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Helsinki, Finland (1993 – present)
Apocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland consisting of three classically-trained cellists and a drummer.
Their specialty is heavy metal music on cellos, though they also play classical music.
They started in 1993 by playing covers of Metallica, but once the concept became popular they wrote their own original works, maintaining the thrash metal influences on their albums Inquisition Symphony (mainly covers as well) and Cult. Since Reflections, they have added drums to their recordings and live performances.
Members:
Eicca Toppinen - cello
Perttu Kivilaakso - cello
Paavo Lötjönen - cello
Mikko Sirén - drums
Former Members:
Antero Manninen – cello (1996–1999, usually plays live)
Max Lilja – cello (1996–2002, when he joined Hevein)
Dave Lombardo - drums (2003-2004, also contributed drums on the songs Betrayal/Forgiveness and Last Hope)
Covered bands and composers:
Metallica
Edvard Grieg
Pantera
Rammstein
Sepultura
Slayer
Faith No More
Savatage
David Bowie (Helden = ‘Heroes’ cover in German)
Tool
Collaborations with:
Oomph!
Nina Hagen
Şebnem Ferah
Tomoyasu Hotei
Lauri Ylönen (of The Rasmus)
Linda Sundblad (of Lambretta)
Matthias Sayer (of Farmer Boys)
Sandra Nasic (of Guano Apes)
Ville Valo (of HIM)
Marta Jandova (of Die Happy)
Emmanuelle Monet, aka Manu (of Dolly)
Max Cavalera (of Soulfly, ex-Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy)
Matt Tuck (of Bullet For My Valentine)
Waltari (of Space Avenue)
Corey Taylor (of Stone Sour, Slipknot)
Their specialty is heavy metal music on cellos, though they also play classical music.
They started in 1993 by playing covers of Metallica, but once the concept became popular they wrote their own original works, maintaining the thrash metal influences on their albums Inquisition Symphony (mainly covers as well) and Cult. Since Reflections, they have added drums to their recordings and live performances.
Members:
Eicca Toppinen - cello
Perttu Kivilaakso - cello
Paavo Lötjönen - cello
Mikko Sirén - drums
Former Members:
Antero Manninen – cello (1996–1999, usually plays live)
Max Lilja – cello (1996–2002, when he joined Hevein)
Dave Lombardo - drums (2003-2004, also contributed drums on the songs Betrayal/Forgiveness and Last Hope)
Covered bands and composers:
Metallica
Edvard Grieg
Pantera
Rammstein
Sepultura
Slayer
Faith No More
Savatage
David Bowie (Helden = ‘Heroes’ cover in German)
Tool
Collaborations with:
Oomph!
Nina Hagen
Şebnem Ferah
Tomoyasu Hotei
Lauri Ylönen (of The Rasmus)
Linda Sundblad (of Lambretta)
Matthias Sayer (of Farmer Boys)
Sandra Nasic (of Guano Apes)
Ville Valo (of HIM)
Marta Jandova (of Die Happy)
Emmanuelle Monet, aka Manu (of Dolly)
Max Cavalera (of Soulfly, ex-Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy)
Matt Tuck (of Bullet For My Valentine)
Waltari (of Space Avenue)
Corey Taylor (of Stone Sour, Slipknot)
Top Albums
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Worlds Collide
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Inquisition Symphony
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Top Tracks
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I Don't Care
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Bittersweet
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I'm Not Jesus
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Life Burns!
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Somewhere Around Nothing
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Farewell
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Worlds Collide
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Quutamo
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Faraway
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Heat
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Shoutbox
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DundalkChild wrote:
Please come to Germany!
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xXx1993 wrote:
Quutamo is the best
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noroi_23 wrote:
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) ;3333
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kawaiihipster wrote:
Fade To Black (L) c;
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willv67 wrote:
Path! [2]
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hammerstrikebg wrote:
Path!
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PannaOna wrote:
Somewhere around nothing <3333333
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Deimos123 wrote:
When they started to implement vocals and drums it went worse... :x
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ImAHazard wrote:
beautiful music <33
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k0kky89 wrote:
I love this band! They play Symphonic Metal very good, even if, recently, they've composed commercial songs.
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seshir0 wrote:
Ruska, Faraway, Grace, S.O.S., Bittersweet, Hope... I could be all day listing excellent Apocalyptica songs... I love you guys :þ
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badchemicals5 wrote:
I'm Not Jesus is epic as hell. Corey sounds great
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duhastblak wrote:
Instrumentals are a lot better :) Too bad that they play live sometimes songs with some vocalist... For ex. Life Burns! and Bittersweet RULE without those gay vocals :P
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The_Fenix wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/user/The_Fenix/journal/2009/11/23/36p4nd_2012_and_the_end_of_the_world...?success=1
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larukuxever wrote:
Awesome¡¡ I like them. My favorite is The unforgiven and Hall of the mountain king
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Maddisi wrote:
I don't care is amazing!! I love it <3
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elifsweetdreams wrote:
"l don't care" <3<3<3
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Trettende wrote:
Meget smuk musik!
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M16A4 wrote:
Awesome!
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dixierooster57 wrote:
GREAT STUFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Events
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Feb
5
SibaFest
Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland
Add shout
| 3 attendees
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Feb
19
Finnish Metal Expo 2010
Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
26 shouts
| 124 attendees
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Mar
11
Apocalyptica
Savonlinnasali, Savonlinna, Finland
1 shout
| 4 attendees
News
Apocalyptica konserttisaleihin
3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/apocalyptica
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yhtyeisiin lukeutuva Apocalyptica lähtee alkuvuodesta Suomen-kiertueelle.
Kaamos 2010 –kiertue keskittyy poikk...
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22 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/apocalyptica
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Recent Activity
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