Emppu Vuorinen
Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (born
June 24,
1978 in
Kitee,
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 and since then he has played in various bands including
Nightwish, in which he has played from the beginning, and
Altaria. As
Tuomas Holopainen (band director and keyboard player) 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 noted for his somewhat diminutive stature - he is around 165 cm tall (5'5").
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.
As of
2006 one of his side-projects
Brother Firetribe released their debut album, "False Metal", in Finland.
Vuorinen originally used
Washburn guitars for earlier albums but he has recently endorsed
ESP guitars. He currently uses a custom made purple and white ESP.
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Nightwish official site*
Collection of gathered facts*
Official Brother Firetribe Website
