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Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) 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.
Hietala has stated that the biggest influence on him as a bassist is Geezer Butler and Bob Daisley, while Ronnie James Dio and Rob Halford are his biggest influence as a vocalist.

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.

Roses from the Deep is the second solo album by Finnish singer and bassist Marko Hietala of Nightwish. He teams up with original Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen - a building of bridges we never thought we’d see - on the exceptional Left On Mars, but even that is overshadowed by the spectacular Dragon Must Die. It’s layered, it’s heavy, it’s symphonic and it’s got folk and metallic influences in generous droves. Without a doubt this eight-minute epic is the best thing Marko’s done outside of Nightwish.
What matters most today is that this wonderful musician, singer and writer, this enjoyably eccentric metal Gandalf, is back with us in the way that works for him.


1. "Frankenstein's Wife" 5:25
2. "Left on Mars" (featuring Tarja Turunen) 5:01
3. "Proud Whore" 5:02
4. "Two Soldiers" 4:50
5. "The Dragon Must Die" 8:12
6. "The Devil You Know" 4:12
7. "Rebel of the North" 4:00
8. "Impatient Zero" 5:59
9. "Tammikuu" 4:34
10. "Roses from the Deep" 6:31
11. "Impatient Zero" (edit) 4:16

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