Suffer Our Pleasures

Tarot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B0001FVDLO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,462 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Rule

2. Pyre of Gods

3. Rider Of The Last Day

4. Follow The Blind

5. Undead Son

6. Of Time And Dust

7. From The Void

8. Convulsions

9. From The Shadows

10. Painless

Editorial Reviews

Power Metal ARTIST BIO For a great number of people, the Finnish Heavy Metal veterans Tarot have always been ahead of other metal bands musically, visually, and professionally. The band has been around nearly two decades and has released six studio albums. In Tarot4s case quality goes easily ahead of quantity and SUFFER OUR PLEASURES speaks great volumes of this quality matter and further strengthens their position near the top of the metal heap. As for the songs, well, what can you really expect from these talented musicians who have been listening to their Sabs, Priests, Maidens, Dios, Rainbows, etc. through their whole lifetime? Their music is a giant mirror that reflects the bands they have always been influenced by musically. In fact, listening to Tarot is like listening to some of your favorite NWOBHM bands from the480s.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Search The Tarot For Excellent Metal, March 25, 2005

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Ken Pierce "Editor, PiercingMetal.com" (Brooklyn,, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suffer Our Pleasures (Audio CD)

The name Tarot inspires a sense of mystery and power right off the bat when you hear the word. Metal power is most certainly the case from this band with the same name. Their release entitled "Suffer Our Pleasures" will immediately appeal to fans of the band Nightwish for their very own Bassist Marco Hitela performs these duties and sings lead on the tracks. On the guitar is his Brother Zachary and the combination is truly a tasty piece of music. Marco is very impressive on lead vocals, and for those who have seen Nightwish they know he provides a large amount of the backup for Tarja Turunen and does a great job of it as well. It is nice to see him able to sing full numbers for a change. Some of them are damned good.

The band is rounded out by Janne Tolsa on keyboards and Pecu Cinnari on drums. Each player providing the skill I felt best matched the music Marco and Zach had written. Some of the grooves have a little of a Nightwish feel to them, but not as much as you might expect. Marco was in this group before he joined Nightwish so perhaps he brought some of the writing style to them. The sound is definitely in line with a lot of the metal that is coming out of Finland nowadays, and so far so good on that. I have yet to be totally disappointed in the Finns and their quest to dominate modern metal.

My favorites are primarily "I Rule" and "From The Void" since they just kicked when played loud. There is also a semi-epic in "Rider Of The Last Day". This number starts out slow and grinding, yet picks up speed considerably only to slow down to a whisper at the end. It is done very well. "From The Shadows" is perhaps the quickest number on the CD, with its almost Southern Country beginning it was quite fun. One does not expect this feel to come from a band in Finland. Yet music being universal, I guess influences fall into the same track.

Anyone who enjoys Marco's work as a performer with Nightwish should pick this up, to see the other side of what he is also capable of. It is a solid piece throughout and you will find yourself giving many tracks a second and continual listen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Straightforward Metal Gem!!, November 21, 2003

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MetalMarc (Grand Rapids, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suffer Our Pleasures (Audio CD)

In the era of metal sub genres its great to hear a band that just plays straight forward metal in a modern way. Not power, death, progressive, or worst of all nu-metal, just METAL! Tarot not only play it but succeed at a very high level. Tarot are very heavy yet still melodic similar to other great bands like Tad Morose, Brainstorm, and AngelDust. Tarot write great no- nonsense songs with huge hooks, some of the most memorable of all time in fact. 'Pyre of God' and 'From the Void' are two of the best songs of all time IMO, while all of the songs on the album are great and there is no filler material to be heard. All of the band members have just a God given talent as musicians. The guitar player is writing some clever and catchy riffs and can deliver some truly first class soloing. The singer is huge, reminding me sometimes of the great Ronnie James Dio himself, he adds in a ton of epic vocal harmonies to layer the songs with a really big sound. The drums and bass are flawless and can be heard nicely in the well rounded and first rate production. This is a must have album! Check out song samples from the bands site www.wingsofdarkness.net and hear for yourself!

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrash at its finest, January 17, 2004

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"bodomite" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suffer Our Pleasures (Audio CD)

VERY VEERRYYY Good Thrash Album! I was in the metal store yesterday and saw this and I remembered that a friend reccomended it so i picked it up. Outstanding album thi band is for definet fans of old Thrash Metal sounds alot like youthful slayer but after the little satan worshiping stage they went through. synths give the sound a very good touch and puts the music in a very good direction. Fans of Slayer will love this CD! Pick it up today.