Tarot are the true pioneer of Finnish Heavy Metal. Formed by the Hietala brothers in 1982, the band has been active for nearly four decades. Tarot's vocalist Marco Hietala enjoyed worldwide success as the male vocalist of Nightwish, but by that time he had already released several Tarot albums. The first four albums are Spell of Iron (1986), Follow Me Into Madness (1988), To Live Forever (1993) and Stigmata (1995). Blastic Heaven Records have prepared luxurious vinyl re-editions of all four, which are now made available on colored vinyl and in limited quantities.