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Apocalyptica is a Finnish
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band from
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, formed in 1993. The band is currently composed of three classically trained
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Eicca Toppinen Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975) is a Finland, Finnish cello, cellist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica. Biography Toppinen grew up in Vantaa's Hakunila and has three sisters and o ...
,
Paavo Lötjönen Paavo Lötjönen (born 29 July 1968) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Paavo comes from a family where both of his parents were professional musicians. At the age of 6, he took a cello and decided that would be the instrument he ...
, and
Perttu Kivilaakso Perttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso (born 11 May 1978) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Like fellow band members Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He plays a German 19th century cel ...
. Originally a classical-style
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tribute band, the band eventually adopted a
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style without the use of conventional guitars and bass. They have sold over four million albums to date.


History


Founding

A
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,
Eicca Toppinen Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975) is a Finland, Finnish cello, cellist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica. Biography Toppinen grew up in Vantaa's Hakunila and has three sisters and o ...
,
Paavo Lötjönen Paavo Lötjönen (born 29 July 1968) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Paavo comes from a family where both of his parents were professional musicians. At the age of 6, he took a cello and decided that would be the instrument he ...
,
Max Lilja Max Lilja (born 27 October 1975) is a Finnish cello player. He is best known as a founding member of the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, a band he left in 2001 to join the Finnish thrash metal band Hevein. Beginning in 2007, Lilja has ...
, and
Antero Manninen (born 19 January 1973), also known by band members as Mr. Cool, is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999 due to prior commi ...
formed Apocalyptica in 1993 at
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in Helsinki, Finland. The band released their debut
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, ''
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'', in 1996. The album consisted of only eight Metallica covers (mostly from ''
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'' and their self-titled ''The Black Album''). The band was featured on two songs on the
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album '' Space Avenue'' in 1997. Apocalyptica released their second studio album, '' Inquisition Symphony'', produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa in 1998. ''Inquisition Symphony'' contained covers of Metallica and other metal bands such as
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,
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, and
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. It also contained three original songs by Eicca Toppinen.


1999—2009

Antero Manninen (born 19 January 1973), also known by band members as Mr. Cool, is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999 due to prior commi ...
left the group in 1999 and was replaced by
Perttu Kivilaakso Perttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso (born 11 May 1978) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Like fellow band members Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He plays a German 19th century cel ...
. Perttu had previously performed with the band in 1995. Apocalyptica released their third studio album, ''
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'', in 2000. It featured mostly original songs and three cover songs. The album was Apocalyptica's first release featuring orchestral percussion performed by Toppinen, as well as the first to feature a track to include vocals, " Path Vol. 2", sung by Sandra Nasic of Guano Apes, was released shortly after ''Cult''. Max Lilja left the group in 2002 and joined Hevein. Apocalyptica released their fourth studio album, '' Reflections'', in 2003, containing only original songs. ''Reflections'' featured an experimental sound different from the acoustic arrangements of ''Inquisition Symphony'' and ''Cult''. Dave Lombardo from
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played drums on five songs from ''Reflections.'' Session drummer Sami Kuoppamäki covered the rest. When Lombardo declined the following tour, Apocalyptica hired Mikko Sirén, who would stay with the band for future tours as well as the recording of the next album. Apocalyptica released their self-titled fifth studio album in 2005 which featured
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of HIM,
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of
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, and Dave Lombardo, returning from the previous album. Apocalyptica was on the track "Intro" from
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's album '' The Poison'' in 2005. The group performed with Marta Jandová and represented
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in the
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with the song "Wie weit", placing 5th with 77 points. Mikko Sirén became an official band member in December 2005 having played around 200 shows with the band. Apocalyptica released their sixth studio album, '' Worlds Collide'', on 17 September 2007. It was produced by Jacob Hellner. To the surprise of many, the album includes a remake of the German version of
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's song " Heroes".
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of
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, for whom they opened on the ''Reise, Reise'' tour, was the guest vocalist on the track "Helden". '' Worlds Collide'' was released on 15 April 2008 in the United States. The first single, " I'm Not Jesus" featuring
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of Slipknot and
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, cracked the top 10 of both the
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and
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charts. To end 2007, the band toured Europe, continuing in 2008 in the United States and included numerous festivals in Europe. In June 2008, during the
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concert in Lisbon, Apocalyptica joined the
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"energy volution campaign" and played the Beethoven 5th symphony from the stage. The band also appeared on ''
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'' on 31 October 2008. Here they made their American television debut with a performance of "I Don't Care" with Toryn Green. In November 2008, Apocalyptica featuring Adam Gontier of
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hit first at the BDS and Mediabase Active Rock radio charts with the single " I Don't Care". Later that month, the band ranked 3rd on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Track chart and 2nd on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart just after
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and just ahead of
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, an ironic twist since the band's origins lie in performing Metallica covers. Recently, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard rock chart, making Apocalyptica the first Finnish band to top the US charts. The song "I Don't Care" was also featured in the 16th episode of Season 8 of the TV series ''
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'', which aired on 19 March 2009.


2010—2020

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and Howard Benson, was released on 23 August 2010 in Europe (Germany on 20 August 2010),Apocalyptica Set Release Date For 7th Symphony; First Single Announced
" ''MetalFromFinland.com'' 6 May 2010.
and 24 August in the U.S.
PR Newswire 7 May 2010.
The first single aired on radio 29 June 2010. The album features eight instrumentals plus four tracks with guest vocals. The first single, " End of Me", features
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, vocalist from the British alternative rock band Bush, who had previously collaborated with the band.
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drummer Dave Lombardo played on "2010." "Bring Them to Light" features Joseph Duplantier, singer and guitarist from the French death metal band Gojira. "Broken Pieces" is a collaboration with Flyleaf singer Lacey Mosley. "Not Strong Enough" was performed by Brent Smith, vocalist from ( Shinedown). "Not Strong Enough" was re-recorded with Doug Robb of Hoobastank before being released to US radio on 18 January 2011 due to distribution rights. On 7 October 2011, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding
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along with
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and
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. With the shutdown, the band (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release their future material on the
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brand. Apocalyptica performed live with Metallica on three songs, " No Leaf Clover", "
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" and "
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" in celebration of Metallica's 30th Anniversary on 5 December 2011. The band released an exclusive pledgers-only song "Solo Tu" featuring Erik Canales of Allison via fan-funding website
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, as part of their Apocalyptica photo book project on 28 October 2011. Apocalyptica took a year off from touring and recording after concluding the 7th Symphony world tour in
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September 2012. During the break the band worked on a crossover musical and theatrical project titled ''Wagner Reloaded'', combining Wagner's music with the sound of Apocalyptica, to celebrate German composer
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's 200th birthday. There were two live performances in Wagner's birth town
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, Germany on 5 and 6 July 2013.
Eicca Toppinen Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975) is a Finland, Finnish cello, cellist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica. Biography Toppinen grew up in Vantaa's Hakunila and has three sisters and o ...
arranged and composed the music for the production. The band released an album titled '' Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig,'' in November 2013. Apocalyptica released "Psalm" on 10 May 2013. It was performed by Perttu Kivilaakso on their most recent tour. The band also announced a tour with Finnish Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, which premiered in March 2014. The set consisted solely of instrumentally performed Apocalyptica songs, especially arranged for the band and the 25-piece orchestra. Their eighth studio album, titled '' Shadowmaker'', with
Franky Perez Franky Perez is an American musician best known as a solo artist, touring vocalist of the Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, and as former guitarist for Scars on Broadway. He has also released three solo albums, ''Poor Man's Son'', ''My 4th of Jul ...
singing on all vocal tracks, was released through Better Noise imprint of Eleven Seven Music on 17 April 2015. They also released a collaborative single with Vamps titled " Sin in Justice" on 20 November. Apocalyptica made the music for the episode ''On Finn Ice'' of Rovio Entertainment's video game ''
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''. Apocalyptica celebrated their 20th anniversary of the first album ''
Plays Metallica by Four Cellos ''Plays Metallica by Four Cellos'' is the debut album by Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, released in 1996. It features eight instrumental Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by voca ...
'' in 2016 and it was re-released with 3 brand new bonus tracks. In February 2019, the band released their first single with Finnish lyrics, featuring
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and Tippa. They performed the song at the 2019 Emma Gala in Helsinki. The band's ninth studio album, an instrumental, ''
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'', was released on 10 January 2020.


2020—present

Apocalyptica was on the track "Someone To Talk To" from
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's album ''Explosions'' on 6 May 2022. On 15 December 2023, Apocalyptica released a new song and video called "What We're Up Against", featuring
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of
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. On 7 June 2024, the band released their tenth studio album, '' Plays Metallica, Vol. 2'', a sequel to ''Plays Metallica by Four Cellos'' (1996). The album features new Metallica covers such as The Four Horsemen and The Unforgiven II, as well as a new recording of
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with Metallica vocalist
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reciting the lyrics and bassist
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. It also includes a cover of The Call of Ktulu featuring the original bass master track recorded by
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in 1984.


Band members

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Eicca Toppinen Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975) is a Finland, Finnish cello, cellist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica. Biography Toppinen grew up in Vantaa's Hakunila and has three sisters and o ...
 – bandleader,
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cello (original and occasional role),
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cello (current role), programming (1993–present) *
Paavo Lötjönen Paavo Lötjönen (born 29 July 1968) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Paavo comes from a family where both of his parents were professional musicians. At the age of 6, he took a cello and decided that would be the instrument he ...
 – rhythm/
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cello (1993–present), lead cello on "
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" (1996–2019)
*
Perttu Kivilaakso Perttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso (born 11 May 1978) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Like fellow band members Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He plays a German 19th century cel ...
 – lead cello (current role), programming (1995, 1999–present), rhythm cello (1995, 1999–2002) Former members *
Max Lilja Max Lilja (born 27 October 1975) is a Finnish cello player. He is best known as a founding member of the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, a band he left in 2001 to join the Finnish thrash metal band Hevein. Beginning in 2007, Lilja has ...
– lead cello (1993–2002) *
Antero Manninen (born 19 January 1973), also known by band members as Mr. Cool, is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999 due to prior commi ...
– lead/rhythm cello (official member: 1993–1999; touring member: 2002–2009, 2017–2018) * Mikko Sirén – drums, percussion, programming (touring member: 2003–2004; official member: 2005–2024) Touring members * Tipe Johnson (
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) – vocals (2009–2012, 2019) *
Franky Perez Franky Perez is an American musician best known as a solo artist, touring vocalist of the Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, and as former guitarist for Scars on Broadway. He has also released three solo albums, ''Poor Man's Son'', ''My 4th of Jul ...
– vocals (2014–2016, 2022–2023) * Lauri Kankkunen – lead/rhythm cello (2019) * Mikko Kaakkuriniemi – drums (2024–present)


Timeline


Discography


Studio albums

*''
Plays Metallica by Four Cellos ''Plays Metallica by Four Cellos'' is the debut album by Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, released in 1996. It features eight instrumental Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by voca ...
'' (1996) *'' Inquisition Symphony'' (1998) *''
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'' (2000) *'' Reflections'' (2003) *''
Apocalyptica Apocalyptica is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Helsinki, formed in 1993. The band is currently composed of three classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso. Originally a Classical music, classical- ...
'' (2005) *'' Worlds Collide'' (2007) *'' 7th Symphony'' (2010) *'' Shadowmaker'' (2015) *''
Cell-0 ''Cell-0'' (pronounced "Cell Zero") is the ninth studio album by Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica. It was released on 10 January 2020. It is the band's first fully instrumental album since 2003's '' Reflections'', and their first studio re ...
'' (2020) *'' Plays Metallica, Vol. 2'' (2024)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Apocalyptica 1993 establishments in Finland Chamber music groups Finnish heavy metal musical groups Finnish musical quartets Finnish symphonic metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1993 Musical groups from Helsinki RCA Records artists