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Tarot

Country of origin:: Finland
Location:: Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo
Status:: Active
Formed in:: 1985

Genre:: Heavy/Power Metal
Themes:: Pain, Corruption, Fantasy
Current label:: King Foo Records

Years active:: 1982-1985 (as Purgatory), 1985-2015, 2023-present

Tommi Salmela has been involved with Tarot for many years, originally as a roadie before providing backing vocals both on record and on stage. He was later made a full-time member of the band and now performs co-lead vocals with Marco Hietala.

The Hietala brothers both use stage names slightly different from their real names (their real names are Marko and Sakari).

Marco Hietala sings for ...

Complete lineup
Current lineup
Past members
Live musicians

Current
Zachary Hietala	Guitars (1985-2015)
See also: ex-A2Z, ex-Marenne, ex-Purgatory
Marco Hietala	Vocals, Bass, Guitars (acoustic) (1985-2015)
See also: Raskasta Joulua, ex-Tuska20, Marko Hietala, Northern Kings, ex-Nightwish, ex-Delain (live), ex-Conquest, ex-Sinergy, ex-Jimsonweed, ex-Purgatory, ex-Sapattivuosi
Janne Tolsa	Keyboards (1988-2015)
See also: Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Lazy Bonez, ex-Marenne, Turmion Kätilöt, ex-Warmath, ex-Virtuocity, ex-Twisted Silence
Tommi Salmela	Vocals, Samples (2006-2015)
See also: Lazy Bonez, Raskasta Joulua, ex-Mess, Tuple, ex-Cardiant, ex-Thunderstone (live)
Past
Pecu Cinnari	Drums (1985-2016)
(R.I.P. 2016) See also: ex-Lazy Bonez, ex-Purgatory
Mako H.	Guitars (1985-1988)
Past (Live)
Tommi Salmela	Vocals (backing), Samples (1995-2006)
See also: Lazy Bonez, Raskasta Joulua, ex-Mess, Tuple, ex-Cardiant, ex-Thunderstone (live)
Mika Karppinen	Drums (1998)
See also: Hallatar, ex-Bendover, ex-Dementia, ex-Kyyria, ex-To Separate the Flesh from the Bones, ex-Tuska20, Solitude, ex-We Sell the Dead, ex-Gandalf, ex-Eyes of Eden, ex-Ääritila, ex-Dischange, ex-Flat Earth, ex-HIM, ex-Petteri Hirvanen: Project Forever, ex-Valvontakomissio

Zachary Hietala	Guitars (1985-2015)
See also: ex-A2Z, ex-Marenne, ex-Purgatory
Marco Hietala	Vocals, Bass, Guitars (acoustic) (1985-2015)
See also: Raskasta Joulua, ex-Tuska20, Marko Hietala, Northern Kings, ex-Nightwish, ex-Delain (live), ex-Conquest, ex-Sinergy, ex-Jimsonweed, ex-Purgatory, ex-Sapattivuosi
Janne Tolsa	Keyboards (1988-2015)
See also: Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Lazy Bonez, ex-Marenne, Turmion Kätilöt, ex-Warmath, ex-Virtuocity, ex-Twisted Silence
Tommi Salmela	Vocals, Samples (2006-2015)
See also: Lazy Bonez, Raskasta Joulua, ex-Mess, Tuple, ex-Cardiant, ex-Thunderstone (live)

Pecu Cinnari	Drums (1985-2016)
(R.I.P. 2016) See also: ex-Lazy Bonez, ex-Purgatory
Mako H.	Guitars (1985-1988)

Past
Tommi Salmela	Vocals (backing), Samples (1995-2006)
See also: Lazy Bonez, Raskasta Joulua, ex-Mess, Tuple, ex-Cardiant, ex-Thunderstone (live)
Mika Karppinen	Drums (1998)
See also: Hallatar, ex-Bendover, ex-Dementia, ex-Kyyria, ex-To Separate the Flesh from the Bones, ex-Tuska20, Solitude, ex-We Sell the Dead, ex-Gandalf, ex-Eyes of Eden, ex-Ääritila, ex-Dischange, ex-Flat Earth, ex-HIM, ex-Petteri Hirvanen: Project Forever, ex-Valvontakomissio

Added by: Envenomed	Modified by: MasterofAlchemy
Added on: 2002-10-26 17:37:01	Last modified on: 2023-03-19 21:01:18