''The Spell of Iron MMXI'' is the ninth album by Finnish heavy metal band
Tarot
The tarot (, first known as '' trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini. From their Italian roots, ...
, released on 11 April 2011. It is a re-recording of the band's 1986
debut album for its 25th anniversary. It is the final album to feature Pecu Cinnari before his death, and Marko Hietala before his retirement from the public eye in 2021.
Track listing
# "Midwinter Nights" - 4:15
# "Dancing on the Wire" - 3:34
# "Back in the Fire" - 4:58
# "Love's Not Made for My Kind" - 6:20
# "Never Forever" - 2:50
# "The Spell of Iron" - 4:38
# "De Mortui Nil Nisi Bene" - 3:35
# "Pharao" - 3:26
# "Wings of Darkness" - 3:27
# "Things That Crawl at Night" - 5:03
Bonus track
#
"I Walk Forever" (Live) - 5:26
Personnel
* Marko Hietala
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic ...
– lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
* Zachary Hietala
Sakari "Zachary" Hietala (born August 10, 1962 in Tervo, Finland) is the guitarist, co-songwriter and founding member of Finnish heavy metal band ''Tarot'' (formerly ''Purgatory'') in early 1980s, together with his younger brother Marko Hietala ...
– guitars
* Janne Tolsa
Janne Tolsa (born 7 March 1970) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in Tarot from the late 1980s, Tolsa also takes part in the melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, which he joined in 2005 for their albu ...
– keyboards
* Pecu Cinnari – drums
* Tommi Salmela – samples, co-lead vocals, backing vocals
Charts
References
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Tarot (band) albums
2011 albums