| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/mercury | | UPC: 00731453270725 | | Release Date: 4/8/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 60100221 | | Item#: M3VDK5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 27966 | Format: CD |
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(P) 1996 Zen Garden Oy (C) 1996 Universal Music Oy
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | APOCALYPTICA PLAYS METALLICA BY FOUR CELLOS features instrumental cello arrangements of Metallica songs. |  | Apocalyptica: Max Lilja, Antero Manninen, Paavo Lotjonen, Eicca Toppinen (cello). |
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| Artist Overview |
| Formed by four like-minded cellists to create bizarre, wraithlike covers of heavy metal giants, Apocalyptica were an unlikely act to forge a lasting career. Yet over a decade after its debut CD, 1996's self-explanatory APOCALYPTICA PLAYS METALLICA BY FOUR CELLOS, took college radio by storm, the Finnish outfit were selling out arenas and scoring major rock hits. Far from a gimmick doomed to wear thin, Apocalyptica's cello rock dexterously explores the connection and chasm between classical and metal, balancing majestic, intricate covers with dark originals. |
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| Technical Info |
 | Release Date : 05/07/2005 |  | Original Release Date : 1996 |  | Catalog ID : 532 707 |  | Label : Zen Garden (USA) |  | Number of Discs : 1 |  | Studio/Live : Studio |  | Mono/Stereo : Stereo |  | SPAR Code : n/a |  | UPC : 00731453270725 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Entertainment Weekly (4/11/97, pp.84-85) - "...a vicious delight that retains the raucous spirit of the originals....Way better--and louder--than any novelty record." - Rating: B |
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