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    CELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE

    Dec 12, 2019 4 minutes
    WORDS BY ANNA ROSE.

    Okay, so Apocalyptica aren’t guitarists, but they’re revolutionaries in their own right. The Finish outfit have made waves over the course of their 26-year career for their ingenuity in marrying the traditionally classical cello with heavy metal, fusing together the two worlds in an epic chasm of effects pedals and headbanging.

    Three of the band’s members sit in the green room of the Sydney Opera House – cellists Eicca Toppinen and Perttu Kivilaakso, and drummer Mikko Siré – killing time before they take to the stage for a special performance of their debut album, Plays Metallica By Four Cellos: the release that started a movement all of

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