Marco Hietala
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Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo , Finland ) is a Finnish bass player and singer. In addition to his main band Tarot , he has been a member of Nightwish since 2001 and co-founded the Northern Kings group .
Career
In 1985, Hietala founded the band Tarot with his brother Zachary . Towards the end of the century he joined the band Sinergy , with whom he recorded two albums. Then he left the band. He also studied bass for two years, singing and classical guitar for three years, and music theory for a total of five years; he also has five years of experience as a sound engineer .
After Sami Vänska had to leave Nightwish , Marco Hietala became his successor in 2001. Since then he has taken on the male vocal parts, which were previously mostly taken over by guest singers (e.g. Tapio Wilska or Tony Kakko ). His distinctive voice is the counterbalance to the female lead vocals. Marco continues to participate in the songwriting, which is still the main task of founder Tuomas Holopainen .
Marco Hietala also played in the projects Aina Kemanis , Altaria and Sapattivuosi and sang for the band Delain . He is also involved in the Northern Kings project , which covers well-known and successful rock songs from the 1980s.
After Tomi Joutsen joined the Finnish band Amorphis as a singer in 2005 , Marco Hietala produced and arranged the vocals for Amorphis at times. He also supports Amorphis with backing vocals on the albums Eclipse, Silent Waters and Skyforger.
On May 24, 2019, Hietala's first solo album Mustan Sydämen Rovio was released after the song Isäni Ääni had been released as a single and video. The lyrics are all in Finnish, an English version is in preparation according to Hietalas. On September 12, 2019, Hietala announced via its official Facebook profile that the English version of the album would be released on January 24, 2020 via Nuclear Blast under the title Pyre of the Black Heart , followed by a small European tour in February 2020 .
Discography
With tarot
- 1986: The Spell of Iron
- 1988: Follow Me into Madness
- 1994: To Live Forever
- 1994: To Live Again
- 1995: Stigmata
- 1998: For the Glory of Nothing
- 2003: Suffer Our Pleasures
- 2006: Crows Fly Black
- 2008: Undead Indeed (Live)
- 2010: Gravity of Light
- 2011: The Spell of Iron MMXI
With Nightwish
- 2002: Century Child
- 2004: Once
- 2006: End of an Era (Live)
- 2007: Dark Passion Play
- 2009: Made in Hong Kong (and Various Other Places) (Live)
- 2011: Imaginaerum
- 2013: Showtime, Storytime (Live)
- 2015: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
- 2020: Human. : II: Nature.
With Sinergy
- 2000: To Hell and Back
- 2002: Suicide by My Side
Solo as Marko Hietala
- 2019: Mustan Sydämen Rovio
- 2020: Pyre of the Black Heart (English version by Mustan Sydämen Rovio )
Others
- 1999: Conquest - Worlds Apart
- 2003: Aina Kemanis - Days of Rising Doom
- 2003: Altaria - Invitation
- 2006: Delain - Lucidity
- 2006: Stoner Kings - Fuck the World
- 2007: Northern Kings - Reborn
- 2008: Northern Kings - Rethroned
- 2009: Delain - April Rain
- 2009: Sapattivuosi - Ihmisen Merkki
- 2010: Kuorosota
- 2013: Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
- 2014: Delain - Your Body is a Battleground
- 2014: Delain - Sing to Me
- 2015: Avantasia - Ghostlights
- 2018: Ayreon - Ayreon Universe - Best of Ayreon Live
Private
Marco Hietala is married and has two sons. He lives in Kuopio, Finland.
Equipment
He uses equipment from the German manufacturer Warwick . Before 2007 he mostly played a Warwick Infinity Bass, after that he has used (e) mainly a Warwick Vampyre Bass. In the 2011 music video for the band Nightwish entitled "Storytime", however, he again used a Warwick Infinity Bass. Since 2012 he has been playing a Warwick Custom Shop Buzzard in "Rusty" design.
Single receipts
- ↑ Chart sources: Finland (1) Finland (2) Germany Switzerland
- ↑ a b c d Nightwish.com: Information about the band members on the official Nightwish website ( memento of the original from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (German, accessed on May 6, 2012)
- ↑ MySpace.com/northernkings Official MySpace page of the band Northern Kings (accessed January 23, 2009)
- ↑ Wingsofdarkness.com: Official biography of the band Tarot (accessed January 23, 2009)
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated January 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Video for Isäni Ääni published. In: blabbermouth.net. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Marko Hietala publishes solo album. In: blabbermouth.net. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Nightwish.com: Marco's answers to the Nightmail questions from September 2007 ( memento of the original from October 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (German, accessed January 20, 2009)
- ↑ Nightwish.com: Marco's answers to the Nightmail questions from September 2008 ( memento of the original from October 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (German, accessed January 20, 2009)
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| SURNAME | Hietala, Marco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hietala, Marko Tapani (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish bass player and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tervo , Finland |