Spell of Iron

1986 studio album by Tarot

Spell of Iron

Studio album by

Tarot

Released| December 1986
Recorded| 1986
Studio| MTV Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre| Heavy metal
Length| 39:44
Label| Flamingo Music
Producer| Kassu Halonen
Tarot chronology
|  | Spell of Iron
(1986)  | Follow Me into Madness
(1988)

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Singles from  Spell of Iron

1. "Wings of Darkness" / "Back in the Fire"
Released: April 1986
2. "Love's Not Made for My Kind" / "Things That Crawl at Night"
Released: December 1986

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 8/10[1]

Spell of Iron is the debut album by Finnish metal band Tarot, released in 1986 by Flamingo Music. It was released on CD in 1994 by Bluelight Records, and a remastered version was released in 2006 by Spinefarm Records.[2]

The album includes the band's most popular song, "Wings of Darkness". Tarot's website is named after the song.

## Track listing

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All music written by Marko and Zachary Hietala, all lyrics by Marko Hietala.

Side one

1. "Midwinter Nights" – 4:35
2. "Dancing on the Wire" – 3:11
3. "Back in the Fire" – 5:38
4. "Love's Not Made for My Kind" – 3:28
5. "Never Forever" – 3:16

Side two

1.   2. "Spell of Iron" – 3:32
3. "De Mortui Nil Nisi Bene" (instrumental) – 3:29
4. "Pharao" – 3:01
5. "Wings of Darkness" – 3:40
6. "Things That Crawl at Night" – 5:54

### Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

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1.   2. "Love's Not Made for My Kind" (1995 version) – 4:00
3. "Back in the Fire" (live) – 5:39
4. "Love's Not Made for My Kind" (live) – 3:20
5. "Back in the Fire" (single version) – 5:39
6. "I Don't Care Anymore" (demo) – 3:42
7. "Lady Deceiver" (demo) – 3:50
8. "Blood Runs Cold" (demo) – 2:49

## Personnel

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Tarot

* Marko Hietala – lead vocals, bass, synthesizer on track 10
* Zachary Hietala – lead guitars, backing vocals
* Mako H. – rhythm guitars, lead guitar on track 8, backing vocals
* Pecu Cinnari – drums, backing vocals

Production

* Kassu Halonen – producer, synthesizer on track 4, backing vocals on track 8
* Jari Laasanen – engineer, mixing
* Mika Myyryläinen – reissue producer with Tarot
* Janne Tolsa – reissue producer, bonus tracks engineer and mixing
* Mikko Tegelman – bonus tracks engineer and mixing
* Mikko Karmila – bonus tracks engineer

## References

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1. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 352\. ISBN 978-1894959315.
2. ^ "Tarot Releases: Spell of Iron". Official Tarot Website. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

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Tarot

* Marko Hietala
* Zachary Hietala
* Janne Tolsa
* Tommi Salmela

* Mako H
* Pecu Cinnari

Studio albums and EPs|

* Spell of Iron
* Follow Me into Madness
* Crows Fly Black
* Gravity of Light
* The Spell of Iron MMXI

Live albums / DVDs|

* Undead Indeed

Related acts|

* Nightwish
* Eternal Tears of Sorrow
* Turmion Kätilöt
* Northern Kings
* Sinergy

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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