la Turca". It was also performed live in Granada, Spain, Piorno Rock, back in 2002, five years before it was even released.

Track listing

# "The Magician" - 1:29 # "The Chariot" - 4:20 # "The Star" - 4:25 # "Wheel of Fortune" - 3:55 # "The Emperor" - 4:07 # "Devil in the Tower" - 7:49 # "Death" - 4:58 # "Lovers" - 4:04 # "The Hanged Man" - 5:27 # "The Moon" - 11:28 # "The Fool"

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- 4:12 # "Mozart's March

- 2:42

Personnel

Dark Moor

*Alfred Romero - vocals * Enrik García - guitars, orchestral arrangements, producer *Daniel Fernández - bass *Roberto Cappa - drums

Guest/session musicians

Manda Ophuis Manda Ophuis (born 27 November 1980) is a Dutch former singer who is best known for being the lead vocalist in the symphonic rock band Nemesea. She has been involved in music since a young age. Biography In 1998, Ophuis started taking singing ...

- vocals *Hendrik Jan de Jong - guitar *Andy C. - drums *Sincopa 8 - choir

Crew

*Derek Gores - artwork *Luigi Stefanini - producer, recording, mixing, mastering *Diana Álvarez - graphic design, band photography

References

2007 albums Dark Moor albums Scarlet Records albums Tarotology {{2000s-power-metal-album-stub