Tarot (album)

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Tarot
Dark Moor Tarot.jpg
Studio album by
Released21 February 2007
RecordedLate 2006
Genre Symphonic power metal, neo-classical metal
Length58:50
Label Scarlet Records
Dark Moor chronology
Beyond the Sea
(2005)
Tarot
(2007)
Autumnal
(2009)

Tarot is the sixth full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor. The songs of the album are all named after the Major Arcana deck in the Tarot card game. The first single extracted from the album was "The Chariot". Manda Ophuis of the Dutch symphonic metal band Nemesea is the guest female vocalist on Tarot. [1] The final track, "the Moon", samples Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" and "Moonlight Sonata". The bonus track, "Mozart's March" is based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Magician" - 1:29
  2. "The Chariot" - 4:20
  3. "The Star" - 4:25
  4. "Wheel of Fortune" - 3:55
  5. "The Emperor" - 4:07
  6. "Devil in the Tower" - 7:49
  7. "Death" - 4:58
  8. "Lovers" - 4:04
  9. "The Hanged Man" - 5:27
  10. "The Moon" - 11:28
  11. "The Fool" [bonus] - 4:12
  12. "Mozart's March [bonus] - 2:42

Personnel

Dark Moor

Guest/session musicians

Crew

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References

  1. "Dark Moor - Tarot". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-04-21.