Sakari "Zachary" Hietala (born August 10, 1962 in

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) is the

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

, co-

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

and founding member of Finnish heavy metal band ''

Tarot The tarot (, first known as '' trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini. From their Italian roots, ...

'' (formerly ''Purgatory'') in early 1980s, together with his younger brother

Marko Hietala 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 ...

, who joined ''

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

'' in 2001. Zachary works as a youth instructor in his hometown,

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, 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 is friendly and fun-loving. ''Tarot'' has so far released eight studio albums, latest has been released in early 2010. The next year after, the band rerecorded The Spell of Iron with updated sound and few lyric changes. Zachary Hietala plays guitar in ''Marenne'', and is one of the composers in the band's debut album that was released in February 2009.

Discography

Tarot

*''

The Spell of Iron ''The Spell of Iron MMXI'' is the ninth album by Finnish heavy metal band Tarot, released on 11 April 2011. It is a re-recording of the band's 1986 debut album for its 25th anniversary. It is the final album to feature Pecu Cinnari before his d ...

'' (1986) *''

Follow Me into Madness ''Follow Me into Madness'' is the second album by Finnish metal band Tarot, released in 1988 by Bluelight Records. A remastered version was released in 2006 by Spinefarm Records. Rose On The Grave was released as a single in 1988. This is also ...

'' (1988) *''To Live Forever'' (1993) *''To Live Again'' Live CD (1994) *''Stigmata'' (1995) *''For the Glory of Nothing'' (1998) *''Shining Black'' Best of (2003) *''Suffer Our Pleasures'' (2003) *''

Crows Fly Black ''Crows Fly Black'' is the seventh album by Finnish heavy metal band Tarot, released on 27 October 2006. This album is accompanied by the single "You", and the music video "Ashes to the Stars". This is the first album to officially acknowledge ...

'' (2006) *''

Undead Indeed ''Undead Indeed'' is the first live DVD/2CD by Finnish heavy metal band Tarot. It was recorded in Rupla Club, Kuopio, Finland, on 17 August 2007. The DVD was released on 11 June 2008. CD & DVD Track listing (DVD) # Intro (Band coming on s ...

'' Live DVD (2008) *''

Gravity of Light ''Gravity of Light'' is the eighth studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot The tarot (, first known as '' trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in ...

'' (2010) *''

The Spell of Iron MMXI ''The Spell of Iron MMXI'' is the ninth album by Finnish heavy metal band Tarot The tarot (, first known as '' trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in variou ...

'' (2011)

Marenne

*''The Past Prelude'' (2009)

References

1962 births Living people People from Tervo Finnish heavy metal guitarists Finnish male musicians Tarot (band) members {{metal-music-stub