Zachary Hietala

Zachary Hietala
Zachary Hietala live with Tarot.
Background information
Birth name	Sakari Hietala
Born	August 10, 1962
Origin	Tervo, Finland
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1986–present
Associated acts	Tarot, Marenne

Sakari "Zachary, Saku" Hietala (born August 10, 1962 in Tervo, Finland) is guitarist, co-songwriter and founding member of Finnish heavy metal band Tarot (formerly Purgatory) in early 80's, together with his younger brother Marco Hietala, who joined Nightwish in 2001. Zachary works as a youth instructor in his hometown, Kuopio,^[1] 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,^[2] and is one of the composers in the band's debut album that was released in February 2009.

Zachary married in 2006, to Nina. They have a dog and a mini pig.

Zac's armory consists of custom Kramers, Charvels, LAG, ESP, Tokai and plays through a Marshall stack.

Discography

Tarot

• The Spell of Iron (1986)
• Follow Me into Madness (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 (2006)
• Undead Indeed Live DVD (2008)
• Gravity of Light (2010)
• The Spell of Iron MMXI (2011)

Marenne

• The Past Prelude (2009)

References

1. ↑ http://www.metalfromfinland.com/interviews/221
2. ↑ http://www.wingsofdarkness.net/php/profile_zac.php