Esa Holopainen
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| Esa Holopainen | |
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 Esa Holopainen live at Jurassic Rock 2008 |
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| Born | October 1, 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 |
Esa Holopainen (born October 1, 1972) is a Finnish guitarist who is the lead guitarist, main songwriter and a founding member of Finnish metal band Amorphis[1] and guitarist for 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]
[edit] References
- ^ Hill, Gary. "Biography-Amorphis". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p37042/biography. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Henderson, Alex (Allmusic). "Biography-Chaosbreed". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p622159/biography. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Esa Holopanien". Amorphis. http://www.amorphis.net/?page_id=31. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
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