Tuomas Holopainen
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Tuomas Holopainen (born December 25th, 1976, in Kitee, Finland) is the keyboardist and main songwriter in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side project is gothic-doom metal band For My Pain.... He currently plays in the band Timo Rautiainen.
Biography
Holopainen started to study in a musical college majoring in clarinet and minoring in piano. He played in several bands, including recording keyboards for three albums with the black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, before coming up with the idea of a band of his own, where he would write all the music. That was the birth of Nightwish in July of 1996, around a camp fire. He then asked Emppu Vuorinen and Tarja Turunen to join what then was but an acoustic project. After hearing Tarja's strong lyrical voice, Tuomas decided to turn Nightwish into a metal act.Nightwish's first release, Angels Fall First, came in 1997, but it was in 1998, after the release of Oceanborn, that Holopainen's compositional skills reached full acclaim worldwide. Another four releases followed; Wishmaster (2000), Over the Hills and Far Away (EP) (2001), Century Child (2002) and Once (2004). In the last two, Holopainen took Nightwish to a whole new level by collaborating with symphonic orchestras from Finland and the United Kingdom.
The next Nightwish release is expected for early 2007, though without the vocals of Tarja, having been asked to leave the band in October 2005.
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| Nightwish |
| Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen |
| Former members: Sami Vänskä | Tarja Turunen |
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| Discography |
| CD Singles: "The Carpenter" | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | "Walking in the Air" | "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" | "Deep Silent Complete" | "Ever Dream" | "Bless the Child" | "Nemo" | "Wish I Had an Angel" | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" | "The Siren" | "Sleeping Sun" |
| Albums and EPs: Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once |
| Live albums: From Wishes to Eternity |
| Compilations: Wishmastour 2000 | Tales from the Elvenpath | Bestwishes | Highest Hopes |
| Videos and DVDs: From Wishes to Eternity | End of Innocence | End of an Era |
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