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 ...

In the Sundance documentary Aquarela, director-writer Victor Kossakovsky puts nature’s biggest star in the spotlight: water. Kossakovsky stopped by Deadline’s Studio at Sundance along with the film’s ...

FLINT — Finnish cello rock quartet Apocalyptica began its career as a Metallica cover band, performing instrumental versions of the heavy metal act’s tunes. As it evolved, Apocalyptica, mainly lead ...

Finland's Apocalyptica have always been in a class of their own -- a true metal anomaly in these modern times of indulgent guitars. Originally starting out as a Metallica tribute band, ...

The documentary “Aquarela” opens with overhead shots of what appears to be an iced-over lake, accompanied by a score of headbanging power chords by composer Eicca Toppinen of the Finnish “cello-metal” ...

Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen claim to have composed the most beautiful opera since Puccini’s Turandot. Mattias Mattila of Yle News spoke to the artists behind Indigo days before the January ...

FINNISH hard-rock string quartet Apocalyptica has recently started a European tour with its fourth album entitled Reflections. The band will perform in Bratislava PKO park on February 25 at 20:00. The ...