Esa Holopainen

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member of:	Chaosbreed (Finnish Death Metal)
original member of:	Amorphis (from 1990 to present: guitar)
founded:	Amorphis

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/399270 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/esa_holopainen [info] https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Esa_Holopainen/2012 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000205584 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/43295 [info]
VIAF ID:	227430364 [info]
Wikidata:	Q335294 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1992-04	Exile of the Sons of Uisliu	guitar	Amorphis	3:44
1992-04	Grail’s Mysteries	guitar	Amorphis	3:04
1992-04	Karelia	guitar	Amorphis	0:45
1992-04	Misery Path	guitar	Amorphis	4:20
1992-04	Sign From the North Side	guitar	Amorphis	4:57
1992-04	The Gathering	guitar	Amorphis	4:14
1992-04	The Lost Name of God	guitar	Amorphis	5:32
1992-04	The Pilgrimage	guitar	Amorphis	4:42
1992-04	Vulgar Necrolatry	guitar	Amorphis	4:22
1992-04	Warriors Trial	guitar	Amorphis	5:05
1993-09	Black Winter Day	guitar	Amorphis	3:51
1994-09	Light My Fire	guitar	Amorphis	2:53
1995 – 1996	Against Widows	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:06
1995 – 1996	Against Widows	guitar	Amorphis	4:06
1995 – 1996	And I Hear You Call	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:41
1995 – 1996	And I Hear You Call	guitar	Amorphis	4:41
1995 – 1996	Better Unborn	guitar	Amorphis	5:52
1995 – 1996	Better Unborn	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	5:52
1995 – 1996	Cares	guitar	Amorphis	4:29
1995 – 1996	Cares	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:29
1995 – 1996	Elegy	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	7:21
1995 – 1996	Elegy	guitar	Amorphis	7:21
1995 – 1996	Levitation	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	5:01
1995 – 1996	Levitation	guitar	Amorphis	5:01
1995 – 1996	My Kantele	guitar	Amorphis	5:02
1995 – 1996	My Kantele	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	5:02
1995 – 1996	My Kantele (acoustic reprise)	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	5:56
1995 – 1996	On Rich and Poor	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	5:19
1995 – 1996	On Rich and Poor	guitar	Amorphis	5:19
1995 – 1996	Relief	guitar	Amorphis	4:09
1995 – 1996	Relief	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:09
1995 – 1996	Song of the Troubled One	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:08
1995 – 1996	Song of the Troubled One	guitar	Amorphis	4:08
1995 – 1996	The Brother-Slayer	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	3:37
1995 – 1996	The Brother-Slayer	guitar	Amorphis	3:37
1995 – 1996	The Lost Son (The Brother-Slayer, Part II)	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:36
1995 – 1996	The Lost Son (The Brother-Slayer, Part II)	guitar	Amorphis	4:36
1995 – 1996	The Orphan	guitar	Amorphis	5:18
1995 – 1996	The Orphan	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	5:18
1995 – 1996	Weeper on the Shore	acoustic guitar	Amorphis	4:53
1995 – 1996	Weeper on the Shore	guitar	Amorphis	4:53
1998-10 – 1998-11	Divinity	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	4:56
1998-10 – 1998-11	Divinity	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	4:56
1998-10 – 1998-11	Greed	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	4:18
1998-10 – 1998-11	Greed	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	4:18
1998-10 – 1998-11	Morning Star	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	3:51
1998-10 – 1998-11	Morning Star	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	3:51
1998-10 – 1998-11	Nightfall	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	3:53
1998-10 – 1998-11	Nightfall	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	3:53
1998-10 – 1998-11	Rusty Moon	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	4:56
1998-10 – 1998-11	Rusty Moon	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	4:56
1998-10 – 1998-11	Shining	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	4:25
1998-10 – 1998-11	Shining	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	4:25
1998-10 – 1998-11	Summer’s End	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	5:37
1998-10 – 1998-11	Summer’s End	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	5:37
1998-10 – 1998-11	The Way	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	4:36
1998-10 – 1998-11	The Way	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	4:36
1998-10 – 1998-11	Tuonela	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	4:32
1998-10 – 1998-11	Tuonela	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	4:32
1998-10 – 1998-11	Withered	acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]	Amorphis	5:44
1998-10 – 1998-11	Withered	guitar [lead guitars]	Amorphis	5:44
2000-10 – 2000-12	Alone	guitar	Amorphis	6:19
2000-10 – 2000-12	Captured State	guitar	Amorphis	4:28
2000-10 – 2000-12	Crimson Wave	guitar	Amorphis	4:46
2000-10 – 2000-12	Drifting Memories	guitar	Amorphis	4:25
2000-10 – 2000-12	Forever More	guitar	Amorphis	4:34
2000-10 – 2000-12	Goddess (of the Sad Man)	guitar	Amorphis	4:00
2000-10 – 2000-12	Grieve Stricken Heart	guitar	Amorphis	6:40
2000-10 – 2000-12	Shatters Within	guitar	Amorphis	5:22
2000-10 – 2000-12	The Night Is Over	guitar	Amorphis	4:04
2000-10 – 2000-12	Veil of Sin	guitar	Amorphis	5:11
2008-11 – 2009-01	Course of Fate	guitar	Amorphis	4:16
2008-11 – 2009-01	From Earth I Rose	guitar	Amorphis	5:04
2008-11 – 2009-01	From the Heaven of My Heart	guitar	Amorphis	5:20
2008-11 – 2009-01	Godlike Machine	guitar	Amorphis	5:18
2008-11 – 2009-01	Highest Star	guitar	Amorphis	4:44
2008-11 – 2009-01	Majestic Beast	guitar	Amorphis	4:19
2008-11 – 2009-01	Sampo	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:09
2008-11 – 2009-01	Silver Bride	guitar	Amorphis	4:13
2008-11 – 2009-01	Sky Is Mine	guitar	Amorphis	4:20
2012-09 – 2012-10	A New Day	guitar	Amorphis	6:01
2012-09 – 2012-10	Dead Man’s Dream	guitar	Amorphis	4:04
2012-09 – 2012-10	Enchanted by the Moon	guitar	Amorphis	5:33
2012-09 – 2012-10	Hopeless Days	guitar	Amorphis	5:09
2012-09 – 2012-10	Into the Abyss	guitar	Amorphis	5:37
2012-09 – 2012-10	Mission	guitar	Amorphis	4:34
2012-09 – 2012-10	Narrow Path	guitar	Amorphis	4:24
2012-09 – 2012-10	Nightbird’s Song	guitar	Amorphis	5:01
2012-09 – 2012-10	Shades of Gray	guitar	Amorphis	5:29
2012-09 – 2012-10	The Wanderer	guitar	Amorphis	4:44
2017 – 2018	Amongst Stars	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	4:50
2017 – 2018	As Mountains Crumble	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:17
2017 – 2018	Brother and Sister	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:03
2017 – 2018	Daughter of Hate	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:20
2017 – 2018	Grain of Sand	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	4:45
2017 – 2018	Heart of the Giant	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:33
2017 – 2018	Message in the Amber	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:44
2017 – 2018	Pyres on the Coast	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:19
2017 – 2018	The Bee	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	5:31
2017 – 2018	The Golden Elk	guitar [lead guitar]	Amorphis	6:23
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	produced
	Alkusointu		Esa Holopainen	4:43
	Apprentice		Esa Holopainen	4:31
	Fading Moon		Esa Holopainen	4:28
	In Her Solitude		Esa Holopainen	4:48
	Promising Sun		Esa Holopainen	4:17
	Ray of Light		Esa Holopainen	3:31
	Sentiment		Esa Holopainen	3:46
	Silver Lake		Esa Holopainen	3:04
	Storm		Esa Holopainen	4:14
	art direction
	Silent Waters		Amorphis
	Silent Waters		Amorphis
	composed
	The Smoke		Amorphis
	The Smoke		Amorphis
	instruments
	Am Universum	guitar family	Amorphis
	Am Universum (alternate cover)	guitar family	Amorphis
	Am Universum	guitar family	Amorphis
	Amorphis	guitar family	Amorphis
	Disment of Soul	guitar family	Amorphis
	Eclipse	guitar family	Amorphis
	Eclipse	guitar family	Amorphis
	Eclipse	guitar family	Amorphis
	Eclipse	guitar family	Amorphis
	Eclipse	guitar family	Amorphis
	Elegy	acoustic guitar, electric sitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	Elegy	acoustic guitar, electric sitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	Elegy	acoustic guitar, electric sitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	Far From the Sun	guitar family	Amorphis
	House of Sleep	guitar family	Amorphis
	House of Sleep / Stone Woman	guitar family	Amorphis
	Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years	guitar family	Amorphis
	Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years	guitar family	Amorphis
	My Kantele (Digipak)	acoustic guitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	My Kantele	acoustic guitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	My Kantele	acoustic guitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	Privilege of Evil	guitar family	Amorphis
	Silent Waters	electric guitar	Amorphis
	Silent Waters	guitar family	Amorphis
	Silent Waters	guitar family	Amorphis
	Silent Waters	guitar family	Amorphis
	Silver Bride	guitar family	Amorphis
	Tales From the Thousand Lakes	guitar family	Amorphis
	The Karelian Isthmus / Privilege of Evil	acoustic guitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	Tuonela	acoustic guitar and guitar family	Amorphis
	liner notes
2010-04	Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes		Amorphis
2010-04	Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes		Amorphis
	Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years		Amorphis
	Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years		Amorphis
	arranged
	A New Day
	Dead Man’s Dream
	Enchanted by the Moon
	Hopeless Days
	Into the Abyss
	Mission
	Narrow Path
	Nightbird’s Song
	Shades of Grey
	The Wanderer
	Tuska20 – The Anniversary Song
	composed
	A New Day
	A New Land
	Alkusointu
	Alone
	Apprentice
	Beginning of Time
	Better Unborn
	Black Embrace
	Brother Moon
	Cares
	Crack in a Stone
	Dark Path
	Daughter of Hate
	Divinity
	Drowned Maid
	Empty Opening
	Enchanted by the Moon
	Enemy at the Gates
	Enigma
	Exile of the Sons of Uisliu
	Fading Moon
	First Doom
	Forgotten Sunrise
	Grail’s Mysteries
	Grain of Sand
	Her Alone
	Highest Star
	Hopeless Days
	House of Sleep
	In Her Solitude
	In the Beginning
	Into Hiding
	Karelia
	Leaves Scar
	Magic and Mayhem
	Majestic Beast
	Message in the Amber
	Misery Path
	Mission
	My Kantele
	Northern Lights
	Northwards
	On Rich and Poor
	On the Dark Waters
	Promising Sun
	Pyres on the Coast
	Ray of Light
	Reformation
	Sacrifice
	Sentiment
	Shades of Grey
	Shaman
	Sign From the North Side
	Silver Bride
	Silver Lake
	Skyforger
	Smithereens
	Song of the Troubled One
	Storm
	The Castaway
	The Four Wise Ones
	The Lost Name of God
	The Orphan
	The Smoke
	The Wolf
	Three Words
	To Father’s Cabin
	Too Much to See
	Towards and Against
	Tuska20 – The Anniversary Song
	Two Moons
	War
	Warriors Trial
	White Night
	Windmane
	Wrong Direction
	lyrics
	Brother Moon
	Disment of Soul
	Exile of the Sons of Uisliu
	Fading Moon
	First Doom
	Forgotten Sunrise
	Grail’s Mysteries
	In Her Solitude
	Karelia
	Misery Path
	On Rich and Poor	additional
	Privilege of Evil
	Ray of Light
	Sign From the North Side
	Silver Lake
	Storm
	The Gathering
	The Pilgrimage
	Warriors Trial
	wrote
	Sail Away – Santiago
	Save Me – Istanbul

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