Apocalyptica
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland | |
| Genre(s) | Cello Rock | |
| Years active | 1995–present | |
| Label(s) | Zen Garden (1996) Universal Records / Mercury Records (1997-2006) 20-20 Entertainment (2006-present) |
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| Website | Official Website | |
| Members | ||
| Eicca Toppinen Paavo Lötjönen Perttu Kivilaakso Mikko Sirén |
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Apocalyptica is a Finnish band consisting of three, formerly four, classically trained cellists and, since 2003, a drummer. Their speciality is metal music played on cellos, though they also play classical music. They are all former students of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Their first album, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, consisted solely of Metallica covers. For their second album Inquisition Symphony, they added covers of Faith No More, Sepultura and Pantera, as well as three original songs. For their fourth album, Reflections, they developed their style of cello rock further; adding drums and developing a more electronic sound, instead of the previous acoustic style arrangement found on Inquisition Symphony and Cult.
In 1999, Antero Manninen left the band, being replaced by Perttu Kivilaakso. Max Lilja left in 2002, leaving Apocalyptica with only three members. Dave Lombardo did the drumming for five tracks on Reflections and for one track on Apocalyptica. Lombardo was unable to tour with the group from the beginning so Mikko Sirén filled the position and is now officially the fourth member of Apocalyptica. During concerts Antero Manninen also supports the group as fourth cellist.
So far they have sold two million albums worldwide, played in more than 30 countries, toured with Rammstein, and supported Metallica twice.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Current
- Eicca Toppinen - cello
- Paavo Lötjönen - cello
- Perttu Kivilaakso - cello
- Mikko Sirén - drums
[edit] Former
- Antero Manninen - cello
- occasionally still plays in concerts
- Max Lilja - cello
- now playing in the Finnish band Hevein
[edit] Covered artists
- Metallica
- Edvard Grieg (composer)
- Pantera
- Rammstein
- Sepultura
- Slayer
- Faith No More
[edit] Collaborations
[edit] With guests
- Dave Lombardo / Slayer (Reflections and Apocalyptica)
- Emmanuelle Monet (Manu) / Dolly (En Vie)
- Lauri Ylönen / The Rasmus (Life Burns! and Bittersweet)
- Linda Sundblad / Lambretta (Faraway Vol. 2)
- Marta Jandová / Die Happy (Wie Weit/How Far)
- Matt Tuck / Bullet for my Valentine (Repressed)
- Matthias Sayer / Farmer Boys (Hope Vol. 2)
- Max Cavalera / Soulfly and ex-Sepultura (Repressed)
- Nina Hagen / (Seemann)
- Sandra Nasic / Guano Apes (Path Vol. 2)
- Ville Valo / HIM (Bittersweet)
[edit] As guests
- Angelzoom (Turn the Sky)
- Bullet for My Valentine (Intro)
- Bush (Letting the Cables Sleep Apocalyptica Remix)
- Grip Inc. (Built to Resist)
- Gunslingers (Take your Time)
- Joachim Witt (Bataillon D'amour)
- OOMPH! (Die Schlinge)
- Rammstein (Benzin Kerozinii Remix)
- Schweisser (Meine Liebe Ist Ein Monster)
- Şebnem Ferah (Perdeler Apocalyptica Version)
- Sepultura (Valtio)
- The Rasmus (Dead Promises, Sail Away)
- Triple X (Battle With Shadow)
- Waltari (Purify Yourself)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (1996)
- Inquisition Symphony (1998)
- Cult (2000)
- Cult Special Edition (2001)
- Best of Apocalyptica (2002) (Japan only)
- Reflections (2003)
- Reflections Revised (2003)
- Apocalyptica (2005)
- Amplified / A Decade Of Reinventing The Cello (2006)
[edit] Singles
- Apocalyptica (1996)
- Harmageddon (1998)
- Path Vol. 2 (2001)
- Hope Vol. 2 (2002)
- Faraway Vol. 2 (2003)
- Seemann (2003)
- Bittersweet (2004)
- Wie weit/How far/En Vie (2005)
- Life Burns! (2005)
- Repressed (2006)
[edit] DVDs
- Live (2001)
- Reflections Revised (2003)
- The Life Burns Tour (2006)
[edit] Trivia
- Two songs from the album "Plays Metallica by Four Cellos" appeared in the soundtrack to the 1998 movie Your Friends & Neighbors.
- The song "Hope Vol. 2" served as the title song for the 2001 movie Vidocq.
- The single "Bittersweet" serves as the theme music for the video game The Settlers: Heritage of the Kings.
- The single "Life Burns" is part of the soundtrack for the video game Burnout Revenge, released in September 2005.
- Apocalyptica recorded the main theme for the movie Shadowboxing (Russia 2005, composer A. Shelygin)
- Kivilaakso recorded the main themes of the video games Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
- Their cover of Metallica's "Master of Puppets" appeared in the 2004 Metallica film Some Kind of Monster.
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