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Finnish musician (born 1972)
Musical artist
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).
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]
Discography
With Violent Solution
Period of Depression (demo, 1990)
Paralysis / Individual Nightmare (EP, 1990)
[4]
Solo
Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen (album, 2021)
With Amorphis
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 & 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
Unleashed Carnage (EP, 2003)
Brutal (album, 2004)
[5]
References
Pasi Koskinen
Niclas Etelävuori
Pekka Kasari
Kim Rantala
Kasper Mårtenson
Studio albums EPs and demos Compilations Related articles
International National Artists