Esa Holopainen

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Esa Holopainen
Esa Holopainen live at Jurassic Rock 2008
Background information
Born	(1972-10-01) 1 October 1972
Genres	Thrash metal, death metal, death/doom, melodic death metal, progressive metal, folk metal
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast (with Amorphis)
Associated acts	Amorphis, Chaosbreed, Violent Solution, Gorefest, Exit-13, Phobia, Goreaphobia, Epica

Esa Holopainen (born 1 October 1972) is a Finnish guitarist. He is the main songwriter, current lead guitarist, and founding member of the Finnish metal band Amorphis^[1] and Chaosbreed.^[2] 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]

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)

With Chaosbreed

Unleashed Carnage (EP, 2003)
Brutal (album, 2004)^[5]

References

↑ Hill, Gary. "Biography-Amorphis". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
↑ Henderson, Alex (Allmusic). "Biography-Chaosbreed". Retrieved 20 February 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ 3.0 3.1 "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.

v t e Amorphis

Tomi Joutsen Esa Holopainen Tomi Koivusaari Niclas Etelävuori Santeri Kallio Jan Rechberger Pasi Koskinen Olli-Pekka Laine Pekka Kasari Kim Rantala Kasper Mårtenson

Studio albums	The Karelian Isthmus Tales from the Thousand Lakes Elegy Tuonela Am Universum Far from the Sun Eclipse Silent Waters Skyforger The Beginning of Times Circle

EPs	Privilege of Evil Black Winter Day

Singles	"Divinity" "Alone" "Day of Your Beliefs" "Evil Inside" "House of Sleep" "The Smoke" "Silent Waters" "Silver Bride" "From the Heaven of My Heart" "You I Need" "Hopeless Days" "The Wanderer"

Compilations	Story - 10th Anniversary Chapters Magic & Mayhem - Tales From the Early Years

Video albums	Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes

Related articles	Abhorrence Kalevala

Authority control	VIAF: 227430364

Persondata
Name	Holopainen, Esa
Alternative names
Short description	Finnish musician
Date of birth	1 October 1972
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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