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Erno Matti Juhani "Emppu" Vuorinen (born 24 June 1978) is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter[1] of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is the oldest of five children, having a twin brother and three younger sisters. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12 and since then has played in various bands including Nightwish, Brother Firetribe, Barilari, Almah, and Altaria.

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Emppu Vuorinen
Vuorinen performing in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Erno Matti Juhani Vuorinen
Born	(1978-06-24) 24 June 1978 (age 44)
Origin	Kitee, Finland
Genres	Symphonic metal, power metal, hard rock, black metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, bass
Years active	1996–present
Member of	Nightwish
Formerly of	Brother Firetribe Altaria Almah

Background

Vuorinen is primarily a rhythm player, often supporting the keyboard or orchestral parts of Nightwish songs. However, he plays lead melodies and solos as well. Vuorinen's solo techniques usually include alternate picking, tapping, sliding, legato, and minor to extreme whammy bar use; he also employs sweep picking, although very rarely. His solos are more melodic than those of most metal bands, but he sometimes shreds (notably in "Nightquest," "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion," "Romanticide," and "Gethsemane" by Nightwish, and also in "Traitor" by Tarot, for which he provided a solo). Nightwish's first three albums feature a larger amount of lead guitar work from Vuorinen than their later albums.

Vuorinen is also a creative force in Nightwish, having co-written songs with Tuomas Holopainen from Oceanborn until Dark Passion Play. The song Whoever Brings The Night on Dark Passion Play is written by Vuorinen alone.

Vuorinen recorded guitar parts for Almah, a Brazilian metal band, order to help his friend and vocalist Edu Falaschi (former singer of Angra). Vuorinen did not stay in the band because of his obligations to Nightwish. He was also involved with Brother Firetribe, an AOR band, which as of 2018 has released four albums worldwide: "False Metal" (re-released as "Break Out"), "Heart Full of Fire", "Diamond in the Firepit" and "Sunbound".

Discography

Nightwish

Studio albums:

• Angels Fall First – 1997
• Oceanborn – 1998
• Wishmaster – 2000
• Century Child – 2002
• Once – 2004
• Dark Passion Play – 2007
• Imaginaerum – 2011
• Endless Forms Most Beautiful – 2015
• Human. :II: Nature. – 2020

EPs:

• Over the Hills and Far Away – 2001

Brother Firetribe

Studio albums:

• False Metal – 2006
• Heart Full of Fire – 2008
• Diamond In The Firepit – 2014
• Sunbound – 2017

Altaria

Studio albums:

• Invitation – 2003

Almah

Studio albums:

• Almah – 2006

References

Sources

• Ollila, Mape (2007). Once Upon a Nightwish. Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-2-4.
• Isoaho, Timo (2018). Nightwish – We Were Here (English ed.). Latvia: Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-3-1.

External links

• Nightwish official site

На других языках

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- [en] Emppu Vuorinen

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[es] Emppu Vuorinen

Erno "Emppu" Matti Juhani Vuorinen (nacido el 24 de junio de 1978 en Kitee, Finlandia), es el guitarrista de las bandas finesas Nightwish y Brother Firetribe.

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[ru] Вуоринен, Эрно

Эрно «Эмппу» Матти Юхани Вуоринен (фин. Erno «Emppu» Matti Juhani Vuorinen; род. 24 июня 1978, Китеэ, Финляндия) — гитарист финской симфо-метал-группы Nightwish.

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