Enter Apocalyptica and one of metal’s greatest, most unlikely success stories. By any account it’s the stuff of legend, and it’s about to come full circle. Cast your mind back thirty years.

The world first got to know Apocalyptica for its renditions of “Creeping Death”, “Harvester of Sorrow”, and “Enter Sandman” on 1996’s Plays Metallica by Four Cellos. Thirty years ...

Last year, longtime way-more-than-a-classical-tribute-band Apocalyptica released the overdue sequel to their 1996 head-turner, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos with Plays Metallica, Vol. 2.