Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica is a cello metal band that has initially gotten attention for their 1996 album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos – which, as the title suggests, is an album of chamber music covers of material of the legendary thrash metal band Metallica. The album has gained massive popularity worldwide, getting platinum and gold certificates in Finland, Germany and Poland and the band has since become a mainstay of the metal scene as one of the most recognizable neoclassical and symphonic metal acts.