Apocalyptica - Enter Sandman
Aug. 20th, 2008 01:45 pmOne more Apocalyptica-plays-Metallica, this one from the album quite accurately named Apocalyptica Plays Metallica by Four Cellos
(Amazon.com), with the song Enter Sandman from Metallica's fifth album, allegedly self-titled, although everyone knows it as the Black Album
(Amazon.com).
By this time in Metallica's career, they had simplified so far beyond where the started that, if a die hard fan from days of old listens to this album at all, they consider it the band's last album. Although the music may not be as complex and intricate and interesting as before, some of these tunes are fairly catchy - a large part of the reason fans deserted them.
Despite all that, I find they still translate excellently to four cellos, and, even in this state of weakness, provide some good music.
Here's a live performance that differs from the recorded offering indicated above by including a drummer and reducing the number of cellos by one. The crowd knows all the words:
By this time in Metallica's career, they had simplified so far beyond where the started that, if a die hard fan from days of old listens to this album at all, they consider it the band's last album. Although the music may not be as complex and intricate and interesting as before, some of these tunes are fairly catchy - a large part of the reason fans deserted them.
Despite all that, I find they still translate excellently to four cellos, and, even in this state of weakness, provide some good music.
Here's a live performance that differs from the recorded offering indicated above by including a drummer and reducing the number of cellos by one. The crowd knows all the words: