AMORPHIS Guitarist ESA HOLOPAINEN Reflects On His Upcoming Solo Project SILVER LAKE

Guitarist Esa Holopainen has been making music with Finnish melodic death metal act Amorphis for over 30 years. Thanks to the metallic and melodic beauty of such classic albums as “Tales from the Thousand Lakes”, “Elegy” and “Skyforger”, Holopainen‘s magnificent abilities to create enchanting atmospheres and innovative riffs have become widely known within the worldwide heavy metal circuit. Obviously, Amorphis has taken most of Esa’s attention as an artist before the pandemic changed the ways of the world. As a positive outcome, Esa decided to take the imposed time off to focus on his first solo album of his career. SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN is the name of his debut project and it will be released on May 28th on Nuclear Blast. The first single was released on March 26th and it is called “Storm”, featuring HÅKAN HEMLIN on vocals. Other guest singers in this album include Jonas Renske (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis) and Anneke Van Giersbergen.