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Apocalyptica Tickets—bringing Classical Music and Metal Together
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People living in the Nordic region of Europe must have Viking blood running through their veins. How else to explain the passion for dark, violent, dramatic metal?
Even those with classical training have a love for it, it seems. Apocalyptica, a cello quartet from Helsinki, Finland, were initially received as an amusing novelty when they debuted in 1996 with an album full of Metallica covers. But in time, theyâve gained an enormous amount of respect and goodwill from metal fans around the world, which enjoy their music for containing all the drama and rage of a good metal song.
The band is composed of four cellists who met at the Sibelius Academy for music: Eicca Toppinen, Max Lilja, Antero Manninen and Paavo Lotjonen. At first, their diverse range included everything from Bach to Jimi Hendrix. But eventually, their shared love of metal led them to craft covers of well-known metal standards. The bands they included Pantera, Metallica, Slayer and more. Eventually, they decided to join a covers night at a local metal club. They approached the gig with some trepidationâthey werenât sure how the crowd would reactâbut in the end, they received lots of applause and had a great time.
After putting out their first album (with a title that was straight and to the point: Four Cellos Cover Metallica), they continued to tour and gig both at home and abroad. In Finland, and especially in Helsinki, they were a massive hit. But the band thought they could do more.
They began writing their own songs, and eventually added a drummer, Dave Lombardo. This allowed them to pursue more of a rock or metal hybrid sound as opposed to a strictly classical one. They found future success with each album that came out. Their most recent, 2007âs Worlds Collide, featured an excellent cover of David Bowieâs âHeroesâ sung in German by Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann.
Now on tour, this is the time for metal fans to snap up some Apocalyptica tickets and see this band live.
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October 19th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Some correcting information:
Apocalyptica is no longer four cellists: Antero Manninen left the group and was replaced by Perttu Kivilaakso, although Manninen ocassionally fills in on tour. Max Lilja left the band as well. Dave Lombardo was never their official drummer, but is a great admirer of the band, and has guested on almost every album. Mikko Sirén is now an official member of the band as a drummer.
They are not currently on tour, having finished touring this year for World’s Collide after more than 200 shows. They are now composing songs for the next album, which is expected to be released next year.
Apocalyptica rocks!