Apocalyptica is a Finnish cello metal band, with four cellists and a drummer. The four famous cellists are Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lotjonen, Max Lilja, and Antero Manninen.
They formed in 1993, just with their four cellists playing Metallica covers at Sibelius-Academy. In 1996, Apocalyptica released their first debut album which consisted of most of their favourite Metallica covers. They then released their second album not too long later in 1998; Inquisition Symphony. This album consisted of covers from Faith No More, Sepultura, and Pantera. Eicca Toppenin also decided to include some of his original songs just to show how naturally talented they are.
In 1999, Antero Maninen left the group, and was then replaced by Perttu Kivilaakso.
In 2000, they released their third album; Cult. This album featured 10 original songs, and 3 covers. This album finally had features of other artists singing on it. Therefore, showing off even more of their natural talent. This is when people really started to love Apocalyptica.
In 2002, Max Lilja left the group, leaving Apocalyptica with only three cellists.
In 2003, Apocalyptica released their fourth album; Reflections. This album was more so experimental, than anything else they've done. They tried to be unique, and they accomplished that.
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