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Apocalyptica

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Symphonic metal

Apocalyptica, four classically trained graduates of Helsinki's Sibelius Academy, united over a love of heavy metal, playing Metallica covers on their cellos and created a hard rocking, neo-classical, operatic storm of symphonic metal. Their debut album Plays Metallica By Four Cellos (1996) reached number seven in their native Finland and became a bizarre oddity for both metal and classical fans. Their follow-up Inquisition Symphony (1998) took on covers of Faith No More, Pantera and Sepultura before they turned to producing their own original material on Cult (2000) and recruitin...