Originally published by The Birmingham Mail. December 2008.

With their fusion of heart-pounding riffs and solid dependable drumming, Apocalyptica have become one of the best reasons to enjoy heavy metal again.

To be able to take a decent selection of thrash kings Metallica’s music and play it note perfect on four cellos and a drum takes an awful lot of skill.  Apolcalyptica have now broadened their range with some cracking pieces of music of their own.

The Metallica tracks were covered brilliantly, especially Fight Fire With Fire and possibly Metallica’s finest song, One. Apocalyptica rounded off a genuinely enjoyable evening with the encores Enter Sandman and a fantastic version of Greig’s Mountain King.

Ian D. Hall