Any other fans of this band? They started as a quartet of Cello players in Finland doing covers of Metallica songs. I think they sound superior to the Metallica S&M project. Their cover of Nothing Else Matters is excellent. Their original song Hope is one of my favorites.

Oooh, was just thinking about opening a thread about Apocalyptica. Saw them open for R+ in Brixton and was totally amazed by them! To be honest, I prefered their appearance to Rammstein's... Last weekend I bought Cult in Berlin and have been playing it ever since.

Btw, the bloke in the first picture, Antero Manninen, is no longer a member of the band, though he plays with them from time to time. The more cellos, the better, I say!

I will hopefully catch their gig in Berlin in April, and then again in Wacken

i love apocalyptica... i only have cult so far, but i'll buy the other albums if i can find them.. except mayb the new one. i've only heard a few songs, and i'm not too impressed so far...