Marco Hietala
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Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Kuopio, Finland) is the vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot and bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish power metal band Nightwish and is easily noticed for his unusual facial hair. He joined the band for their 2002 album Century Child, following the departure of previous bassist Sami Vänskä. Marco plays in Impaled Nazarene on album Suomi Finland Perkele (1994). 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 band Sinergy. He was fired from there because Kimberly Goss and Alexie Laiho were angry at Marco for touring with Nightwish during their final tour before Tarja left. Initially they thought Nightwish would disolve after Tarja's leaving, so Goss and Laiho were understanding of Marco playing with Nightwish until the end, but when it was decided that Nightwish would go on, Goss and Laiho said that there was no need for Marco to be there for the last Tarja shows, since later on there would be more Nightwish concerts. Furthermore, Nightwish also had more money and could hire a studio bassist more easily then Sinergy could. In the end Marco wanted to be with Nightwish during the last tour with Tarja, so Sinergy fired him.
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 full advantage of Hietala's raucous voice to add a new dimension to the band.
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.
In Delain Hietala played the bass for the album "Lucidity", and he was also the main male vocalist on the album.
[edit] Equipment
- Warwick Infinity 2000 LTD Bass Guitar
- Warwick Pro-Tube IX Amplifier
- Warwick 410Pro 4x10 Speaker Cabinets
- SansAmp Tech21 GT2 Amp Modeler
[edit] Discography
- Tarot: The Spell of Iron (1986)
- Tarot: Follow Me into Madness (1988)
- Tarot: To Live Forever (1993)
- Impaled Nazarene: Suomi Finland Perkele (1994)
- 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)
- 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)
- Delain: Lucidity (2006)
- Tarot: Crows Fly Black (2006)
- Raskasta Joulua: Raskaampaa Joulua (2006)
| Nightwish |
|---|
| Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen |
| Former members: Sami Vänskä | Tarja Turunen |
| Discography |
| Albums and EPs: Demo | Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once | The 2007 Nightwish Album |
| Singles: "The Carpenter" | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | "Passion and the Opera" | "Walking in the Air" | "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" | "The Kinslayer" | "Deep Silent Complete" | "Ever Dream" | "Bless the Child" | "Nemo" | "Wish I Had an Angel" | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" | "The Siren" | "Sleeping Sun" | "Eva" |
| Live albums: From Wishes to Eternity | End of an Era |
| Compilations: Wishmastour 2000 | Tales from the Elvenpath | Bestwishes | Highest Hopes |
| Videos and DVDs: From Wishes to Eternity | End of Innocence | End of an Era |
