Crows Fly Black

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Crows Fly Black
Studio album by Tarot
Released	27 October 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Power Metal Heavy metal Symphonic Metal
Label	King Foo Entertainment
Producer	J. Tolsa/M. Hietala
Tarot chronology
Suffer Our Pleasures (2003) Crows Fly Black (2006)

Crows Fly Black is the seventh album by Finnish metal band Tarot, released October 27th, 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Chart trajectories 3 Credits (Tarot) 4 Guest Musicians

[edit] Track listing

1. Crows Fly Black (6:39)
2. Traitor (3:39)
3. Ashes to the Stars (5:25)
4. Messenger of Gods (4:23)
5. Before the Skies Come Down (4:06)
6. Tides (5:34)
7. Bleeding Dust (4:19)
8. You (3:44)
9. Howl! (4:22)
10. Grey (4:49)
11. *Veteran of Psychic Wars (Bonus Track) (5:06)

[edit] Chart trajectories

Finnish Albums Top 40
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	5	12	29

[edit] Credits (Tarot)

• Marco Hietala – vocals & backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
• Zachary Hietala – guitars
• Janne Tolsa – keyboards
• Pecu Cinnari: – drums
• Tuple Salmela – samples, vocals & backing vocals

[edit] Guest Musicians

• Emppu Vuorinen (Nightwish) - second part of solo on Traitor
• MC Rakka Pee (Turmion Kätilöt) - Backing vocals