Top 10 Solos from Emppu Vuorinen of Nightwish

[@lalmuanpuiasci-law9887]

The best underrated guitarist of this century! Rock on emppu!

[@alexei933]

@@pluviophilius2354 , you aren't a guitar player neither. Don't tell me about number of notes per second and so on. There are huge number of guitarists with brilliant technics , but nobody knows them with except of musical experts and thier colleages. Why? Because they are not able to deliver their emotions to listeners with the music. Music is not a sport , it's an art , try to remember. Even better for you to note it somewhere, try not to lose this post

[@nagyrobert2868]

@@pluviophilius2354 I'm a guitarist also, and in my opinion its not hard to do some mindless shred, but its really difficult to write a beautiful solo. I know Emppu isn't the best, but you have to accept the fact, that he can't show his true playing every time because its another genre of music. (But he CAN shred ofc--> Romanticide).

[@nagyrobert2868]

@@pluviophilius2354 Yes, i did read, i just gave a short answer based on your comments. I didn't defended or attacked anybodys opinion, i just wrote mine. I accept your opinion as well, as the others. You were right in one side, there are betters then Emppu, but i said it. It depends on the listeners style, who is the best for him. (F for those, who think f.e. Ed Sheeran the best guitarist🤣)

[@hannesk7800]

@@pluviophilius2354 I would disagree to some extent. While Emppu isn't as flashy or technically excellent as players like Luca Turilli, Jari Mäenpää, Teemu Mäntysaari etc, I would say he's up there among the top class of guitarists. If you listen to everything he's played, not only for Nightwish, but his other projects as well, you have to admit that he's a very versatile guitarist and extremely good at writing solos that serve the song. And I'm also a guitar player with around 14 years of guitarring under my belt. While I agree with you that there are several even better guitarists out there, I also agree with the sentiment that Emppu is underrated.

[@hefenzy]

I mean I love Nightwish material, but this guitarist is not actually that good. Of course better than clowns like Kirk or Slash, but still not the best underrated. There are even more underrated like neoclassical shredder David Chastain for example

[@BanjoBitty]

His solo in High Hopes sent me to a different world. Ever Dream solo is powerful and emotional. And Romanticide is sick AF.

[@mallement]

His solos are fairy tales on in themselves - they are not just solos for the sake of soloing, they contribute and forwards the songs perfectly. Sleeping Sun and Dead Boy's Poem are subtle and simple, but they just add so much to the songs without taking over.

[@blaineblasphemy770]

One of the best in the world.. i am happy to say i lived in a time of Emmpu of nightwish!

[@moonstruck1215]

The Ever Dream solo is by far my favorite one. That part on its own hypes me up so much. Absolutely love it.

[@perico1014]

His ability to pull so many different sounds out from the same guitar blows my mind. A lot of artists have three or four different guitars, each one tuned for an specific sound. He does all of this with just one guitar. Legend.

[@Vince_est.97]

Uhh man that is not true at all. He is using mainly his EV-1 live since years thats right but it looks pretty diffrent in the studio. On the first albums he played a Nuno Washburn signature after that he used the cs780 by Washburn. Moreover he used a Tokai Les Paul on Century Child. Futhermore he owns a turqouise Fender Custom Start, a Ruokangas Hellcat Custom, multiple Esp guitars with hard tail bridges as well to record rythm guitars, several Gibson Les Pauls (mentioned by him in an interview with a german magazine) which he used for the Once recordings. For Slow Love Slow he used a semi hollow guitar in the movie and maybe in the studio as well. Once he said that he cant count the guitars that he owns.

[@darksider7864]

Emppu is so cute and so talent! Why isn't he being popular? like other guitarist such as Slash, Nuno or Synyster Gates.

[@larryd4352]

Emppu is a great guitarist..and very underrated! I have listened to several guitarist talk about how Emppu doesn't play solos with wild abandonment... he plays them to bring out the emotions of the listener. Just listen to his solos in "Dead Boy's Poem"..... "Sleeping Sun"...." Ever Dream" .... "Ghost Love Score"...." Endless Forms Most Beautiful"...heck..they all fit in perfectly! I wish he played acoustic guitar more often....like some groups do acoustic versions of their songs! One of my favorite bands from the 1970's, Foreigner, does acoustic versions of their hits...and they are great!

[@johanrsantacruz]

and isn't a emotion bringer at last

[@KevinHollisWI]

Eddie Van Halen played to feed his ego, Empuu plays to feed the emotion of the songs. 0 ego with this man. His classical ability reminds me a lot of the late Randy Rhoads ❤

[@johanrsantacruz]

el comentario mas pendejo del mundo

[@KevinHollisWI]

@@johanrsantacruz arguing with an idiot to prove he is an idiot is in itself idiotic

[@michaelpachuau3885]

That's such bs, Eddie played some of the tastiest solos in that genre of music. Just because his sense of feel doesn't allign with yours doesn't mean it isn't played with feel

[@shredmonkeymatt96]

They're both phenomenal guitarists, who probably would have shown great admiration and respect to each other's work and efforts, I love both of their playing styles. There's no need to bash Eddie! Emppu is amazing, and Eddie is a revolutionary guitar pioneer. Without either one, metal guitar wouldn't be where it is today! No need to disrespect one to acknowledge another!

[@KevinHollisWI]

I should have worded it differently. It wasn’t a bashing, I was trying to say that Van Halen was based around Eddie’s guitar, so most songs had to fit with his guitar solos. Empuu plays whatever the song needs, most of the time while not being in the spotlight. Not saying Eddie wasn’t a guitar pioneer, I myself just didn’t like the “show off, look at me” attitude of Eddie

[@caiolucas8257]

His solo on Sleeping Sun IMO is amazing, deserves more love.

[@АлександрХмыров-л6д]

Эмппу Вуоринен🤝🤝🤝🤘🤘 Мне нравиться его стилистика и как Эмппу играет необычные гитарные рифы, что были созданы для клавишных...Супер зажигательный гитарист нашего времени !👏👏👏

[@ЕмилияИвановаИванова]

Любимият ми китарист! Харесва ми неговото свирене, движенията по сцената, изражението му и когато намигва на публиката!

[@helenooft9664]

I love every solo Emppu plays, love him.

[@kajlax1554]

The High hopes solos are.... incredible.

[@kenthompson6887]

Slow, Love, Slow came out of nowhere. It has the feel of a smoky 1930s cabaret. My parents would have felt right at home with it (both born in the 1920s). I'm sure a lot of Nightwish fans don't like it because it isn't metal - but it is one of their best songs. In a way it proves the band is so good that they can do anything.

[@ABABABABABABABABABABBBBBB]

yea when i hear it i feel like im in a bar in the 1930s

[@dennisweifenbach2647]

This is fantastic. I've been hoping to come across something like this for months. His general work and especially his solo's are amazing.

[@aurelianogallego9377]

Es cierto es un virtuoso megusta mazo .

[@СергейИванов-э6ы8п]

Один из лучших , браво Эрно , виртуоз

[@lordtyrus1]

Empuu is so amazing!

[@marimarmarimar25]

Emppu, master of guitar ever!

[@pedromelolouzada2003]

My favorite guitarrist

[@MihaiVH]

I love how Nightwish gives value to their instruments ...they have songs for each of them

[@mathiuruguay]

Me encanta emmpu no se xq no es tan valorado y hablan pocos de el

[@johannessilver8653]

He can do magic with his guitar .... like number one pc in here ...

[@Dianen65]

Great musician and human being.

[@richardgauthier3077]

Best classical metal guitarist around!!!!!!

[@Earning-m5q]

one of my fav guitarist emppu

[@yaniramarie1905]

He is my favorite in Nightwish.❤

[@lucijimenez3048]

The BETTER choice, you legend! Number one looks like chosen by me :) Love thhis one

[@omarhuarcayagutierrez5621]

Know why the nightingale sings... Yeeeeah! My favorite solo!

[@johanrsantacruz]

definitivamente es un gran guitarra rítmico, eso no se pelea, de ahí a los solos pues...

[@tnrkl2699]

One number guitarist.

[@KaiHellmann]

❤, guitar emeritus💪🏻

[@chrispederson5866]

He's got to be at least top five in the world

[@XiyuYang]

He’s good but you’re blowing this way out of proportion.

[@Angel-bn2xn]

I would add Cadence of Her Last Breath, from 2:24 to 3:18, solo + riff, awsome! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGqYm5WBqZJniKM And Music, it's not too long, just eighteen seconds, but it really takes the song to another dimension (from 5:12 go 5:30) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKjdaGCebrF2erc And, what about Astral Romance (from 3:54 onwards) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ7QZqCQa5KkqtE and, why not?, Whoever Brings the Night kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5uWgJ6ods-NgdU

[@hennieniceguy]

Emppu is epic on his gitar listen to his performance in NightWish

[@nightwish.covers]

While looking for the solo of Slaying the Dreamer, I ran into this one. Covered most of them on my channel🤘🏼🎸

[@danray104]

I know they are short, but setting sun and dead boys poem have some perfect solos

[@joshspenser4982]

Wow best musician !!!!

[@guillearg7198]

Thanks for the video! It's great!

[@berndgross7921]

Emppu the guitar Wizard rulez 🎸🤘

[@madhatter6708]

Brother Firetribe is his second band.

[@maxtaboada6813]

Mister Emppu 🤘 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪

[@luxetveritas9196]

Over the Hills and Far Away

[@AlejandroRasmussen7]

He reminds me to Friedman not in style of course but in that they always play to elevate the song, and their chops always serve their melodic sense. Lots of feel. I feel the last few albums lack his input. If you hear oceanborn or wishmaster, is stack in great guitar riffs that obviously tuomas didnt compose, ex the devil and the deep dark ocean or passion for the opera. So probably there was more exange of ideas back them, more synergy and thus the band was a lot greater

[@cheeseisjar3058]

They did not have as much vocal diversity as they do now though, floor can sing anything and Marco and Troy can sing all the stuff she can’t sing.

[@MetalPersonJ]

@@cheeseisjar3058 So what, metal is about riffs first and foremost.

[@cheeseisjar3058]

MetalPersonJ I think that’s true for a lot of metal but I think Tuomas’s songwriting is all about the full song instead of taking one riff and making that go for most of the song. Not that nightwish doesn’t have songs based around a single riff but the songs are always focused on everything making something together that’s awesome instead of showing off with an awesome solo.

[@beldin2987]

@gomitogomez1 Good to know. Much better as if he wants but Tuomas the evil dictator don't lets him play and so he is frustrated and leaves the band 😉

[@SteelShield21]

Over the hills and far away is still my favorite just because he strokes the guitar 😂

[@justuss_]

That solo isn't written by Emppu and he plays almost exactly the same that was played originally in Gary Moores song, but Emppu sure has fun with that one!

[@WarRior-rn4kb]

My fingers are as short as Emppu's so he's my guitar hero. The problem with NEMO's guitar solo is: too short.

[@rodrigobelinchon2982]

not everybody knows that you can buy smaller guitars , tehy are called short scale guitars and depending on your height it can be a great choice. Check out the Jackson Rhandy Rhoads Minion

[@dancingwiththedead6764]

I have witnessed magic

[@georgijsolovjov3814]

Супер💪👏

[@krzysztofmalinowski191]

🤩👏👏👏👌

[@ninjavelox]

high hopes the best

[@samuelsosa2549]

Is a beast

[@bernardo2067]

Gethsemane - Peak Mas no Imaginaerum começou a dar umas falhadas =/ Faz parte

[@MetalPersonJ]

CROWNLESS DAMN YOU!

[@zorland876]

That's a ripper of a song, but it doesn't actually have a guitar solo. It's mostly keyboard based.

[@Vince_est.97]

Absolutely brilliant 🤘🔥 how the fuck did he the wammybaraction in gethsemane while shredding the shit out of his guitar.

[@DemocraticDictator]

In my opinion the Over the Hills and Far Away is the best solo of him

[@justuss_]

Well that solo isn't written by him, because that solo is almost exactly the same in original Gary Moore song, but a great solo still!

[@DemocraticDictator]

@@justuss_ I just listend that song, and you are totaly right, but my favourite parts of Empu's ane are missing from thais. Both solo are brilliant! Like both guitarist!

[@justuss_]

@@DemocraticDictator Yeah I agree that Emppu's version sounds better and tempo of their version is a bit faster so it makes that song sound a bit more powerful and fresh which I like a lot!

[@DemocraticDictator]

@@justuss_ and that slide!!! Probably my favorite slide in the metal history

[@jenniferbailey8344]

💙💙💙

[@samandrielpelayo2811]

mine is nightwish nemo of Emppu Vuorinen top solos and sleeping sun

[@lestar7555]

pickups guitar sound SH6 duncan distortion seymour 🎶

[@scrimpmster]

never knew his fingers were so small.

[@salvemaria3]

❤🔥🎸

[@Donna-C]

👏

[@mattphillips2530]

His solos really sound like Eric Liefson

[@tedkord1968]

Emmpu had 10 solos?

[@felipediban6874]

The hobbit xD

[@armandblake]

Very Gamma Ray influenced in my opinion.

[@marttipaakko7384]

emppu on maailman koivpmman pändin kitaristi ja paras

[@debbydemarcus8088]

my favorite is Slaying the Dreamer.not on the list

[@nightwish.covers]

Will be added on my channel soon🤘🏼

[@TheApsodist]

Pharaoh sails to orion, wishmaster :(

[@arcanesiren629]

High Hopes shouldn't even count, since it's a cover.

[@Vince_est.97]

But the solo is totaly diffrent than in the original song. Of course the solo includes some elements of the original song but its played by emppu and thats a fact.

[@user-pb1xd8pv2l]

@@Vince_est.97 exactly David Gilmour is NOT playing the Emppu version any time soon ... such a fucking technical master, always held back by his role in Nightwish. It's why he almost left after Wishmaster

[@forrestperkins6237]

@@user-pb1xd8pv2l I bet he's glad he stayed look at all the money hes made lmao

[@Un0rdin4rYPr0gr4mmeR]

Over the hills and the far away is a cover as well

[@risingstorm679]

@@Un0rdin4rYPr0gr4mmeR by gary moore right?

[@luisangellopezazuela2740]

Pharaoh sails to orion....

[@johnsmith5630]

freak freak freak freak