Artists in the Classical Sense

Apocolyptica - MUST SEE on 70,000 Tons of Metal

For those of you who are not yet Heavy Metal fans: 

If you got a kick out of 2 Cellos performing "Thunderstruck",

 you might also enjoy Apocolyptica:

When I first watched 2 Cellos perform "Thunderstruck", I wanted, needed, to hear more of their music, but I ran out of content quickly. Apocolyptica might be exactly what I need.

1. Classically trained.

2. Even their logo is artwork:

http://www.apocalyptica.com/en/

I've spent ridiculous amounts of time at the Louvre, the Pompidou (modern art museum near the Louvre), the Musee d'Orsay, the San Fran MOMA, the Guggenheim (LA) and dude, you do not to see the full list, but the Apocolyptica site blew me away. At risk of sounding like a dork, I must say:

Apocolyptica is 

classy, classy, classy

3. They use bodies as musical instruments in their music videos. As an artistic statement, it was like beatbox meets classical meets living art expo. Freaky brilliant.

4. Not afraid of pulling in all sorts of talent for various pieces. I'm guessing that some bands might not want to pull in extra talent because it makes touring more complicated?

List of artists below. Apocolyptica is a Finnish Metal band, so not heavy metal, but still metall-y. I'm willing to bet there is no other metal band who has played with so many distinct / discrete artists? Yes / no from those of you more familiar with bands than me?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica

Members[edit]

Current members

• Eicca Toppinen – cello, double bass, percussion, programming, vocals (1993–present)
• Paavo Lötjönen – cello, vocals (1993–present)
• Perttu Kivilaakso – cello, programming, vocals (1995, 1999–present)
• Mikko Sirén – drums, double bass, vocals (2005–present; live member: 2003-2005)

Current touring member

• Franky Perez – vocals (2014–present)

Former members

• Antero Manninen – cello (1993–1999, live member: 2002-2009)
• Max Lilja – cello (1993–2002)

Guest musicians[edit]

Vocalists

• Adam Gontier (ex–Three Days Grace) on “I Don't Care” and tour vocalist for New York and Toronto 2008
• Brent Smith (of Shinedown) on “Not Strong Enough” (Album Version)
• Corey Taylor (of Slipknot, Stone Sour) on “I'm Not Jesus”
• Cristina Scabbia (of Lacuna Coil) on “S.O.S. (Anything but Love)” and tour vocalist for Download Festival 2008
• Doug Robb (of Hoobastank) on “Not Strong Enough” (US Single Version)
• Emmanuelle Monet (of Dolly) on “En Vie”
• Erik Canales (of Allison) on "Solo Tu"
• Franky Perez on the upcoming 8th studio album and tour vocalist (2014-)
• Gavin Rossdale (of Bush) on “End of Me”
• Joe Duplantier (of Gojira) on “Bring Them to Light”
• Johnny Andrews – tour vocalist (April 2008)
• Kyo (of Dir En Grey) – tour vocalist for US Tour 2010
• Lacey Mosley (formerly of Flyleaf) on “Broken Pieces”
• Lauri Ylönen (of The Rasmus) on “Life Burns!” & “Bittersweet”
• Linda Sundblad (of Lambretta) on “Faraway Vol. 2”
• Marta Jandová (of Die Happy) on “Wie Weit” & “How Far”
• Mats Levén (of Therion, Krux, Candlemass) on “S.O.S. (Anything but Love)” & “I Don't Care” (Backing Vocals)
• Matt Tuck (of Bullet for My Valentine) on “Repressed”
• Matthias Sayer (of Farmer Boys) on “Hope Vol. 2”
• Max Cavalera (of Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, ex–Nailbomb, ex–Sepultura) on “Repressed”
• Nina Hagen on “Seemann”
• Sandra Nasić (of Guano Apes) on “Path Vol. 2”
• Till Lindemann (of Rammstein) on “Helden”
• Tipe Johnson (ex–Leningrad Cowboys) – tour vocalist (2009-2012)
• Tony Kakko (of Sonata Arctica) – tour vocalist for Finland and Japan 2008
• Toryn Green (ex–Fuel) – tour vocalist (2008)
• Ville Valo (of HIM) on “Bittersweet”

Instruments

• Tomoyasu Hotei^[18] guitar on “Grace”
• Sami Kuoppamäki – drums on Reflections
• Dave Lombardo (of Slayer) drums on Reflections, “Betrayal/Forgiveness”, “Last Hope” & “2010”
• Richard Z. Kruspe (of Rammstein) guitar on “Helden”
• MDR Symphony Orchestra on the album Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig

If this list doesn't make you smile -- freaky big smile -- then you might need to take a break, take a deep breath, and if absolutely necessary, use your fingers at the corners of your mouth and push up, up, up. That's called a smile.

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