Esa Holopainen (born 1 October 1972) is a Finnish musician, currently the main songwriter, occasional lyricist, founding member and lead guitarist of the Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis.[1] He is one out the two longest standing members of the band (the other being Tomi Koivusaari) and one of the four original members in the band (the others being Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari and Olli-Pekka Laine).
holopainen, born, october, 1972, finnish, musician, currently, main, songwriter, occasional, lyricist, founding, member, lead, guitarist, finnish, heavy, metal, band, amorphis, longest, standing, members, band, other, being, tomi, koivusaari, four, original, m. Esa Holopainen born 1 October 1972 is a Finnish musician currently the main songwriter occasional lyricist founding member and lead guitarist of the Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis 1 He is one out the two longest standing members of the band the other being Tomi Koivusaari and one of the four original members in the band the others being Jan Rechberger Tomi Koivusaari and Olli Pekka Laine Esa HolopainenEsa Holopainen live at Jurassic Rock 2008Background informationBorn 1972 10 01 1 October 1972 age 51 GenresThrash metal death metal death doom melodic death metal progressive metal folk metalInstrument s Guitar vocalsYears active1987 presentLabelsNuclear Blast with Amorphis He was also formerly the guitarist of the bands Violent Solution 1990 and Chaosbreed 2003 2004 2 Holopainen did the guitar solo on Dambuster from Hellroad Caravan by Mannhai His influences include Ritchie Blackmore David Gilmour John McLaughlin and Petri Walli of Kingston Wall 3 Holopainen uses ESP guitars and Koch amplifiers 3 Contents 1 Discography 1 1 With Violent Solution 1 2 Solo 1 3 With Amorphis 1 4 With Chaosbreed 2 ReferencesDiscography editWith Violent Solution edit Period of Depression demo 1990 Paralysis Individual Nightmare EP 1990 4 Solo edit Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen album 2021 With Amorphis edit Disment of Soul demo 1991 Amorphis single 1992 The Karelian Isthmus album 1992 Privilege of Evil EP 1993 Tales from the Thousand Lakes album 1994 Black Winter Day Fear split with Gorefest 1995 Black Winter Day EP 1995 Elegy album 1996 My Kantele EP 1997 Divinity Northern Lights single 1999 Tuonela album 1999 Alone single 2001 Am Universum album 2001 Mourning Soil single 2003 Far from the Sun EP 2003 Day of Your Beliefs single 2003 Far from the Sun album 2003 Evil Inside single 2003 Relapse Singles Series Vol 4 split with Goreaphobia Phobia and Exit 13 2004 House of Sleep single 2006 Eclipse album 2006 The Smoke single 2006 Silent Waters single 2007 Silent Waters album 2007 Silver Bride single 2009 Skyforger album 2009 From the Heaven of My Heart single 2009 Martyr of the Free Word From the Heaven of My Heart split with Epica 2009 Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes DVD 2010 Magic amp Mayhem Tales from the Early Years compilation 2010 You I Need single 2011 The Beginning of Times album 2011 Circle album 2013 Under the Red Cloud album 2015 Queen of Time album 2018 Halo album 2022 With Chaosbreed edit Unleashed Carnage EP 2003 Brutal album 2004 5 References edit Hill Gary Biography Amorphis Allmusic Retrieved 20 February 2010 Henderson Alex Biography Chaosbreed Allmusic Retrieved 20 February 2010 a b Esa Holopanien Amorphis Retrieved 20 February 2010 Esa Holopainen Past Bands Encyclopedia Metallum Retrieved 20 July 2012 Esa Holopainen Active Bands Encyclopedia Metallum Retrieved 20 July 2012 nbsp This article about a Finnish musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Esa Holopainen amp oldid 1151317750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
