Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide

You've never heard cellos like this before. Well, unless you've listened to Apocalyptica before, as Worlds Collide is the sixth full-length album (not counting best-of) from this Finnish group's 12 year run. For a long time, I'd only known of Apocalyptica as "that band that does the cello covers of Metallica"--that being their debut CD from 1996, Plays Metallica By Four Cellos. The sound and content of CDs morphed over time, including covers of bands other than Metallica and adding original compositions, adding distortion to the cellos, adding drums (originally courtesy of Slayer's Dave Lombardo), and finally adding non-instrumental pieces with assorted guest musicians. Worlds Collide in particular continues the trend toward guest musicians, with four guest vocalists and two other tracks with guests instrumentalists.(continued...)