finetune artist: Apocalyptica

A highly unusual development even by the esoteric standards of Finland's popular music industry, Apocalyptica was formed by four classically trained cellists from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki who wished to interpret heavy metal classics. Their 1996 debut album consisted entirely of Metallica songs - and was not, apparently, intended as a joke. Instead, the quartet attempted to recreate the urgency and bombast of such Metallica standards as "Enter Sandman" and "Master Of Puppets" by rearranging them for cello. The band, founded by Eicca Toppinen (b. 5 August 1975, Vantaa, Finland), Max Lilja (b. 1975, Finland), Antero Manninen (b. 19 January 1973, Tampere, Finland) and Paavo Ltjnen, were drawn together because of what Toppinen described as "our love of metal. We wanted to see how metal would work classically, and I especially wanted to try Metallica songs, as they've been a favourite of mine for more than 10 years."

Listen to Apocalyptica at Finetune.

(2008) Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
(2008) Amplified - A Decade Of Reinventing The Cello
(2008) Apocalyptica
(1998) Inquisition Symphony
(1996) Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
(1996) Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos

Nothing Else Matters
The Unforgiven
One
Enter Sandman
Fade to Black

pattypat5555 on 2008-05-18 14:45:40.787:
I klove apocalyptica's new cd it makes up for the old metallica stuff
darkpenguin13 on 2008-03-26 20:55:02.573:
ya its just as good and one is even better than the actual song.
Mich92 on 2008-02-20 12:43:18.337:
what the hell is this shit its all metallica songs
Mich92 on 2008-02-05 08:56:55.903:
what the hell is this shit its all metallica songs