Years active 1987–present | Name Esa Holopainen Role Musician | |
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Born 1 October 1972 (age 52) ( 1972-10-01 ) Associated acts |
Amorphis live fan q a w esa holopainen tomi joutsen tomi koivusaari
Esa Holopainen (born 1 October 1972) is a Finnish musician, currently the main songwriter, occasional lyricist, founding member and lead guitarist of the Finnish metal band Amorphis. He is one out the two longest standing members of the band (the other being Tomi Koivusaari) and one of the three out of four original members left in the band (the others being Jan Rechberger and Tomi Koivusaari).
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- Amorphis live fan q a w esa holopainen tomi joutsen tomi koivusaari
- Esa Holopainen Sauna Blast
- With Violent Solution
- With Amorphis
- With Chaosbreed
- References

He was also formally the guitarist of the bands Violent Solution (1990) and Chaosbreed (2003–2004).

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. Holopainen uses ESP guitars and Koch amplifiers.

Esa Holopainen - Sauna Blast
With Violent Solution

With Amorphis

With Chaosbreed
References
Esa Holopainen Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA