Apocalyptica have announced a 2025 North American tour in support of their new album, Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2. Guitar shredder Nita Strauss will provide support for all dates.

And it was off the back of another anniversary – when Apocalyptica’s debut Plays Metallica by Four Cellos turned 25 – that the idea came about. The response to that marathon tour, totalling ...

Apocalyptica originally formed as a classical music Metallica tribute band in the ’90s with cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, Max Lilja, and Antero Manninen.

Apocalyptica's Eicca Toppinen on stoned soundguys, collaborating with Metallica and how they helped revolutionise both metal and classical music "Lars felt so sorry that he got us a slot on the ...

Apocalyptica will bring its "Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour" to Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 7, 2025. Here, the band performs performs at the Domination Music Festival in Mexico City in 2019.

After a day of Mozart, playing some Metallica can be a sweet relief for Finnish symphonic metal group Apocalyptica. Since forming in 1993, the trio of classically trained cellists – Eicca ...

What's Next From Apocalyptica? If you're loving this cover, you should dig in further with Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2, which is on track for a June 7 release through Throwdown Entertainment.

A very long time ago, Apocalytpica got their start as a classical Metallica tribute act; the Finnish band released their debut album Plays Metallica By Four Cellos way back in 1996. Apocalyptica ...

Apocalyptica's latest album, "Plays Metallica, Vol. 2," came out on June 7, and the tour of the same name will stop at The Van Buren in Phoenix on March 1, 2025.

SEATTLE — Apocalyptica, a string quartet known for playing heavy metal interpretations, will perform a selection of songs by Metallica at The Moore Theatre, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6: ...

Last year, longtime way-more-than-a-classical-tribute-band Apocalyptica released the overdue sequel to their 1996 head-turner, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos with Plays Metallica, Vol. 2. Article ...