Rating: - Simply brilliant
A hybrid of seemingly impossible genres, but they pull it off, and more! This has to be one of the best albums I have ever heard. If you have a dark classical side, or even if you just like metal and have an open mind then this worth buying, just listen to "nothing else matters"...
This band and their work need to be celibrated. Six stars...
Rating: - Stunning simplicity and complexity
Apocalyptica have produced a tour de force of emotion and mood with this collection. At times I found that I had to close my eyes and sit back to take in the breadth and depth of what is being served up.
If you want to experience classical instruments played with passion then this cd will give you all that and more.
Rating: - SO much more than a novelty
Firstly I'd like to say, having seen some of the reviews for Apocalyptica's first album, I was appalled. Hearing the unbelievable wealth of sound that these guys get out of their cellos, how could anyone say these sibelius academy graduates are anything but brilliant?
For me, they are best when doing slow and mellow songs, on this album notably 'Nothing Else Matters', 'Fade to Black' and 'One'. Breathtaking.
Of the more traditional thrash covers, 'Domination' deserves a mention, ... Read More
Rating: - Beauty from the Beasts
Introduced to me by my beautiful dutch girlfriend, Apocalyptica have created something even more poignant and simultaneously hard-hitting with their cellos than most bands can do with a 20k rig and everything modern musical technology has to offer. Their masterful hands manage to harness all the power of the songs they cover, adding enough melancholy to 'nothing else matters' to bring a tear, along with a fantastic delicacy and beauty to the pieces they do the honour of covering. Their own pieces are ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant!
Four men with cellos prove that classical and "metal" music can exist together. Probably louder and more agressive sounding than the original Metallica & Sepultura songs they cover on this album Apocalyptica are fabulous. But they also include some of their own compositions, so don't dismiss them as just a "cover" band. This album is the most original and fresh sound we've heard in years. If we could give it more "stars" we would.
