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Plays Metallica By Four Cellos | 
| Artist: Apocalyptica
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Category: Music
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 4583
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 43
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 532707
UPC: 731453270725
EAN: 0731453270725
ASIN: B000001EMW
Release Date: February 2, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Enter Sandman | | • | Master Of Puppets | | • | Harvester Of Sorrow | | • | The Unforgiven | | • | Sad But True | | • | Creeping Death | | • | Wherever I May Roam | | • | Welcome Home (Sanitarium) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Early Metal / Classical Crossover .... May 24, 2008
Predating Metallica's S&M Classical mash-up by 3 years, this is an excellent Chamber Music take on Metallica's pre 1996 catalogue.
Be warned: JUST THE FOUR CELLOS: NO GUITAR/BASS/DRUMS/VOCALS AT ALL!
Fair play though, all the nuances, vocal lines, solos etc are faithfully reproduced through the cello arrangements! It's good stuff, although at times it feels a little sparse.
Standout Track: Sad But True - Really dark, urgent & a cool take on of Hammett's solo!
I'd also recommend the similiar, but fully orchestral, Scorched Earth Orchestra Tribute To Master Of Puppets - It's fantastic (see my review).
 Too Hyped Up December 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this record after seeing Apocalyptica perform at Eurovision, which I loved.
This record is just poor. It doesn't have any strength due to the lack of drums, and therefore all you get is four very simple cello lines which don't even work very well together.
My wife is a classicaly trained piano player and she actually forbade me from playing this at home, she found it discordant.
I look forward to finding a more recent album with a better production, I actually want to give these guys a chance, but this record was certainly a big disappointment.
Interesting but not great October 9, 2007
I'll start off by saying that I'm not into classical music or anything like that, and this is basically the first cello-heavy album I've heard. So this is new to me, and it's fairly obvious even from the concept that it's going to take a while to get used to. However I've given it four or five listens which is normally enough for me.
Good points straight off - it's a really interesting idea: the solos and some of the interludes (James' solo on 'Master of Puppets' stands out) are obviously classically influenced and it shows here - they sound beautiful on cello. The musicianship, as far as I can tell, is good enough for the songs as I can't pick out any dropped notes or errors. A lot of the aggression is taken out of the songs without vocals, which makes it a bit more relaxing than you'd expect from Metallica songs. Standout tracks are 'The Unforgiven', 'Creeping Death' and 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)'.
There are, however, a few downsides. For a start, I found the sound of two or three cellos doing staccato root notes simoultaneously a very ugly sound. It sounded clunky, a bit like what you'd expect kicking an acoustic guitar around to sound like. In other words, horrible. I got used to it eventually, but it takes the relaxing edge off the classical instrumentation - surely the whole point of playing the songs on cello is lost here.
Also, a few of the songs just don't sound right on cello. 'Enter Sandman' and 'Sad But True', for example. I'm personally not a fan of the originals so I'm biased, but I noticed the awkward sound most obviously on those tracks.
The final letdown is in 'Master of Puppets', which shows so much promise with a fantastic interlude and first solo, but the shredding solo is not attempted at all. So after building up for Kirk's solo, I was left speechless as the two-cello clunking was all i could hear instead.
'Master of Puppets' summed the album up really: there was so much potential in combining Metallica songs and classical instruments (S&M proved that), and the tenor passages are lovely to listen to. However, whatever you think of Metallica, and classical music for that matter, this doesnt fulfil the potential of either.
'tallica by four cellos..?... September 21, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
it is very relaxing, but anyone considering purchasing this, must be able to accept something a little different.
if u havn't already got the S&M album, its definatly worth a look
Intresting June 17, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Before thinking about buying this... Ask Yourself a question... is it possible to play Metallica Covers using only 4 Chellos and a Drum Kit?You would think its not possible and would not work. Well I saw these guys at Download 05 and caught the live version of Master Of Puppets and a version of Seek And Destroy (Not on this Album)both left me speechless. So to answer my Question Yes it does work.
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