Apocalyptica (album)

Apocalyptica
Studio album by Apocalyptica
Released	24 January 2005
Studio	SUSI Studios
Genre	Cello metal, symphonic metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal
Length	51:35
Label	Universal Music Germany/Vertigo
Producer	Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica chronology
Reflections (2003) Apocalyptica (2005) Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello (2006)
Singles from Untitled Apocalyptica album
"Bittersweet" Released: 29 November 2004 "Quutamo/Wie Weit/How Far/En Vie" Released: 14 & 23 February 2005 "Life Burns!" Released: 11 April 2005

Apocalyptica is the fifth studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band of same name. Although Mikko Sirén has been with Apocalyptica two years prior to this release, he was not an official member of the band until after this release, but this is still his first release with the band along with the band having a drummer for their first time.

The song "Life Burns!" is featured on the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Revenge. "Deathzone" ends at 4:34, after that, there is 2:06 of silence and at 6:40, a hidden track, "En Vie" starts, which is 3:27 long. The tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 11 (Both) & "Wie Weit" were on Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello.

Track listing

No.	Title	Note	Length
1.	"Life Burns!"	Guest vocals	3:06
2.	"Quutamo"	Instrumental	3:27
3.	"Distraction"	Instrumental	3:56
4.	"Bittersweet"	Guest vocals	4:25
5.	"Misconstruction"	Instrumental	3:55
6.	"Fisheye"	Instrumental	4:09
7.	"Farewell"	Instrumental	5:32
8.	"Fatal Error"	Instrumental	2:59
9.	"Betrayal/Forgiveness"	Instrumental	5:13
10.	"Ruska"	Instrumental	4:39
11.	"Deathzone "En Vie"	Instrumental	10:14
Total length:			51:35

Special non-U.S. branch iTunes version bonus tracks

No.	Title	Note	Length
12.	"My Friend of Misery" (Metallica cover)	Instrumental	5:17
13.	"South of Heaven / Mandatory Suicide" (Slayer cover)	Instrumental	5:27
Total length:			62:19

Special edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Note	Length
12.	"How Far"	Guest vocals	3:29
13.	"Wie weit"	Guest vocals	3:29
14.	"Bittersweet" (music video)	Guest vocals	3:21
Total length:			62:04

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]
Rock Hard	9/10[3]

In 2005, Apocalyptica was ranked number 483 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Credits

Apocalyptica

• Eicca Toppinen – cello, programming, music (1–6, 10, 11 & special edition bonus tracks)
• Perttu Kivilaakso – cello, programming, music (7–9)
• Paavo Lötjönen – cello

Additional personnel

Drummers Mikko Sirén – on (1–8 & 10–14); programming Dave Lombardo – on "Betrayal/Forgiveness" Vocalists / Lyricists Bittersweet Lauri Ylönen – also on "Life Burns!" Ville Valo Quutamo/Wie Weit/How Far/En Vie Manu – on "En Vie" Marta Jandová – on "How Far" & "Wie Weit" Double bassist Mikko Moilanen – on "Betrayal/Forgiveness" & "Deathzone"

Writers on "My Friend of Misery" Songwriter James Hetfield Co-Composers Lars Ulrich Jason Newsted Writers on "South of Heaven" / "Mandatory Suicide"" Tom Araya Jeff Hanneman Kerry King

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 66 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 76 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 2 French Albums (SNEP)[9] 61 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 95

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r783833
2. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
3. Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard". issue 213. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
4. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 14. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
6. "Ultratop.be – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
8. "Apocalyptica: Apocalyptica" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
9. "Lescharts.com – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
12. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 26 January 2022.