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TAROT Pioneer Zachary Hietala To Release Instrumental Album “A2Z – Parasites Of Paradise” In June

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 29, 2013
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The guitar wizard of Finnish heavy metal pioneer TAROT, Zachary Hietala, together with Ari Hentunen from AJH customguitars will release a instrumental album “A2Z – Parasites of Paradise” 6th of June 2013.

“Parasites of Paradise isn’t the “usual guitar album”. There’s much more in the album than just shredding gazillion notes in second! The main emphasis is in the songs, beautiful themes, heavy riffing, mood changes and yet there is still plenty of room for stylish lead guitar playing to be heard.

Pre-order from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/parasi…

More information at: http://www.facebook.com/parasitesofparadise

Check out the first album example “A2Z – Praying Mantis” below:


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NIGHTWISH/TAROT’s MARCO HIETALA Interviewed At TUSKA Festival (Video)

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 29, 2011
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Tero Tolkki of Metal From Finland conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist and TAROT frontman Marco Hietala at this year’s edition of the Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held July 22-24, 2011 at Suvilahti in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net

PAIN: TAROT will join European tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 1, 2011
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NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following update:

 https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208534_1987702816120_1349815053_32353770_2927719_n.jpgFinnish metallers TAROT (featuring Marco Hietala of NIGHTWISH fame) will join the European tour of the Swedish industrial metallers PAIN, led by iconic producer/musician Peter Tägtgren.

Marco Hietala has issued the following statement:
TAROT has a great privilege and an opportunity to follow Saint Peter and his disciples in PAIN on their European tour through 5.10.-2.11. 2011. This is a last chance to see us promote the album “The Spell Of Iron MMXI”, and play live before I get active with NIGHTWISH again. We´re gonna be warming up for PAIN, and the first half of the tour we´re going to be joined with our home town boys from TURMION KÄTILÖT. So far we´re planning to change the opener of the shows every other night. So if you want to be sure to see TAROT perform, you should come early enough. Otherwise you are in danger of losing a seriously enjoyable ass whipping. With all the possible bad but nice intentions! Marco Hietala.

PAIN + TAROT + TURMION KÄTILÖT* (first 11 shows)
05.08. LU Zarasai – Rocknights*
16.09. SWE Borlänge – Cozmoz*
17.09. SWE Östersund – Gamla Teatern*
18.09. SWE Sundsvall – TBA*
19.09. SWE Umea – Idun*
20.09. SWE Lulea – Kulturens Hus*
21.09. FI Oulu – Club Teatria*
22.09. FI Kuopio – Puikkari*
23.09. FI Jyväskylä – Lutakko*
24.09. FI Helsinki – Nosturi*
05.10. DE Hamburg – Markthalle*
06.10. DE Berlin – Lido
07.10. DE Leipzig – Hellraiser
08.10. CZ Zlin – Masters of Rock Café
11.10. DE München – Backstage
12.10. CH Zürich – Dynamo
13.10. IT Mezzago – Bloom
14.10. IT Roncade – New Age
15,10, IT Brunico – UFO Club
16.10. DE Ludwigsburg – Rockfabrik
18.10. FR Strasbourg – La Laiterie
19.10. DE Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
20.10. DE Köln – Underground
21.10. NL Utrecht – Helling
22.10. BE Antwerpen – Trix
23.10. NL Heerlen – Nor
25.10. FR Paris – Divan du Monde
26.10. FR Lyon – Ninkasi Kao
27.10. FR Toulouse – Le Phare Club
28.10. ES Barcelona – Salamandra 1
29.10. ES Murcia – Sala Stereo
30.10. ES Madrid – Caracol
01.11. PT Porto – Hard Club
02.11. PT Lisboa – Cine Teatro Corroios

PAIN (without TAROT)
09.11. SWE Lund – Mejeriet
10.11. SWE Göteborg – Brew House
11.11. SWE Mariestad – KG5
12.11. SWE Örebro – Kulturhuset
13.11. SWE Stockholm – Debaser Medis

Interview with Tarot, Marco Hietala: 25 Years of “Spell of Iron” And “Savonian XXX-Press”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 3, 2011
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TAROT is an heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 1985. While enjoying a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band has gained more success in the recent years when singer Marco Hietala joined Nightwish in 2002. I had a long and enjoyable chat with Marco, on the way to a gig (April 15, 2011)…

Hi there Marco, I’m Tarja, welcome to Metal Shock! How’re you doing today?

Yeah, it’s going good. right now  I’m lying here on the bed in our tour bus, we’re on the way to Oulu for a gig tonight.

Let’s talk first about the past, in early 80′s you and your brother Zachary formed Purgatory-band … what memories of those times remain in your mind and why?

In those days Purgatory began to become a more serious act, we were about 15-16 years old, we played at various events, and participated in the Rock SM- competition, where we arrived in the finals.  In Rock King, organized by Suosikki magazine, we reached a shared second place. The band had a clear potential. In ’84, we changed the drummer and in that moment we realized that we had a core group of 3 persons, which could go very far. In those years, there weren’t too many metal bands around in Finland, there were more so-called oldish hard rock and punk bands, and  from the very beginning, we were more oriented to harder stuff.
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Tarot To Release Re-Recorded Version Of Its Debut Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 22, 2011
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TAROT — the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala — will release a re-recorded version of its classic 1986 debut album, “The Spell Of Iron”, under the title “The Spell Of Iron MMXI” on May 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band also filmed a video for the new version of its song “Wings Of Darkness”, which was originally made available as TAROT‘s first single in 1986. Check out the clip below. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Raskas Joulu Tour with Nightwish, Sonata Arctica Members And Many Others

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 14, 2010
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Raskas Joulu (Heavy Christmas) — a Finnish project which celebrates Christmas and its music tradition mixed with metal — will be touring again this year.

Taking part in this year’s event are the following musicians (Note: Not all musicians will participate in each concert):
Nightwish, Tarot, Teräsbetoni, Sonata Arctica, Northern Kings, Ari Koivunen, Sub-Urban Tribe, Charon, Machine Men, Stratovarius, Children Of Bodom, Sinergy, Kotipelto, Ensiferum, Kilpi, Leningrad Cowboys, Peer Gunt, Los Bastardos Finlandeses, Thunderstone, Urban Tale, Kiuas, Dyecrest, Ancara, Verenpisara, Mauron Maiden, Twilightning, Maija Vilkkumaa, Havana Black, Wigwam, Amoral, Soulcage…

Raskas Joulu has combined these elements for 6 years now and it looks like the end is not in sight.

Raskas Joulu Tourdates:

Nov. 20 – Imatran Kylpylä, Imatra – FIN
Nov. 26 – Pakkahuone, Tampere – FIN
Nov. 27 – Raahesali, Raahe – FIN
Dec. 03 – Rikala-Sali, Salo – FIN
Dec. 04 – Finlandia-Klubi, Lahti – FIN
Dec. 05 – 3 p.m. – Kerava-Sali, Kerava – FIN
Dec. 05 – 11 p.m. – Osmantupa, Eura – FIN
Dec. 10 – Himos-Areena, Jämsä – FIN
Dec. 11 – Klubi, Turku – FIN
Dec. 15 – Akustiikka, Ylivieska – FIN
Dec. 16 – Musiikkikeskus, Kuopio – FIN
Dec. 17 – Bar’n Night Vaakuna, Mikkeli – FIN
Dec. 18 (3 p.m. + 9 p.m.) – Tavastia, Helsinki – FIN

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/raskasjoulu.

Ari Koivunen (vocals) – “Sylvian Joululaulu” (live at Nosturi in Helsinki on December 18, 2009):