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APOCALYPTICA are a singular voice in music. From their days as a cover band in Finland to one of the most original metal bands in history, they've long since left their days as a musical curiosity behind them. Sold out venues the world over say it all - the band that closed the chasm between Shostakovich and Metallica, between concert halls and rock venues - has become one of the most respected groups on the planet. At last, they're releasing recorded document of their remarkable rise to fame. '"Amplified - A Decade of Reinventing the Cello" is a retrospective testament to the first ten years of a soaring career that no one, not even them, could have predicted. And with their upcoming "The Life Burns Tour" DVD, they've got even more goods to prove it.

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I thought they were considered Neo-Classical? But anyways they are awesome I have Reflections and their self titled I think. Love em! blaugh

I went by what it says on their myspace lol

Where should we move this too then? I have never heard them and i have barely heard of them, so i really don't know.

Yeah, they seem more Advant Garde...Im not too sure where to place them..actually, possibly the Pogressive.

I've heard alittle of this band, wiki says that thier thrash, and sympthonic metal, yet I don't know if I can believe wiki after it told me that dokken was metal *still has doubts*

M-a says they're Symphonic Heavy Metal which I don't know whether or not to agree to it. If "Hall of the Mountain King" is an example of their original material then I would agree with this.

But, for the most part I don't know which songs are covers and which are original (other than the Metallica covers). "Repressed" sounds a lot like mid-period Sepultura and since they cover Metallica that would make them thrash, but their original stuff might be different.

And just having cellos doesn't make them symphonic or neo-classical.

@mathias: Use http://metal-archives.com/ for genres they're a lot more reliable than wiki/myspace.

on the 10th of december I go to a concert of Apocalyptica.