Follow Me into Madness

Follow Me into Madness
Studio album by Tarot
Released	April 1988
Recorded	1988
Studio	Takomo Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	41:50
Label	Flamingo Music
Producer	Tarot, Kassu Halonen
Tarot chronology
Spell of Iron (1986) Follow Me into Madness (1988) To Live Forever (1993)
Remastered CD edition cover
Singles from Follow Me into Madness
"Rose on the Grave" / "I Don't Care Anymore" Released: 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[1]

Follow Me into Madness is the second album by Finnish metal band Tarot, released in 1988 by Bluelight Records. A remastered version was released in 2006 by Spinefarm Records. Rose On The Grave was released as a single in 1988. This is also the last album with Mako H., as he is replaced by Janne Tolsa, the current keyboard player.^[2]

Track listing

All music written by Marko and Zachary Hietala, all lyrics by Marko Hietala.

Side one

1. "Descendants of Power" – 3:50
2. "Rose on the Grave" – 4:31
3. "Lady Deceiver" – 3:38
4. "Follow Me into Madness" – 5:40
5. "Blood Runs Cold"/"Happy End" – 3:52

Side two

1. "No Return" – 4:30
2. "I Don't Care Anymore" – 3:48
3. "Breathing Fire" – 3:12
4. "I Spit Venom" – 3:14
5. "Shadow in My Heart" – 5:34

Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

11. "I Don't Care Anymore" (1995 Version) – 4:09
12. "Shadows in My Heart" (live) – 6:45
13. "Descendants of Power" (live) – 3:30
14. "In My Blood" (demo) – 4:00
15. "Born into the Flame" (demo) – 4:00

Personnel

Tarot

• Marko Hietala – vocals, bass
• Zachary Hietala – guitars
• Mako H – guitars
• Pecu Cinnari – drums

Production

• Dan Tigerstedt – engineer, mixing
• Kassu Halonen – executive producer
• Mika Myyryläinen – reissue producer with Tarot
• Janne Tolsa – reissue producer, bonus track engineer and mixing
• Mikko Tegelman – bonus track engineer and mixing
• Mikko Karmila – bonus track engineer

References

1. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 352. ISBN 978-1894959315.
2. "~ Wings of Darkness ~ The Official Tarot Website". Wingsofdarkness.net. Retrieved 16 February 2012.