Speaking with Metal Hammer in a new interview, former Nightwish bassist / vocalist Marko Hietala names the 10 songs that changed his life. Following is an excerpt.
Black Sabbath – Into The Void (Master Of Reality – 1971)
Hietala: “My love for Black Sabbath began at nine years old. It was a summer day, and I was lying on the couch reading this kiddy book – Tove Jansson’s Comet in Moominland – which had a real doomsday feeling. Seas were boiling, things were dying, trees were wilting. Then my brother walks in with a record he’d borrowed from the neighbours – Sabbath’s Master Of Reality – and the whole weird thing connected for me.”
“The doom of ‘Into The Void’ particularly, alongside the imaginary doom of a comet approaching in the book… I spoke no English at the time, so I didn’t understand the lyrical stuff at all, but when I got older, I found out just how similar it was to the stuff I enjoyed when I was a kid. That was a funny connection to make!”
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon (Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll – 1978)
Hietala: “‘Gates Of Babylon’ by Rainbow really got me into sophisticated pre-symphonic metal. Though that genre didn’t really exist at the time, I saw that it would become something big after a decade or so. I loved ‘Stargazer’ too, but ‘Gates…’ had probably the most brilliant solo that (Ritchie) Blackmore has ever done. I have a long history of combining a lot of things, having an ambitious attitude towards music and a lot of imagination. Probably because of the stuff I fill my head with!”
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Black Sabbath – Into The Void (Master Of Reality – 1971)
Hietala: “My love for Black Sabbath began at nine years old. It was a summer day, and I was lying on the couch reading this kiddy book – Tove Jansson’s Comet in Moominland – which had a real doomsday feeling. Seas were boiling, things were dying, trees were wilting. Then my brother walks in with a record he’d borrowed from the neighbours – Sabbath’s Master Of Reality – and the whole weird thing connected for me.”
“The doom of ‘Into The Void’ particularly, alongside the imaginary doom of a comet approaching in the book… I spoke no English at the time, so I didn’t understand the lyrical stuff at all, but when I got older, I found out just how similar it was to the stuff I enjoyed when I was a kid. That was a funny connection to make!”
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon (Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll – 1978)
Hietala: “‘Gates Of Babylon’ by Rainbow really got me into sophisticated pre-symphonic metal. Though that genre didn’t really exist at the time, I saw that it would become something big after a decade or so. I loved ‘Stargazer’ too, but ‘Gates…’ had probably the most brilliant solo that (Ritchie) Blackmore has ever done. I have a long history of combining a lot of things, having an ambitious attitude towards music and a lot of imagination. Probably because of the stuff I fill my head with!”
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