Videos
Apocalyptica - "One" feat. James Hetfield & Rob Trujillo
Live
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04-07 Jun 2025 +Gdansk (PL) Mystic Festival 2025
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04-07 Jun 2025 +Sölvesborg (SE) Sweden Rock Festival
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12 Jun 2025 +Nickelsdorf (AT) Nova Rock Festival
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13 Jun 2025 +Derby (GB) Download XXII Festival
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19-22 Jun 2025 +Dessel (BE) Graspop Metal Meeting
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19 Jun 2025 +Clisson (FR) Hellfest
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26-28 Jun 2025 +Snina (SK) Rock Pod Kamenom
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27 Jun 2025 +Grenchen (CH) Summerside Festival
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27-29 Jun 2025 +Helsinki (FI) Tuska Festival 2025
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02-05 Jul 2025 +Ballenstedt (DE) RockHarz 2025
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10-13 Jul 2025 +Vizovice (CZ) Masters of Rock
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30 Jul - 02 Aug 2025 +Wacken (DE) Wacken Open Air 2025
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30 Jul - 02 Aug 2025 +Székesfehérvár (HU) Fezen Festival
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02 Aug 2025 +Râșnov (RO) Rockstadt Extreme Fest
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08 Aug 2025 +Saarbrücken (DE) Garage
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09 Aug 2025 +Hildesheim-Drispenstedt (DE) M'era Luna Festival
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10 Aug 2025 +Chemnitz (DE) Wasserschloß Klaffenbach Open Air
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23 Aug 2025 +Opatija (HR) Ljetna pozornica Opatija
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24 Aug 2025 +Altidona (IT) Wondergate Festival
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17-19 Oct 2025 +Den Bosch (NL) The Rock Circus 2025
Biography
In the lore of heavy metal only a handful of artists can claim to have changed history, and even fewer can say they’ve done so twice. Enter Apocalyptica and one of metal’s greatest, most unlikely success stories. By any account it’s the stuff of legend, and it’s about to come full circle.
Cast your mind back thirty years. The giants of the 70s and 80s still ruled the scene, but a generation of up-and-coming artists were pushing hard on the boundaries of heavy music, and then Apocalyptica came along and smashed them down with cello case.
Formed in 1993 at the world-renowned Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, Apocalyptica began life as a loving, lo-fi nod to Metallica from four classically-trained musicians with no greater ambition than to explore their favourite band’s music with their chosen instrument. As founding band leader Eicca Toppinnen explains, the project would take on a life of its own when they finally released Plays Metallica By Four Cellos in 1996. More than a debut, it was a …
Cast your mind back thirty years. The giants of the 70s and 80s still ruled the scene, but a generation of up-and-coming artists were pushing hard on the boundaries of heavy music, and then Apocalyptica came along and smashed them down with cello case.
Formed in 1993 at the world-renowned Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, Apocalyptica began life as a loving, lo-fi nod to Metallica from four classically-trained musicians with no greater ambition than to explore their favourite band’s music with their chosen instrument. As founding band leader Eicca Toppinnen explains, the project would take on a life of its own when they finally released Plays Metallica By Four Cellos in 1996. More than a debut, it was a …
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