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Manufacturer: Fontana Island
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453270725
Label: Fontana Island
Manufacturer: Fontana Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1996
Publisher: Fontana Island
Release Date: 1997-04-08
Studio: Fontana Island
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Take four cellos, mix with a quartet of Finnish classical-music students who possess a note-for-note knowledge of metal giants Metallica, and beat gently. Viola! You have a truly stirring album that provides tangible evidence of the dramatic passages and intricate arrangements that classical music and heavy metal share. On "Enter Sandman" and "Creeping Death," the exquisite playing of the cellists intensifies the darkness and emotion of Metallica. In the process the strength and versatility of the group's songwriting is given more credence. Perhaps the most remarkable element of the album is the faithfulness that's shown to the original songs, right down to faultlessly following the vocal melodies. With Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, Apocalyptica have proved that the universal language of good music is unbound by genre. Here is a clever concept brilliantly realized. --Steffan Chirazi
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Summary: A classical take on Metallica.
Comment: Apocalyptica is a Finnish cello metal band, composed of classically trained cellists and, since 2005, a drummer.
Also please don't confuse Apocalyptica with the String Quartet Tribute series of albums as Apocalyptica is from what i'm told way better.
Have You ever thought that Metal isn't only powerfull chords and loud epic vocals? Metal music is more like a lifestyle for some, with it's bits and pieces. Apocalyptica is certainly one of the pieces and to be true a really unique piece. Apocalyptica brings the lifestyle of metal in a classical form to it's audience.
Out of nowhere they came and started something totally new. This album has some of the best from the many songs of Metallica. The ever rocking "Master of Puppets", the rather slow yet powerfull "outmentioning Metallica song "the Unforgiven", that just is perfect in every element. The guys of Apocalyptica with their overwhelming skills bring 'silently' the same mood and emotions to the ears of the listeners as does Metallica. What I mean by silent I mean without any vocals in their musical tales. These guys from Finland can create visions, scenes and pictures only with the help of the sounds from their cellos.
So the key purpose of this album is remaking some of Metallica's songs into cello. Yes, that's right. The loud guitars are replaced by cello. Lars Ulrich's drums are replaced by cello. The bass, is now cello. Also James Hetfield's singing has been replaced by a cello.
So the concept may sound stupid to some. Come on Metallica songs played on nothing but cellos how good can that really be. You may be wondering.
Don't get me wrong, I like some classical music but, I bought this album because it was all Metallica songs played on the Cello and I said to myself this has got to be cool and i was right. So going in i knew nothing of Apocalyptica.
The first track explains to you how, even though the concept was pretty stupid, the cello players for Apolcalytica did an impressive job. Enter Sandman is just one example of what this album has to offer, for even the second one... third one... fourth one... All of them show the excellence of an orchestral Metallica.
Enter Sandman
This song Enter Sandman is one of Metallica's biggest hits is the first track on this very cool album. I can say that it impressed me for many reasons. James Hetfield and his voice being replaced by a big cello is clearly a big improvement to the whiny tough rough style that Hetfield creates with his voice. All of the other instruments are replaced, except for the majority of the drums. The cellos then add their "own" notes to the song to make it sound better with cellos. At the beginning of the Enter Sandman, your first reaction may be one of "wow... I can recognize this song... it's Enter Sandman". Then later, you may totally forget that it's Metallica, and start having a ball listening to a "new" classical song played in an upbeat style. That you wouldn't know was based on heavy metal if you didn't see the title on the album.
Master Of Puppets
This song Master of Puppets is one of the best on here and comes from an album of the same name that many consider to be Metallica's best album ever. Metallica's version had already shown that it could work very well with classical instruments, and in that case, we have Master of Puppets cello version. I've alway like the song Master of Puppets. When the frenzy of cellos start, you can't even recognize the song until it freezes at an applaud of cellos and start the "Master of Puppets lyrics" played in cello. The song is so upbeat and unbelievably fun to listen to that you will enjoy listening to "Master of Puppets" over and over again, because of the way Metallica original played it. In the last 3-4 minutes of the song, you will be engulfed to the beautiful chorus of cellos as they scour the conclusion of the Master of Puppets song. I fell that this version is even better than the Metallica S&M version of the song.
Harvester Of Sorrow
This song Harvester of Sorrows is yet another example of how cool a cello can make a heavy metal song. The cello players grind into their strings a lot in this song and makes it sound as if the people are sawing their strings off, fortunately though, the cello players succeed in making yet another heavy metal song sound even better on the cellos. This is one of my favorite songs of Metallica's ...And Justice For All album. The solo is great though.
The Unforgiven
This song is probably the best song on the album. Nice job on the chorus, but spectacular job on the verse. What really made the song for me is the bowing rhythms they used on the verse. The Unforgiven is one of me favorite Metallica songs. The cover by Apocalyptica makes an already great song even better.
Sad But True
This song is another one of my favorite Metallica songs. Metallica have since played this song with a symphony and that version was good but this version is even better.
Creeping Death
This song was never a song that i liked very much i had always thought it was ok and i feel that this version makes the original even better.
Wherever I May Roam
This song starts soft with pizzicato and just start rocking out. It starts much like the original in that when the first few notes are played you immediately know what song it is. What more can be said except that an already good song is made even better on the cello. They really do a good job on the solos in this song also.
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
This song is another great Metallica song and after listening to this version I still find it hard to believe this is still the same song everyone hears and shouts "Sanitarium!" along with. I really loved the original version, but I think this is the best version of the song I've heard and I now like this version better than the Metallica original.
This is a wonderful album, and whether you're a metalhead or a person that likes classical music or both like I do then you'll really like this album.So give it a listen as I think you'll be surprised as to how good it really is. You may even start to like classical music or at the very least symphonic rock and metal.
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Summary: Metal to Classical
Comment: I truly enjoy this cd,It exposes the "link" between qaulity metal and classical music,AMAZEING
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Summary: fantastic
Comment: these guys do with 4 instruments what metallica sucked at with an entire orchastra.
you can tell easily exactly what song it is. each cello harbors the melodies that are used by each of the members of metallica, including percussion. for any real metallica fan, the songs, not sure if they are on this specific album (the may be on inquisition symphony) but the quintessential metallica songs, "fade to black" and "nothing else matters" will just about make you cry because they are just so beautiful.
this band does go on to do origionals down the line, my favorite being quottmo (i think that's how it's spelled...) which is just gorgeous.
they are also a fantastic live show (i've seen them twice, and plan to see them more) that is power packed. you haven't seen a metal concert till you've seen 3 guys headbanging while playing their cellos! the closed once with "peter and the wolf" and i was blown away. it's also a show that you can take the entire family to. when we went, it was my bf and i, my brothers, and mom, and there were other families there that had 3 generations with them. parents, grantparents, children. i met people at the concert who were classicly trained cellists and loved them (the cellists in the band are all classicly trained) and also saw bam margera from jack*ss and a few porn stars. basicly, good times were had by all.
if you love classical music, metallica, or rock in general, there is no possible way to go wrong with them.
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Summary: good2
Comment: arived on time, and undamaged
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Summary: only a novelty really
Comment: I was hoping for a little more, but the novelty of 4 cellos playing metallica wears off pretty quickly. Not my cup of tea.
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