APOCALYPTICA has shared the official music video for the band’s cowl of METALLICA‘s “The Unforgiven II”. The observe is taken from APOCALYPTICA‘s upcoming album, “Apocalyptica Performs Metallica Vol. 2”. Due on June 7 through Throwdown Leisure, the LP will proceed the journey that started in 1996 when cellists from Helsinki’s world-renowned Sibelius Academy performed symphonic tribute to the most important of the massive 4–heavy steel titans METALLICA. The album’s lead single, “The 4 Horsemen”, a track that initially appeared on METALLICA‘s 1983 debut “Kill ‘Em All”, incorporates a visitor look by METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo.
APOCALYPTICA‘s lead cellist Perttu Kivilaakso feedback: “We needed to stability what we had been doing between outdated and new. ‘The Unforgiven II’ has such stunning melodies and the lyrics are nice, too. I cherished the truth that we have been in a position to bind this document and our first document collectively on this method.”
Kivilaakso informed the DJ Drive X Podcast about how Trujillo‘s involvement took place: “This album idea has, in a method, been in our minds for all through the entire profession. We at all times knew that there are nonetheless numerous cool [METALLICA] songs that we needed play our model someday. So, however now after the pandemic and every part, this felt the precise proper second to dive again to the roots.”
He continued: “We’ve got at all times had an exquisite relation with METALLICA — they’ve been enormously supportive in the direction of us at all times — however nonetheless we approached them to ask that will they agree, would it not be advantageous for them if we make such an album. And thru these conversations, really, ultimately Rob even provided that he may play one thing for us. And that is an infinite, wonderful characteristic, after all, to be handled like that. And it actually, actually reveals respect additionally from their aspect. And we’re very, very grateful for it.”
When “Apocalyptica Performs Metallica Vol. 2” was first introduced, APOCALYPTICA mentioned in an announcement: “The primary single we need to current to you is ‘The 4 Horsemen’. And we could not be extra excited to have an incredible characteristic visitor on it: Rob Trujillo himself, who might be THE biggest bass participant on this entire large world! We have at all times loved sharing our love for METALLICA. Now, that is subsequent stage for us as nicely!”
APOCALYPTICA chief Eicca Toppinen commented: “It is the best factor. We did not push; it was provided. We performed the primary album reside and it was a lot extra enjoyable and thrilling than we anticipated, so we obtained the thought to do one thing like the primary album, however we could not do it in precisely the identical method; we would have liked to problem ourselves and convey a very new perspective to the unique vitality and emotion of METALLICA.”
Kivilaakso added: “We have been speaking about making one other METALLICA album for round 20 years, as there have been nonetheless so many nice songs we needed to play! We waited for the proper second to do it. Considering of that teenage me who’s now attending to play his favourite tracks provides me goosebumps!”
This album would be the APOCALYPTICA‘s closing studio launch with the band’s longtime member, drummer Mikko Sirén, who amicably departed after the brand new LP’s completion. “Performs Metallica Vol. 2” was produced by longtime collaborator and studio supremo Joe Barresi (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, SOUNDGARDEN, NINE INCH NAILS, TOOL).
Alongside the announcement, APOCALYPTICA might be touring in help of the document, taking them by way of Europe.
“Performs Metallica Vol. 2” observe itemizing:
01. Experience The Lightning
02. St Anger
03. The Unforgiven II
04. Blackened
05. The Name Of Ktulu (in reminiscence of Cliff Burton)
06. The 4 Horsemen (that includes Robert Trujillo)
07. Holier Than Thou
08. To Reside Is To Die
09. One
10. One (Instrumental)
Sirén began performing reside with APOCALYPTICA in 2003 however did not turn into a full-time member of the band till 2005, after taking part in over 200 live shows with APOCALYPTICA and recording an album with the group.
In a 2019 interview with Australia’s Heavy journal, APOCALYPTICA‘s Paavo Lötjönen spoke in regards to the affect of the band’s 1996 “Performs Metallica By 4 Cellos” debut. Consisting solely of METALLICA covers, the album solid a highlight on the group’s classically skilled talents, setting the stage for them to launch their very own materials in ensuing years. For the reason that twentieth anniversary of “Performs Metallica By 4 Cellos” in 2016, APOCALYPTICA has been taking part in the album in full at choose reside dates.
“It has been actually implausible,” he mentioned about taking part in “Performs Metallica By 4 Cellos”. “If we’re speaking about music in frequent, should you take heed to music you used to pay attention to twenty years in the past, it is a bizarre factor by some means, it brings all the identical emotions again. Like, you’re feeling after we had been 20 years youthful. I might name music a time machine in that sense. The identical occurs for us after we play these songs. In some way the identical emotions come again to us after we felt like we had been 25 years or 20 years outdated and touring with a shitty van round Europe taking part in venues. This time, all of the venues are greater and actually portioned good. There’s plenty of folks, and it isn’t too sizzling and shitty on the stage. It is numerous pleasure and enjoyable to play these songs. The magic of METALLICA has not disappeared wherever. It is nonetheless actually robust and passionate music. It is numerous enjoyable to play. We’ve got by no means performed this nicely as we’re taking part in for the time being. I am pleased to see we now have discovered one thing throughout these years.”
In 2015, Lötjönen and Kivilaakso spoke to Austria’s Mulatschag about what it was like to hitch METALLICA on stage on the Fillmore in San Francisco as a part of the week-long celebration of the band’s thirtieth anniversary in December 2011. Perttu mentioned: “In fact we felt very privileged being included amongst all these wonderful artists. And after the factor, what we now have performed throughout our profession, it has been nice to comprehend and see that, really, the METALLICA guys, who’re the explanation for us to begin to do one thing like this, that they do respect us at the very least that a lot that they needed us to be part of this huge celebration of their profession. In fact, it was loopy. I do not forget that after we began to play ‘One’, I am beginning this track and James Hetfield is simply subsequent to me, and I am pondering, once I was 13 years outdated, he was my greatest idol and now we’re taking part in collectively. So it is absurd, however simply pure and logical in different phrases.”
Added Paavo: “You understand, the connection to METALLICA has been actually tremendous nice all these years. We performed first time as a help to them already in ’96. It was really our fifth present for a correct rock and roll viewers, and we had been supporting METALLICA, so it was fairly loopy. And since that, we now have performed many occasions with them at identical festivals and… Let me say that the reference to METALLICA is actually cool and very nice.”
Photograph credit score: Riki Murto
