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Marco Hietala

1966 - Today

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Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Marco Hietala is the 346th most popular musician (up from 452nd in 2024), the 58th most popular biography from Finland (up from 71st in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Marco Hietala ranks 346 out of 3,175. Before him are Ian Stewart, Gustavo Santaolalla, Leonid Kogan, Janick Gers, Kirk Hammett, and PJ Harvey. After him are Paul Wittgenstein, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ian Anderson, Artur Schnabel, Florian Schneider, and Riccardo Cocciante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Marco Hietala ranks 35. Before him are Dan Schneider, Alessandro Costacurta, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Kentaro Miura, Cláudio Taffarel, and Stefan Edberg. After him are Jonathan Edwards, Gianfranco Zola, Dean Cain, Cindy Crawford, Julen Lopetegui, and Luke Perry.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Marco Hietala ranks 58 out of 751. Before him are Hugo Simberg (1873), Matti Nykänen (1963), Aino Aalto (1894), Armi Kuusela (1934), Peter Forsskål (1732), and Hannu Mikkola (1942). After him are Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Aimo Cajander (1879), Tarja Turunen (1977), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Tom of Finland (1920), and Lasse Virén (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In Finland

Among musicians born in Finland, Marco Hietala ranks 1. After him are Aarre Merikanto (1893), Tuomas Holopainen (1976), Timo Tolkki (1966), Alexi Laiho (1979), Mr Lordi (1974), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Darude (1975), Juice Leskinen (1950), Sami Vänskä (1976), and Susanna Mälkki (1969).

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