I-Apocalyptica iyibhendi yensimbi ene-multi-platinum ye-symphonic evela e-Helsinki, eFinland.
I-Apocalyptica yaqala ukwenziwa njenge-quartet yentela yensimbi. Khona-ke ibhendi yasebenza kuhlobo lwensimbi ye-neoclassical, ngaphandle kokusebenzisa iziginci ezivamile.
I-Debut ye-Apocalyptica
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi Plays Metallica kaFour Cellos (1996), nakuba ivusa inkanuko, yamukelwe kahle abagxeki nabalandeli bomculo owedlulele emhlabeni jikelele.
Umsindo oqinile (ovame ukuhambisana nabanye abaculi) udalwa kusetshenziswa amasu e-classical ayinkimbinkimbi, ikhono lokucabanga kabusha ngokusetshenziswa kwezinsimbi, kanye nama-riffs e-percussive.
Iqembu liphumelele ukuguqula umculo walo libe yigagasi le-neoclassical elidumile emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukusebenzisana nabanye abaculi
I-Apocalyptica ekuqaleni yayiyi-quartet ehlanganisa ama-cellos kuphela. Kodwa kamuva leli qembu laba ngabathathu, kwabe sekungena umculi wesigubhu nomculi. Ku-7th Symphony (2010) basebenze nomshayi wezigubhu uDave Lombardo (Slayer) kanye nabaculi uGavin Rossdale (Bush) noJoe Duplantier (Gojira).
Abaculi baphinde bavela kuma-albhamu e-Sepultura ne-Amon Amarth. Bake bajikeleza njengeqembu elisekela likaNina Hagen.
Ukuvela komsindo we-Apocalyptica
Ngenkathi umsindo we-Apocalyptica ushintshile usuka ku-thrash metal waya kwethambile, ibhendi yakhipha ama-albhamu amabili: I-Cult ne-Shadowmaker. Umsindo usushintshile, manje usuwumsindo oqhubekayo, we-symphonic metal.
I-Apocalyptica ekuqaleni yayinamaseli aqeqeshwe ngokwezigaba: Eikki Toppinen, Max Lilja, Antero Manninen kanye noPaavo Lotjonen.
Impumelelo yokuqala
Ibhendi yacula emhlabeni wonke ngo-1996 nePlays Metallica kaFour Cellos. Le albhamu ihlanganise isipiliyoni sabo se-cello esisemthethweni nothando lwabo lwe-heavy metal.
I-albhamu yaduma kubo bobabili abalandeli be-classical kanye ne-metalheads. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, i-Apocalyptica yaphinde yavela nge-Inquisition Symphony. Yayinezinguqulo zekhava ye-Faith No More kanye ne-Pantera material.
Ngokushesha uManninen walishiya iqembu futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uPerttu Kivilaakso.
Amalungu ebhendi aphinde engeza ama-bass aphindwe kabili nokushaywayo emiksini ye-Cult (2001) kanye ne-Reflections (2003), efaka isigubhu sesivakashi u-Dave Lombardo ovela ku-Slayer. UMax Lilja ushiye ibhendi kwathi uMikko Siren wajoyina njengomshayi wesigubhu unomphela.
Imisebenzi elandelayo yeqembu le-Apocalyptic
I-Reflections iphinde yakhululwa njenge-Reflections Revised ngengoma eyibhonasi efaka u-diva Nina Hagen. Ngo-2005, kwakhululwa umsebenzi obizwa ngokuthi i-Apocalyptica.
Ngo-2006, kwakhululwa iqoqo le-Amplified: A Decade of Reinventing the Cello. Ibhendi yabuyela estudiyo ngonyaka olandelayo weWorlds Collide.
Umculi weqembu Rammstein Kuze kube yilapho uLindemann evele ku-albhamu ecula inguqulo yesiJalimane kaDavid Bowie's Helden. I-Apocalyptica ikhiphe i-albhamu ebukhoma ngo-2008. Lokhu kwalandelwa i-7th Symphony (2010) ekhangayo enama-player ka-Gavin Rossdale, Brent Smith (Shinedown), Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf).
Ngo-2013 ibhendi yakhipha i-CD yokuvelela ethi Wagner Reloaded: Live in Leipzig. Futhi ngo-2015, abaculi bakhipha i-albhamu yabo yesishiyagalombili ye-studio ethi Shadowmaker. Bagweme ukushintshwa kwabadlali bezingoma bathanda ukuthembela ethalenteni likaFrankie Perez.
Kuwo wonke u-2017 nangonyaka olandelayo, ibhendi yavakashela ukugubha iminyaka engu-20 ye-albhamu yabo yokuqala.
I-Plays Metallica: Live ikhishwe entwasahlobo ka-2019 ngenkathi ibhendi ibhala futhi iqopha i-albhamu yesitudiyo.
Izizathu ezimbalwa zokujwayela umsebenzi weqembu
1) Bazakhele olwabo uhlobo oluhlukile.
I-Apocalyptica yangena endaweni yesehlakalo ngo-1996. Akekho owake wabona abaculi abanjalo. Abagcinanga nje ngokushintsha indlela abantu ababuka ngayo insimbi, bakha nohlobo lwensimbi ye-symphonic ku-cello.
Yize abaningi belandele ezinyathelweni zabo, akekho oke wakwenza lokho ngethalente elifanayo nokushayela. I-albhamu ethi Plays Metallica kaFour Cellos bekuyindlela entsha yamahithi avela ebhendini yensimbi. Ibhendi ye-Apocalyptica iyaqhubeka nokudlala ngendlela efanayo kuyo yonke le minyaka.
2) Ubungcweti bokudlala esiteji.
Njalo uma i-Apocalyptica ithatha isiteji, kuyacaca ukuthi bayithanda kangakanani. Nge-Antero ohambweni lokugcina, ibhendi ibiphezulu kumdlalo wabo. Bekujabulisa ukubuka ukusebenzisana phakathi kwabashayi besigubhu abane kanye nomshayi wesigubhu.
Izinga elimangalisayo lomdlalo namandla abo amangalisayo liyamangaza. Iqembu lisuka kalula kumculo wobuciko ohamba kancane liye ezingomeni ze-rock eziqinile nezinamandla. Abaculi bathathe izethameli uhambo lwemizwa eyashiya wonke umuntu enelisekile ekupheleni kwekhonsathi.
3) Amahlaya.
Iqembu alikaze lizithathele phezulu futhi abesabi ukuzijabulisa esiteji nangaphandle. Kuhlala kunezikhathi ezimbalwa ezihlekisayo kumasethi abo. Okunye okugqamile kwaba ukuxhashazwa kuka-Antero futhi uPerttu waba nesibindi sokumema uPaavo ukuthi adanse. Wasamukela ngokushesha isicelo sakhe. Aphinde adonse isitulo asukume adanse umkhumula, ehlise iphenti akhombise wonke umuntu isikhindi sakhe.
4) Ubungane.
Akuvamile ukuthola iqembu elihlala ndawonye uma nje licula, liqopha izinto, liqhubeka nokujabulela ukuhamba nokudlala. Kodwa iqiniso lokuthi amalungu e-Apocalyptica ayaqhubeka ejabulela ukuba ndawonye lalikhuthaza. Ukusebenzisana kwabo esiteji kungenye yezingxenye ezibalulekile zemidlalo yabo ebukhoma. Futhi esinye sezizathu eziningi zokuthi kungani "abalandeli" belokhu bebuyela kuleli qembu.
Ikhono lokushintsha umsindo ojwayelekile. I-Apocalyptica ayikaze yesabe ukuzama nokuzama izinto ezintsha. Futhi ngokuhamba kweminyaka, ibhendi iye yandisa umsindo wayo "wokuqala", hhayi nje ukudala izingoma zayo, kodwa futhi yengeza amazwi, izinsimbi zomculo kanye nokudlala ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene. Abaculi badayise ama-albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4 emhlabeni jikelele.
