It's hard to overstate just how massive Metallica was in 1993, both in America and around the world. After methodically building an audience for its brand of thrash-metal — full of time changes and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Derek Bremner Since 1993, when the idea of Metallica songs played in an orchestral style ...

Seeking and destroying select Metallica tunes on four cellos is much of what Apocalyptica has been doing for more than a quarter of a century. Lead cellist Eicca Toppinen said he first saw Metallica ...

The Finns love their classical music. They also dig their heavy metal, too, as many an American metal act has discovered on tour. It makes sense, then, that the world's foremost heavy-metal cello ...

The deep, cavernous sounds of the cello are perfect for heavy metal. They can be dark and brooding. They provide a nice, long bass sound that’ s a perfect backup to songs about sadness and destruction ...

This part of our exclusive interview with Apocalyptica goes deep into the art form of music. The dudes of Apocalyptica are music theory and classical experts, so we delved into our brains to pull out ...

Finnish metal band Apocalyptica has sold 4 million copies of its seven albums, including two that, in the past four years, hit the Top 10 on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart. It had a No. 1 ...

The Review: If metal could take animal form, it would have devoured every inch of the Culture Room Thursday with loud, pulsing intimidation during the performance by Metallica cover act via cellos, ...