Black Rose
It was a party devoted to presentation of the album Metallica Load. At the concert, there were about 1000 people. After the speech, the club he received an offer to sign a contract to issue the plate. In 1996, a disc Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos. Sonic potential of violins drifted subtle nuances of the human voice to the angry guitar Pusan.
Cello, which played these songs were tools for antique, almost a museum. This was mentioned in the booklet accompanying the issued disk. During concerts and rehearsals, the musicians use regular everyday cello. To burn a disc only expensive tools. Each cello has a name, fictional. There is a cello with the name Black Rose. This instrument was made in 1738. Since 1995, Apocalyptica starts to speak at large venues.
The second concert took place at the Leningrad Cowboys. There were about 16 000 spectators. The team quickly gained many fans. Attendance their concerts a year has already reached fifty thousand. Published two videos on Nothing else matter and Harmageddon. Apocalyptica compositions used in the soundtrack to Your friends and neighbours. The second album – Inquisition Symphony (Symphony of the Inquisition). Antero Manninen was a founding member of the group. Left team in 1999. The group quickly became one of the most profitable items of Finnish music exports. Cellists have already visited more than 60 countries and almost everywhere they were concerts were sold out. In 2000 a quartet's third album Cult. Cult album went platinum. The album is considered the turning point in the tendencies of the group.
