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My sweetie found me some new music,
Nov. 29th, 2001 10:43 amand it just rocks! Check out http://www.apocalyptica.com/
" Simply, there is no other band like Finland’s Apocalyptica – a four-strong collective of classically-tutored cellists (with attitude!) who have successfully brought together the seemingly disparate worlds of classical music & hard rock without diluting either one. Since 1993, when these Sibelius Academy graduates first raised their black-haired bows in rock’n’roll anger, they have released two critically-lauded albums (of covers & originals), with a third, the Kai ‘Hiili’ Hiilesmaa-produced ‘Cult’, due out in October through Mercury Records, Germany; during this time, the Helsinki-based ‘heavy cellists’ have put their suitably dramatic monicker to over half-a-million album sales and topped the three-figure mark for concerts in more than 20 different countries, picking up accolades (such as the 1997 ‘Export Project Of The Year’ Award) along the way.
Not bad for a band who started out playing Metallica songs for fun…
“Right from the beginning, we were listening to a lot of metal music,” recalls Max, “but Metallica was our number one choice; so we made cello arrangements for a couple of their songs and then played them to our student friends, all of whom thought that it was great! This gave us the encouragement we needed…”
The turning point for Apocalyptica came in December 1995 when they were asked to perform at the heavy metal club Teatro in Helsinki; it was here, whilst giving the full four-cello treatment to Metalli-classics like ‘Master Of Puppets’ and ‘Creep-ing Death’, that the burgeoning A-Team were spotted by local independent Zen Garden Records, who suggested they make an album showcasing the modern metal classics nearest (and dearest) to their collective heartbeat.
The rest is heavy cello history"
This album features:
Enter Sandman
Master of Puppets
Harvester of Sorrow
The Unforgiven
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Wherever I may Roam
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Fade to Black
Domination (a newer one, ick!)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
One
Toreador (another newer one, ick!)
Nothing Else Matters
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What lovely music to listen to while running queries and investigating adjusted claims! I want to pick up more of their music
" Simply, there is no other band like Finland’s Apocalyptica – a four-strong collective of classically-tutored cellists (with attitude!) who have successfully brought together the seemingly disparate worlds of classical music & hard rock without diluting either one. Since 1993, when these Sibelius Academy graduates first raised their black-haired bows in rock’n’roll anger, they have released two critically-lauded albums (of covers & originals), with a third, the Kai ‘Hiili’ Hiilesmaa-produced ‘Cult’, due out in October through Mercury Records, Germany; during this time, the Helsinki-based ‘heavy cellists’ have put their suitably dramatic monicker to over half-a-million album sales and topped the three-figure mark for concerts in more than 20 different countries, picking up accolades (such as the 1997 ‘Export Project Of The Year’ Award) along the way.
Not bad for a band who started out playing Metallica songs for fun…
“Right from the beginning, we were listening to a lot of metal music,” recalls Max, “but Metallica was our number one choice; so we made cello arrangements for a couple of their songs and then played them to our student friends, all of whom thought that it was great! This gave us the encouragement we needed…”
The turning point for Apocalyptica came in December 1995 when they were asked to perform at the heavy metal club Teatro in Helsinki; it was here, whilst giving the full four-cello treatment to Metalli-classics like ‘Master Of Puppets’ and ‘Creep-ing Death’, that the burgeoning A-Team were spotted by local independent Zen Garden Records, who suggested they make an album showcasing the modern metal classics nearest (and dearest) to their collective heartbeat.
The rest is heavy cello history"
This album features:
Enter Sandman
Master of Puppets
Harvester of Sorrow
The Unforgiven
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Wherever I may Roam
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Fade to Black
Domination (a newer one, ick!)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
One
Toreador (another newer one, ick!)
Nothing Else Matters
******************
What lovely music to listen to while running queries and investigating adjusted claims! I want to pick up more of their music
