Marco Hietala
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| Birth name | Marko Tapani Hietala |
| Born | January 14, 1966 |
| Origin | Tervo, Finland |
| Genre(s) | Symphonic metal, power metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Bass, Vocals, guitar |
| Associated acts | Nightwish Tarot Northern Kings Sinergy |
Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is the main vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot and bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. He joined the band for their 2002 album Century Child, following the departure of previous bassist Sami Vänskä. He was a prominent guest musician in Delain, a project involving many members of the gothic/symphonic metal community. He is the bassist and lends his voice to a number of songs. He also participated in the recording of Invitation, by Altaria, providing backing vocals. Hietala has also been part of the bands Sinergy and Northern Kings.
Since his arrival to Nightwish, several songs have been written to contain duets with the former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen, allowing songwriter and band leader Tuomas Holopainen to take advantage of Hietala's distinctive raucous voice to add a new dimension to the band. A famous example is Nightwish' cover of "The Phantom of the Opera", from the album "Century Child".
He plays bass in D tuning, which is as follows: D, G, C, F.
During Nightwish's shows, Turunen would take a break halfway through the set. Before Hietala joined the band, they used to perform an instrumental song during this time. Since Hietala joined the band however, they have performed covers of well-known songs, with Hietala singing the lead vocal part in this break. The band has performed Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train", W.A.S.P.'s "Wild Child", Dio's "Don't Talk to Strangers", Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction" and most recently, Pink Floyd's "High Hopes". Some of these songs have been put up for sale as well on various Nightwish album releases. Hietala has had much more involvement on the new Nightwish release, Dark Passion Play, which was released in September 2007. He sang some songs, completely, and wrote the song The Islander.
14th of December Hietala was chosen to the Artist of the Year in Musiikkilukio, where he did his A-levels.
In Delain Hietala played the bass for the album "Lucidity", and he was also the main male vocalist on the album.
[edit] Equipment
- Warwick Vampyre SN Marco's Newest Bass Guitar
- Warwick Infinity 2000 LTD Bass Guitar
- Warwick Pro-Tube IX Amplifier
- Warwick 410Pro 4x10 Speaker Cabinets
- SansAmp Tech21 GT2 Amp Modeler
- [1] Sansamp RBI Preamp
[edit] Discography
- Tarot: The Spell of Iron (1986)
- Tarot: Follow Me into Madness (1988)
- Tarot: To Live Forever (1993)
- Tarot: Stigmata (1995)
- Tarot: For the Glory of Nothing (1998)
- Conquest: Conquest (1999)
- Sinergy: To Hell And Back (2000)
- Gandalf: Rock Hell (2001)
- To/Die/For: Epilogue (2001)
- Virtuocity: Secret Visions (2001)
- Sinergy: Suicide By My Side (2002)
- Nightwish: Century Child (2002)
- Dreamtale: Beyond Reality (2002) (Backing vocals for song "Heart's Desire" then lead vocals for "Where the Rainbow Ends".)
- Tarot: Shining Black (2003)
- Charon: The Dying Daylights (2003)
- Aina: Days of Rising Doom (2003)
- Tarot: Suffer Our Pleasures (2003)
- Altaria: Invitation (2003)
- Nightwish: Once (2004)
- Raskasta Joulua: Raskasta Joulua (2004)
- After Forever: Being Everyone (2005)
- Turmion Kätilöt: Niuva 20 (2005)
- Turmion Kätilöt: Pirun Nyrkki (2006)
- Verjnuarmu: Muanpiällinen helevetti (2006)
- Eternal Tears of Sorrow: Before the Bleeding Sun (2006)
- Amorphis: Eclipse (2006)
- Defuse: Defuse (2006)
- Delain: Lucidity (2006)
- Tarot: Crows Fly Black (2006)
- Raskasta Joulua: Raskaampaa Joulua (2006)
- Nightwish: Dark Passion Play (2007)
- Northern Kings: Reborn (2007)
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