Apocalyptica (album)

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.

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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

Writers on "South of Heaven" / "Mandatory Suicide""

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

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r783833
^ 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.
^ Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard". issue 213. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 14. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Ultratop.be – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Apocalyptica: Apocalyptica" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Lescharts.com – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

v t e Apocalyptica
Eicca Toppinen Paavo Lötjönen Perttu Kivilaakso Mikko Sirén Franky Perez Max Lilja Antero Manninen
Studio albums	Plays Metallica by Four Cellos Inquisition Symphony Cult Reflections Apocalyptica Worlds Collide 7th Symphony Shadowmaker Cell-0 Plays Metallica Vol. 2
Live albums	Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig
Singles	"Path" "Seemann" "Bittersweet" "Repressed" "I'm Not Jesus" "I Don't Care" "End of Me" "Not Strong Enough" "Cell-0"
Compilations	The Best of Apocalyptica Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello
DVDs	Live Reflections Revised The Life Burns Tour
Soundtracks	MAG: S.V.E.R. (Eicca Toppinen) Music for the Movie: Black Ice
Other Appearances	Sepultura: Nation Bullet for My Valentine: The Poison
Related articles	Discography

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