Person · Male
Marko Hietala
- From
- Tervo, Finland
- Since
- 1966–present
- Releases
- 6
- symphonic metal
- metal
About
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is also the vocalist and bassist as well as composer and lyricist for the heavy metal band Tarot.
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He is also a member of the supergroup Northern Kings, and portrayed one of the main characters in Ayreon's 2013 album The Theory of Everything.
Member of
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Nightwish bass guitar, classical guitar, other vocals
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Northern Kings lead vocals
Discography
Links
Official
Concerts
Sibling
Also known as
Marco Hietala · Marko Tapani Hietala
Tags
- finnish
- singer
- symphonic power metal
- chanteur
- finland
- finlandais
- finlande
- scandinave
- scandinavia
- scandinavian
- scandinavie
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7244f99c-e056-412c-836d-b3933bb51229
- ISNI
- 0000000078808449
- IPI
- 00212246218
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.