SILVER LAKE BY ESA HOLOPAINEN

The debut album of SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN is finally released today via Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH and comes not only with the legendary guitar riffs of Esa Holopainen from AMORPHIS, one of Finland’s biggest guitarists and metal songwriters, but also seven famous rock and metal vocalists such as Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Anneke Van Giersbergen and many more, that dive you into a world of catchy, progressive metal masterpieces that breathe the beauty and melancholy of Finland.

Right in time for the release of his debut solo album, SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN reveals ‘Alkusointu’ (‘Alliteration’ in English) featuring a spoken word performance from one of Finland’s most famous actors and musicians Vesa-Matti Loiri. For foreigners, his name might not ring a lot of bells, but for every single Finn, Vesa-Matti Loiri is simply a legend and with the powerful saxophone solo, the folk-influenced song is definitely a rock track like no other.

More on “SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN”:
Official Music Video “Ray Of Light” https://youtu.be/deipFVjm2Qk
Official Music Video “Storm”: https://youtu.be/wTQBfqxi4cc
First album trailer (“how it all began”): https://youtu.be/kuFbR82Pedc
Second album trailer (“about the guest musicians”): https://youtu.be/lASjSB8kh3A
Third album trailer (“about the recordings”): https://youtu.be/m12KOosblN0

Listen to the whole album and order your copy via: https://bfan.link/silver-lake-by-esa-holopainen

The self-titled album is available as a CD digipak, in various coloured vinyl editions, a limited CD boxset (incl. the digipak, signed card, guitar pick and flag) as well as digital.

AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen‘s solo project SILVER LAKE will release the self-titled debut album on May 28th via Nuclear Blast, Ft. Björn ‘Speed’ Strid, Anneke Van Giersbergen + Members of AMORPHIS, KATATONIA, LEPROUS + More!

Watch the new trailer focusing on all the great guest musicians contributing to the SILVER LAKE By Esa Holopainen debut album like Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Anneke Van Giersbergen, Håkan Hemlin (Nordman) and Einar Solberg (Leprous):

In case you missed the first album trailer, watch it here: https://youtu.be/kuFbR82Pedc

Watch “Storm” video here: https://youtu.be/wTQBfqxi4cc
Listen to “Storm”: https://silverlake.bfan.link/storm
Pre-Order the album: http://nblast.de/SL-SilverLake
Pre-Save the album: http://nblast.de/SilverLakeAlbumPre

Esa Holopainen on the album: “Over the last few years, I have been writing a lot of music, and some of the stuff hasn’t exactly sounded like Amorphis. When Nino Laurenne, owner of Sonic Pump Studios called me late March, I already had three decent-sounding SILVER LAKE songs in stock. These tracks, entitled ‘Sentiment’, ‘Ray of Light’ and ‘Promising Sun’, worked as the backbone for the full solo album.”

“At first, I really didn’t know if the album would turn out to be purely instrumental or would there be vocalists as well. However, one thing was certain, I wouldn’t be the singer of SILVER LAKE. Therefore I started to ask several friends and favourite singers of mine that joined me from their home studios on these 9 new tracks to be featured on SILVER LAKE By ESA HOLOPAINEN”

Tracklist:
Silver Lake (instrumental)
Sentiment (feat. Jonas Renkse of Katatonia)
Storm (feat. Håkan Hemlin of Nordman)
Ray Of Light (feat. Einar Solberg of Leprous)
Alkusointu (feat. Vesa-Matti Loiri)
In Her Solitude (feat Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis)
Promising Sun (feat. Björn ‘Speed’ Strid of Soilwork / The Night Flight Orchestra)
Fading Moon (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen)
Apprentice (feat. Jonas Renkse of Katatonia)
The moody cover art work was created by Metastazis.

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