My Story As Metal Frontman #24: Marko Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) 

Tomi Joutsen please 🙏

@@bn5202 Yes that has been noted and will happen at some point yes. 😊👍

@@chaoszine haha thank you. He my favorite vocalist! I love this series! Thank you for this !

Indeed he is.Definitely one of the best male vocalists of all time,yeah we do love you Marco the great.

I meant to say the same. Most important Marko is happy and healthy.

YES!

Yes, yes, yes

I've sean nightwish in Munic. It was great, but not the same without mirco😢

So ein liebenswerter, wunderbarer Mensch. Marko ist ein ganz besonderer Künstler . Er strahlt Liebe aus durch und durch. Ich mag ihn so sehr und ich wünsche ihm alles Glück der Erde. Marko und seine Musik bereichert mein Leben. Danke 🙏🏼

Agreed. First Jukka, now Marco? The core of the band is just Tuomas and Emmpu now. I wasn't impressed by their new album either and it's a shame cause I loved "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"

@@thesentinel5523 To be fair, first Tarja, THEN Jukkan and Marko :P

​@@weedidi7144To be VERY fair, first Sami, then Tarja, then Anette, then Marko.

But why? The beard is still there. It's just.... in a resting state. :P

@@Ilionej hahaha yeah, that's a good way to describe it. It's time however, that it gets out of hibernation. 😎

It was supposed to be around vocals so that is why it follows the series. Thanks for the good feedback! 🤟

@@chaoszine This is wonderful because that means there could be more interviews with him on other topics! Love your interviews.

I could listen to Marco for a couple of hours, no problem at all.

Don't we all wish for that... ;)

Why? Nothing is forever... And if you are not happy with your job, situation, relation, of the moment, you'd better change it, or you'll be desperately unhappy. Wise choice. Seems to do him well, and that's the only thing that matters.

Yes i do agree with you,he looks fine and maybe 🤔 he will create great music by himself now, he is happy and i must be okay with that.

I think 2024 album? 🤔

I think the orchestra is being recorded this year for it(Tuomas saiddd in an interview)so likely we will hear it next year....

Thank you for the nice words. =)

He would be dream guest. Lets see if it ever happens. 🤟

I literally moved to Finland to study and culdn't wait to see them and Marko left before I could. At least we had his Northern Kings performance this year! That was awesome. Good luck catching him! He's awesome in all his other projects and absolutely worth seeing without Nightwish.

Yes a agree🎸

Agreed, his voice overshadows his bass playing at times, but he is a great bass player.

I have heard Tarja and Anette say they have mostly nice memories from their days in NW and i'm sure Marko has too.

I honestly believe it is related mostly to the work ethic and how the members perceive the band. Tarja was not happy that she didn't have creative control, hence she started working on a solo career on the side way before she got fired. Marko is also really artistic and wants to have a certain level of creative input. He also hates the "capitalism" in the music industry that is mostly affecting big bands like Nightwish. So naturally, he left. Anette was another story - they truly never got along it seems. There were constant fights (Anette's own words). On the other hand, we have Floor, who for a long time (almost 10 years), didn't want to write music. She needed quite some time to recover from the burnout. NW was a perfect choice for her, she sang the way she was told to and only had to learn the lyrics. And now she has her solo career on the side, but also loves being part of Nightwish. Long story short - if you are talented, but you don't want to write songs, and if you can bear Toumas' perfectionism and vision, you're probably a good pick for NW. Otherwise, your time with the band is limited. :D

I see being on Nightwish and any popular band for that matter, as being high performance atheletes on a high profile team, Broadway actors or Ballet corporation. The work is hard and consuming because they have to give their best performance ever on each show (competition, presentation in these metaphors). And they have to work as a well oil machine as they are a team and if one of the team underperforms it reflects on the overall performance of all of them. I’m not saying anyone underperformed, but it means it probably is a high pressure environment which works if you love what you are doing and are in good health. If you are not that convinced, wish to be doing something else less time consuming or have health issues, then you need to evaluate your options . And that’s just the bassic elements. You still have to add if you like and trust your teammates, if your boss, coach, director, lead is someone with good leadership qualities (and even then you might get into rocky arguments), schedules , personal schedules , family , managers, sponsors, etc So I think if they sound more relaxed is not like they woke from a nightmare, but that they don’t have the same pressure being now solo or with less high profile bands

@@nassj6593 such a great analysis, kudos!

nah, they're still going strong.... they are different yes, but fine

Well Purple has been influence to tons of metal bands so that is why I guess people list some of their songs as "metal". 😊