Emppu Vuorinen
Categories: Guitarist stubs | Nightwish | Heavy metal musicians | 1978 births
Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (born June 24, 1978 in Finland) is the lead guitarist in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12. Since then he has played in various bands including Nightwish, in which he has played from the beginning, and Altaria. As Tuomas Holopainen, banddirector and keyboardplayer, composes most of the music for Nightwish, Emppu can be heard playing unordinary guitar riffs that were most likely originally meant for a keyboard. Vuorinen is also known for his height, he is about 165 cms tall.
The solo techniques of Vuorinen include short range tapping and minor to extreme, whammy bar use for vibrato.
In January of 2004, Altaria and Vuorinen agreed that it had be better if he left the band, putting more focus and emphasis on Nightwish.
Equipment
Vuorinen originally used Washburn guitars for earlier albums but he has recently endorsed Esp guitars. He uses a custom made purple Esp.
External links
| Nightwish |
| Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen |
| Albums and EPs |
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| Studio albums/EPs: Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once Live albums: Once At Dynamo | Once Over Argentina | On A Dark Winter's Night | Symphony Of Angels | Gates Of Metal | The Beauty Of The Beast | Bless The Century Child | Over The Hills To Wacken | Wishmastour 2000 Compilations: Bestwishes | Tales from the Elvenpath | Highest Hopes |
| Videos and DVDs |
| From Wishes to Eternity | End of Innocence | End of an Era |
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