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"(MARCO HIETALA)"

"“Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala was born on 14 January 1966 and is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Hietala lived in Tervo until the age of 15, after which he moved to Kuopio to study classical guitar, vocals and musical theory in high school. In 1984, he and his brother Zachary formed the heavy metal band Purgatory,which later changed to Tarot. In 1986, Tarot received a deal for their first album and went on tour. Hietala joined Nightwish in 2001 with Century Child was his first Nightwish album, He was a prominent guest musician in Delain, and has also been part of the bands Sinergy and Northern Kings. Upon his arrival to Nightwish, several songs were written to contain duets with then 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's cover of "The Phantom of the Opera", from the album "Century Child". In Delain, Hietala played bass for the album Lucidity and was also the main male vocalist on the album with featured vocals on the song The Gathering. In March 2009, Hietala joined the band Sapattivuosi. In June 2010, Hietala joined the heavy metal supergroup HAIL! Hietala released his first solo album Mustan sydämen rovio in May 2019. An English version of the album, titled Pyre of the Black Heart followed in January 2020. In December 2020, Hietala told Nightwish he had decided to leave to focus on other projects. He had been suffering from several mental disorders, including depression, for a decade. On 12 January 2021, Hietala made his departure public and announced his withdrawal from the public eye. On 18 June 2022, Northern Kings made a comeback that ended their 12-year hiatus and Hietala's 17-month break from the public. Hietala performed with his solo band at Z7 Summer Nights Open Air in Pratteln, Switzerland on 8 July 2023, later joining former Nightwish bandmate Tarja Turunen at her solo show later in the evening to sing "The Phantom of the Opera" with her. It was the first time they had sung the song together, after Tarja was fired from Nightwish in 2005. They toured together in 2024 in both Latin America and Europe. While both Hietala and Turunen released a collaborative single titled "Left on Mars" on 13 March 2024, Hietala stated that he has not ruled out the possibility of him and Turunen starting a new band together. Hietala released the single, "Frankenstein's Wife", on 4 September 2024. On 26 November 2024, the third single, "Impatient Zero" was released, simultaneously with the announcement of Hietala's second solo album Roses from the Deep which was released on 7 February 2025. "