Finnish metallers TAROT - featuring NIGHTWISH bassist Marco Hietala as frontman - have entered the Finnish charts at #2 with thier new album, Gravity Of Light. It’s the highest ever chart position for Tarot in Finland.

Furthermore the band have just finnished shooting for their upcoming video, 'I Walk Alone', which was filmed in Cairo, Egypt.

Tarot will be releasing Gravity Of Light in Europe on April 23rd and in North America on June 8th via Nuclear Blast Records. The successor to the 2007 release Crows Fly Black features the following tracks:

'Satan Is Dead'

'Hell Knows'

'Rise!'

'The Pilot Of All Dreams'

'Magic And Technology'

'Calling Down The Rain'

'Caught In The Deadlights'

'I Walk Forever'

'Sleep In The Dark'

'Gone'

According to a press release, "most of the demo work for this album was done in August and September 2009 by Marco Hietala, Zachary Hietala and Janne Tolsa, the main writers of the band. The actual recordings for the album started immediately after that in November 2009. Mixing has been done by Janne and Mikko Tegelman and the mastering by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios in January and February 2010. The album feels like meeting an old friend. Some things are the same, but your friend has gained weight. He shows new scars, and tattoos. The beard is longer and he projects a meaner and faster temper. At the same time there´s still a big heart at the center. The blood might rush to your head when your friend takes you to a weightless sauna orbiting the sun. When you hear Gravity Of Light you will believe."

Tarot have announced tour dates in their homeland in support of Gravity Of Light. Their schedule is as follows:

March

31 - Klubi - Tampere, Finland

April

1 - Bar Kino - Pori, Finland
2 - Klubi - Turku, Finland
3 - Rytmikorjaamo - Seinäjoki, Finland
4 - Teatria - Oulu, Finland
7 - Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland
8 - Sibelius-klubi - Lahti, Finland
9 - Osmantupa - Eura, Finland
10 - Bar Q - Imatra, Finland
15 - Henry's Pub - Kuopio, Finland
16 - Kellari - Joensuu, Finland
17 - Lutakko - Jyväskylä, Finland