Metal Played On Cellos?

superconor

Was there not a band who played covers of Classic Rock / Metal tunes on Cellos? i cannot remember there name, but i remeber seeing a picture in Kerrange of 4 guys straddling cellos, all wearing black. any ideas?

feylya

They are the most excellent Swedish band called Apocalyptica.

Töpher

Check out also Rasputina. Fantastic!

niallith

Originally posted by feylya
They are the most excellent Swedish band called Apocalyptica.

they're actually FINNISH :rolleyes: gg yeh any way they own wen they covered
metallica

feylya

Ah, finnish. Close enough. Some of their own stuff is absolutely increible!

Crucifix

Beautiful.
A class way of settling arguements with friends who claim Metal is just "waves of noise with no melody". Shut's em right up.

Pugsley

Yes Apocalyptica are quite good.

cournioni

Never mind the Metallica stuff played by Apocalyptica, what about Refuse/Resist and Domination!!!?!

Crucifix

I seem to remember a nice Faith No More cover one album too.

Lemming

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
Never mind the Metallica stuff played by Apocalyptica, what about Refuse/Resist and Domination!!!?!

That would be the "Inquisition Symphony" album and f*******ck me is it good!

They've several more Metallica songs, intermixed with sepultura, Pantera, and a couple of their own original works. Refuse/Resist is very impressive IMO

"One" is particularly good. Myself and a mate who played Double Bass sat on a tour bus (orchestra was in Germany at the time) back-tracking and playing the solo constantly to try determine whether or not they had duibbed in Kirk's original solo simply because it was that note-for-note perfect and accurate.

As it turns out, it was the cellist :eek:
Talk about virtuoso!

Sarky

Sepultura by a cello quartet?

Madness.

Only have the first Metallica album from Apocalyptica, must get another one, they're very interesting...

Kye^

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
Never mind the Metallica stuff played by Apocalyptica, what about Refuse/Resist and Domination!!!?!

yea Domination RULEZ when they do it....I remember my mouth hangin open for the solo

Töpher

Am I right or wrong in thinking that they also did the Tool cover album? Replicating MJK's vocals beautifully! (Whoever its by....) it's amazing, even if you don't like Tool you'd probably like it!

James R

I've heard a few of their stuff in a friends house before but can their albums be got in most record shops or do you kinda have to go out of your way to find it?!

Ameirgin

Originally posted by James R
I've heard a few of their stuff in a friends house before but can their albums be got in most record shops or do you kinda have to go out of your way to find it?!

I don't recall ever seeing their albums in the shops, but Tower might have them. I bought mine online - amazon do have them

cournioni

I saw a few of their albums in HMV, Blanchardstown.

pyramid man

yes they are very very very good.