Description

This is a complete re-recording of the band's debut album with one bonus track Back in 1986 ‘Spell Of Iron’ had been the starting point for the career of Finnish band Tarot, which to this day has received little to no attention outside of their home-country. As mentioned, ‘Spell Of Iron’ had been the first album and it shows the quartet deeply rooted in the traditional Metal of British descent, which shows through in most of the compositions. ‘Midwinter Nights’ starts out the whole thing with really traditional metal, with very good vocals by Marco Hietala, which will be a trademark of the whole album. Under close scrutiny and today's standards, songs like the straight ‘Love's Not Made For My Kind’, tha gallopping ‘Spell Of Iron’ (the highlight of the album) or the ballad ‘Things That Crawl At Night’ sounds a little dusty, but you should never forget that this album had been released 15 years ago! Marco Hietala are today more famous for being the bass player of Nightwish. For newcomers and Nightwish i would recommend the newer works, but for fans of handcrafted, traditional 80’s metal like myself will probably think that the original version is the most enjoyable album of the Tarot catalogue and to hear it in an updated version is enjoyable Track listing: 1. Midwinter Nights 2. Dancing On The Wire 3. Back In The Fire 4. Love's Not Made For My Kind 5. Never Forever 6. Spell Of Iron 7. De Mortui Nil Nisi Bene 8. Pharao 9. Wings Of Darkness 10. Things That Crawl At Night 11. I Walk Forever-live with Choir at Ruisrock 2010