The dark cellists made another small masterpiece with their latest album, “7th Symphony“. Despite my fears that the artists would repeat themselves, the Finns made a versatile album; it is still Apocalyptica, just somewhat harder. Six instrumental tracks – e.g. 2010 with Dave Lombardo - balance out the album brilliantly. The experiment, ... more/mehr
2010-08-26
Apocalyptica
Wagner Reloaded – Live in Leipzig
Apocalyptica are always good for a surprise – and it was clearly a surprise when they announced they would work on a cross genre event about Wagner. The album “Wagner Reloaded” now offers a live recording of the songs Apocalyptica played at the very first performance of this piece of theatre, dance and, well, the band´s music – all ... more/mehr
2013-12-15
Apocalyptica
Shadowmaker
2 Stalker, 2 opinions:
The Finnish metal cellists are back with a new album, “Shadowmaker”. After 22 years, Apocalyptica have made an album as a band in the ordinary meaning of the word. The reason behind this is pretty easy to see, or at least contemplate; they started off as a cover band and developed to do one ... more/mehr
2015-04-17
Apoptygma Berzerk
Sonic Diary
In the introduction must be said that this record is made up only of cover versions. Front man Stephan Groth wanted to bring his musical roots nearer to his fans. These roots consist of well-known interprets such as The Cure (“A Strange Day”), U2 (“Who´s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”) and New Order (“Bizarre Love Triangle”). Moreover, ... more/mehr
2006-11-17
Apostasy
Devilution
Not really too bad, what those Swedes have milled into polycarbonate. Sounds somehow like a mixture of Dimmu Borgir (in „Enthrone“-times) and Covenant („Nexus Polaris“), so quite dark, melodic black metal with some pinches of avantgarde and prog. Unfortunately the production is lacking a bit. The drums sound quite thin, and the female ... more/mehr
2006-01-24
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