Spell of Iron

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]

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)
Singles from Spell of Iron
"Wings of Darkness" / "Back in the Fire" Released: April 1986 "Love's Not Made for My Kind" / "Things That Crawl at Night" Released: December 1986

Professional ratings

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

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

Track listing

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

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

Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

11. "Love's Not Made for My Kind" (1995 version) – 4:00
12. "Back in the Fire" (live) – 5:39
13. "Love's Not Made for My Kind" (live) – 3:20
14. "Back in the Fire" (single version) – 5:39
15. "I Don't Care Anymore" (demo) – 3:42
16. "Lady Deceiver" (demo) – 3:50
17. "Blood Runs Cold" (demo) – 2:49

Personnel

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

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.