Plays Metallica By Four Cellos - Apocalyptica

Metallica tracks played by four guys on cellos - this is a concept that really shouldn't work, heavy metal played on instruments exclusively used for classical music. However, it does work, and it works very well. The first time I hear The Unforgiven I knew I knew the track, but I couldn't place my finger on it. I played it to my mother in law and she loved it, even said it would sound nice at a wedding as a song for the first dance - imagine her suprise when I said it's a Metallica song! These guys are pioneers, they have taking a genre that they love, and they have put their own sound to it, effectively creating their own genre of music. If you ...  Read the complete review

This is the debut album of Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica. It was released in 1996 and at the time of it's release the band comprised of four classically trained cellists,Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, Max Lilja, and Antero Manninen. The first time I saw this band perform was one late night staring at MTV at first I presumed the video was Metallica themselves as I was not paying much attention. But then the familiar voice of James Hetfield was not there as it should have been, instead it had been replaced with the sound of a cello. I immediately started to pay more attention to the video playing and found myself treated to an absolutely ...  Read the complete review

As first and foremost, a Metallica fan, I first found out about the Finnish cello band Apocalyptica when I was looking for interesting covers of Metallica songs. When I found Apocalyptica, I found a new love in my life. This Apocalyptica album is pure cello, and nothing but cello. I must warn readers first of all, for those who are Metallica fans will either love Apocalyptica for their innovative cello covers, or will dislike them for not being heavy enough. This 1998 album is what got Apocalyptica noticed in the first place, as these covers added a totally new dimension to extremely famous metal songs. The music made famous by electric ...  Read the complete review