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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)
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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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Somewhere Around Nothing
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Farewell
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Life Burns!
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Quutamo
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Worlds Collide
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Shoutbox
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SelenaSweety wrote:
just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. I Don't Care is my favorite, love it!
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Koszmonaut wrote:
I Have Music for Breakfast.
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Cabezamachine wrote:
cant belive this band has more scroblings than dark tranquillity... really sad, they're not TAHT good...
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NeFeceris wrote:
HELDEN with TILL LINDEMANN <3
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Sundrain wrote:
Says who?
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AnnaDraconida wrote:
They've finished recording the new album!!!
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Woyto15 wrote:
BURN!!
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Carnassial1 wrote:
Cheers everyone! You can vote for "Symphonic metal" in "Favorite Heavy metal Sub-genre Poll" on my profile page Carnassial1 It's over 2500 votes now. I'll be glad if you take a shot.
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Exitus_91 wrote:
i love hope vol.2 from cult special edition
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faith_fractured wrote:
nice
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KaramAkerfeldt wrote:
This band fails hard.
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shirite wrote:
Great way of combining so different instruments,maybe i am not original in saying this but their music has this "it" inside,wchich draws attention to itself. cellos + guitars make it hard for me to stop listen to works of Apocaliptica. Even their covers or not "just" covers I mostly appreciate their effort in creating something that is surely worth listening again and again .
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Kolo-vorot wrote:
Just have listened to their three albums in chronological order: Cult (cellos), Reflections (cellos and drums), Worlds Collide (cellos, drums, guitar and shitty vocals). And now I can tag Apocalyptica with "cello pop". So, I am not waiting for new album, who knows if they will decide to replace their celli with guitars. P.S. I regretted while removing Worlds Collide away from my PC: it has nice front picture.
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enesaksubjk wrote:
i am waiting for new album, it has been 3 years without new album...
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RammGleb wrote:
Agree with the last series of comments. Their music is just magical and there is no need tu put vocals in it.
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ironiiia wrote:
Bittersweet <3
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Yjm89 wrote:
>"I love just their instrumental songs. Their songs with vocal sounds like a normal metal music. When they do it, they loose all magic."< Same for me, absolutely. The vocals ruins everything, with no offence for who likes it.
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sliver84 wrote:
Awesome band but I love just their instrumental songs. Their songs with vocal sounds like a normal metal music. When they do it, they loose all magic. Sorry for my English.
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fadingmemories_ wrote:
I'm now listening to their music since 5 years, and i really love those guys. This summer I've seen them for the first time and it was one of the most beautiful days of my life. I hope they will come back to Belgium real soon
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dareisaya wrote:
Their instrumentals are so good but the songs with vocals (on World's Collide) are effing garbage. Ditch the vocals and write your own songs, guys.
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Feb
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SibaFest
Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland
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Feb
19
FME - Finnish Metal Expo 2010
Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
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| 169 attendees
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Mar
11
Apocalyptica
Savonlinnasali, Savonlinna, Finland
2 shouts
| 5 attendees
News
Apocalyptica konserttisaleihin
3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/apocalyptica
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