Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the primary songwriter,...

Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The...

Johanna Kurkela, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen (her husband), and guitarist, keyboardist and pipe player Troy Donockley. Holopainen and Donockley are also members...

2007 song written by Tuomas Holopainen and Marko Hietala of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was performed by Holopainen, Hietala, and Jukka...

Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved December 14, 2014. Holopainen, Tuomas (May 16, 2014). "Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen Records Demo Of 12 Songs For Next Album"....

2012 after the release of the band's subsequent album, Imaginaerum. Tuomas Holopainen has referred to this album as the "album that saved his life". The...

All tracks are written by Tuomas Holopainen. Credits for Yesterwynde adapted from liner notes. Nightwish Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards Emppu Vuorinen –...

Tuomas Holopainen wrote the music for the album during his time in the Finnish Army. In a 2008 interview with the British magazine Kerrang!, Tuomas Holopainen...

the themes explored in Endless Forms Most Beautiful. According to Tuomas Holopainen, after the creation of the previous album, which he described as "the...

and Roadrunner Records worldwide. According to Nightwish songwriter Tuomas Holopainen, the album is a concept album that tells the story of an old composer...

contrast with what had happened for Oceanborn. The main composer Tuomas Holopainen considers the album "the most distant and least personal (...) in...

Online and compositing: Sami Käyhkö, Reko Turja Tarja Turunen – vocals Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards Emppu Vuorinen – guitars Jukka Nevalainen – drums Sami...

known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is also the vocalist and...

metal album of all time. Speaking to Kerrang! in 2008, band founder Tuomas Holopainen reminisced that the band got really ambitious after the debut album...

studio album of the same name; Nightwish's keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen co-wrote the film. Imaginaerum, which is produced by Markus Selin...

Jukka Nevalainen from elementary school and met Tuomas Holopainen at a gig by Nattvindens Gråt. As Holopainen started Nightwish he asked Vuorinen to join...

Scrooge is the first solo album by Finnish songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, best known for his work in the symphonic metal band Nightwish. It...

song was confirmed to be the second single from Dark Passion Play by Tuomas Holopainen in an interview, but it was changed to the third single after the...

three-octave vocal range, and founded symphonic metal band Nightwish with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. Their combination of hard and fast guitar...

of any of the band's singles in the UK. All tracks are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except "Where Were You Last Night" written by Norell Oson Bard. "Wish...

songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and vocalist Tarja Turunen. The group currently consists of Holopainen and Vuorinen, alongside...

Finland alone. All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted Credits for Century...

bass, replacing Marko Hietala. Pre-release, it had been described by Tuomas Holopainen to be an eight and a half minute long song, with the chorus coming...

(2004–2005), drums (1993) Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards (2020–present; session 1993–1998) Kai Hahto – drums (2020–present) Tuomas "Spellgoth" Rytkönen –...

band's official website. According to keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen, the song is "a wonderful teaser for the full-length album, giving...

Anette Olzon and Tuomas Holopainen. He also wrote all of the music for the song, unlike most others, which were written by Tuomas Holopainen. The song used...

Sorrow, wanted to start a new project. They asked two old friends, Tuomas Holopainen and Lauri Tuohimaa, to join. All parties were interested, but as everyone...

two days before its commercial release. Composer and band leader Tuomas Holopainen has said of "Storytime" that it "is a single that pretty well represents...

was released on 13 August 2024. Before the release of the single, Tuomas Holopainen said in a short video on Youtube: "The Day of...", our second single...

member to be a namesake for a newly discovered species, following Tuomas Holopainen, after whom had been named a species of fungus gnat discovered in...