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Zachary Hietala
Tervo, Finland
Zachary Hietala is credited on 41 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1986–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
41
Pressings credited
19
Albums
5
Decades active
2
In collections
Biography
Sakari "Zachary" Hietala (born August 10, 1962 in Tervo, Finland) is the guitarist, co-songwriter and founding member of Finnish heavy metal band Tarot (formerly Purgatory) in early 1980s, together with his younger brother Marko Hietala, who joined Nightwish in 2001. Zachary works as a youth instructor in his hometown, Kuopio, as well as teaching music theory to ninth and tenth grade students, and takes part in the management of the official Tarot website, responding to questions and comments made by fans on the forum. Zachary Hietala plays guitar in Marenne, and is one of the composers in the band's debut album that was released in February 2009.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
41 releases · 19 albums · active 1986–2025
- Performance · 78
- Other credits · 33
Studios: Studio Sound Tegelman · Note On Studio · Finnvox · Background Market
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Tarot (2)
- Various
- Turmion Kätilöt
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