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Encyclopedia > Marco Hietala
Marco Hietala

Background information
Birth name Marko Tapani Hietala
Born January 14, 1966 (1966-01-14) (age 41)
Origin Flag of Finland Tervo, Finland
Instrument(s) Bass
Associated
acts		 Tarot
Nightwish

Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is the male vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot and bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish symphonic 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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (864 × 576 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) my own work, dont delete it again! File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Tervo is a municipality of Finland. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping,popping or using a pick. ... Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. ... Nightwish is a Finnish Symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Tervo is a municipality of Finland. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... Nightwish is a Finnish Symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Century Child is the fourth album by Nightwish, released in 2002 by Spinefarm Records. ... Sami Vänskä. Sami Vänskä (born September 26, 1976) was a former bassist of the Finnish band Nightwish. ... Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band that incorporates elements from thrash metal, hardcore punk and grindcore. ... Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band from The Netherlands. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... Line-up: Vocals: Jouni Nikula Guitar: Emppu Vuorinen Guitar: Jani Liimatainen Bass: Marko Pukkila Drums: Tony Smedjebacka Track listing Unicorn (3:32) History of Times to Come (4:16) Ravenwing (4:30) Innocent (4:11) Wrath of a Warchild (4:13) Kingdom of the Night (2:55) Fire & Ice (3... Altaria is a power metal band from Finland. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland, formed in an effort to present a balls-out female-fronted metal band to the world, by American vocalist Kimberly Goss, who was keyboarding for Dimmu Borgir at the time, and In Flames lead guitarist Jesper Strömblad in 1998. ...


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. He plays bass in D tuning, which is like this: D, G, C, F. Nightwish is a Finnish Symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli (born August 17, 1977, in Kitee, Finland), is a Finnish singer. ... Tuomas Holopainen. ... A bass guitar Bass guitar tuning refers to the pitch adjustments carried out on the individual strings of a bass guitar in order to achieve a prescribed arrangement of notes from the open (unfretted) strings. ... Re or D is the second note of the solfege. ... Sol or G is the fifth note of the solfege. ... Do or C is the first note of the solfege. ... Fa or F is the fourth note of the solfege. ...


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 is to be released September 2007, with some songs being totally sung by him and the song The Islander written completely by him. Ozzy redirects here. ... W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 . ... Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... Singles from Dark Passion Play Released: May 25, 2007 Released: August 22, 2007 Released: Release date unknown Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


In Delain Hietala played the bass for the album "Lucidity", and he was also the main male vocalist on the album. Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band from The Netherlands. ...


Equipment

  • Warwick Vampyre SN Marco's Newest Bass Gutiar
  • Warwick Infinity 2000 LTD Bass Guitar
  • Warwick Pro-Tube IX Amplifier
  • Warwick 410Pro 4x10 Speaker Cabinets
  • SansAmp Tech21 GT2 Amp Modeler

Discography

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Marco Hietala
 v • d • e Nightwish (1996 -)
Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen | Anette Olzon
Tarja Turunen | Sami Vänskä
Discography
Studio albums and EPs: Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once | Dark Passion Play
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" | "Amaranth" | "Bye Bye Beautiful"
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
Documentaries: End of Innocence | A Day Before Tomorrow
Other
Nightwish members | Nightwish discography

  Results from FactBites:
 
Marco Hietala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (342 words)
Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Finland) is the vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot.
Hietala has also been part of the band Sinergy.
In Delain Hietala played the bass for the album Lucidity, and he was also the main male vocalist on the album.
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