Experience the celestial harmonies of two iconic voices as Marko Hietala and Tarja Turunen unite in a mesmerizing duet like never before!

Embark on a journey through space and time with ´Left On Mars´, a captivating single and accompanying video that transcends boundaries of genre and imagination. Inspired by a tale of love and longing, this ethereal ballad combines Marko's emotive lyrics and powerful riffs with Tarja's hauntingly beautiful vocals,...

On January 12th 2021, Marko Hietala announced his withdrawal from the public eye and departure from NIGHTWISH, where he had been the bass player and second vocalist for 20 years.

A lot of people wondered if we would ever see him return to the music world. But Hietala has been busy, especially in his home-country Finland. He played some festival shows with his band in 2022 and performed with the...

Recently, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala released his debut solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart" via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band are pleased to reveal another live video, for track 'Death March For Freedom', that was recorded during their recent European tour. Watch the live clip 'Death March For Freedom', here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn18pYB58-U

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Recently, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala released his debut solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart" via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band are pleased to reveal another live video, for track 'For You', that was recorded during their recent European tour. Watch the live clip 'For You', here: https://youtu.be/XTuVCe_YEUs

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Recently, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala released his solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart" via Nuclear Blast. By now, the album has entered the charts and reached #48 in Germany, #25 in Switzerland and #10/#2 (physical) in Finland and today, the band release a live video for 'Stars, Sand & Shadow'. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgEy0sLvg4

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Recently, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala released his solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart" via Nuclear Blast. By now, the album has entered the charts and reached #48 in Germany, #25 in Switzerland and #10/ #2(physical) in Finland and today, the band release a live video for their cover version of BLACK SABBATH's 'War Pigs', that was recently recorded in Prague. Watch the video here: ...

Today, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala releases his solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart" via Nuclear Blast. To celebrate the occasion, he also releases a new lyric video for the new single 'Runner Of The Railways', that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/0j3j4dfKel8

Listen to the track in the NB New Releases playlist: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNewReleases / http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNewReleases

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Recently, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala announced his signing with Nuclear Blast for his upcoming solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart", that is set to be released on January 24th. Today, he reveals the lyric video for the second single 'Voice of my Father', which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwvqpRRCDdE

Get the single digitally here: https://nblast.de/HietalaVoiceOfMyFather
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Today, Finnish singer/ bassist Marko Hietala announces his signing with Nuclear Blast for his upcoming solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart", that is set to be released on January 24th. Hietala himself describes the style of the upcoming release as "Hard Prog", but to give his fans a first impression of what the new album is going to be like, he also reveals the first single and video 'Stones'....