''Crows Fly Black'' is the seventh album by Finnish heavy metal band

Tarot Tarot (, first known as ''trionfi (cards), trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a set of playing cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling or divination. From at least the mid-15th century, the tarot was used to play t ...

, released on 27 October 2006. This album is accompanied by the single "You", and the music video "Ashes to the Stars". This is the first album to officially acknowledge Tommi 'Tumple' Salmela as a member of the band, referred to as an 'old-new' member; until then, Tommi's role was limited to sampling and backing vocals, while in this album, Tommi takes role of fully fledged vocalist.

Track listing

# Crows Fly Black - 6:31 # Traitor - 3:38 # Ashes to the Stars - 5:25 # Messenger of Gods - 4:23 # Before the Skies Come Down - 4:06 # Tides - 5:33 # Bleeding Dust - 4:23 # You - 3:44 # Howl! - 4:22 # Grey - 4:49 # * Veteran of Psychic Wars (Bonus Track) - 5:06

Charts

Personnel

Tarot *

Marko Hietala Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, ...

– vocals & backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar * Zachary Hietala – guitars *

Janne Tolsa Janne Tolsa (born 7 March 1970) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in Tarot from the late 1980s, Tolsa also took part in the melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, which he joined in 2005 until their disb ...

– keyboards *Pecu Cinnari – drums *Tommi Salmela – samples, vocals & backing vocals Guest musicians *

Emppu Vuorinen Erno Matti Juhani "Emppu" Vuorinen (born 24 June 1978) is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is the oldest of five children, having a twin brother and t ...

(

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neval ...

) – guitar solo on "Traitor" * MC Raaka Pee (

Turmion Kätilöt Turmion Kätilöt (literally "Midwives of Ruin", "Midwives of Bane" or "Midwives of Perdition") is a Finnish industrial metal band founded in 2003 by MC Raaka Pee and DJ Vastapallo, who until the latter's departure, were the only studio lineup ...

) – backing vocals

References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Tarot (band) albums