Apocalyptica ƙungiyar ƙarfe ce ta platinum da yawa daga Helsinki, Finland.
Apocalyptica da farko an kafa shi azaman ma'aunin harajin ƙarfe. Sannan ƙungiyar ta yi aiki a cikin nau'in ƙarfe na neoclassical, ba tare da amfani da gita na al'ada ba.
Na farko na Apocalyptica
Kundin na halarta na farko Plays Metallica ta Four Cellos (1996), duk da cewa tsokana ce, ya sami karbuwa daga masu suka da masu tsananin kida a duniya.
Sauti mai wuya (sau da yawa yana tare da sauran mawaƙa) an ƙirƙira ta ta amfani da nagartattun dabaru na gargajiya, da ikon sake tunani game da amfani da kayan kida, da kuma riffs.
Kungiyar ta yi nasarar mayar da wakokin tasu zuwa wani shahararriyar kalaman neoclassical a duniya.
Haɗin kai tare da sauran masu fasaha
Apocalyptica asalin quartet ne wanda kawai ya haɗa da cellos. Amma daga baya kungiyar ta zama ‘yan uku, sai wani dan ganga da mawakin wake-wake suka shiga. A cikin Symphony na 7 (2010) sun yi aiki tare da mai yin ganga Dave Lombardo (Slayer) da mawaƙa Gavin Rossdale (Bush) da Joe Duplantier (Gojira).
Mawakan sun kuma yi baƙo a kan Sepultura da Amon Amarth albums. Sun taɓa yin rangadi a matsayin ƙungiyar goyon baya ga Nina Hagen.
Juyin Halitta na Sautin Apocalyptica
Yayin da sautin Apocalyptica ya canza daga karfe mai laushi zuwa mai laushi, ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi guda biyu: Cult da Shadowmaker. Sautin ya samo asali, yanzu yana ci gaba, sautin ƙarfe na simphonic.
Apocalyptica asali ya ƙunshi ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararru: Eikki Toppinen, Max Lilja, Antero Manninen da Paavo Lotjonen.
Nasarar farko
Ƙungiyar ta yi wasan duniya a cikin 1996 tare da Plays Metallica ta Four Cellos. Wannan kundin ya haɗu da ƙwarewar cello na yau da kullun tare da ƙaunar ƙarfe mai nauyi.
Kundin ya zama sananne tare da masu sha'awar gargajiya da na karfe. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Apocalyptica ya sake farfadowa da Symphony Inquisition. Ya ƙunshi nau'ikan murfin Faith No More da kayan Pantera.
Ba da daɗewa ba Manninen ya bar rukunin kuma Perttu Kivilaakso ya maye gurbinsa.
Membobin ƙungiyar sun kuma ƙara bass biyu da kaɗawa ga mahaɗin don Cult (2001) da Tunani (2003), waɗanda ke nuna baƙon drummer Dave Lombardo daga Slayer. Max Lilja ya bar ƙungiyar kuma Mikko Siren ya koma matsayin ɗan ganga na dindindin.
Ayyukan da suka biyo baya na ƙungiyar Apocalyptic
An sake fitar da tunani kamar yadda Reflections Bita tare da waƙar kari mai nuna diva Nina Hagen. A 2005, da eponymous aiki Apocalyptica aka saki.
A cikin 2006, an fitar da Amplified: A Decade of Reinventing the Cello tarin. Ƙungiyar ta koma ɗakin studio a shekara mai zuwa don Worlds Collide.
Mawaƙin rukuni Rammstein Har Lindemann ya fito a cikin kundin yana rera fasalin Jamus na David Bowie's Helden. Apocalyptica ya fitar da kundi mai rai a cikin 2008. Wannan ya biyo bayan wasan kwaikwayo na 7th Symphony (2010) tare da wasan kwaikwayo na Gavin Rossdale, Brent Smith (Shinedown), Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf).
A cikin 2013 ƙungiyar ta fitar da CD mai fa'ida Wagner Reloaded: Live in Leipzig. Kuma a cikin 2015, mawakan sun fitar da albam ɗin su na takwas Shadowmaker. Sun yi watsi da sauye-sauyen jerin waƙoƙin mawaƙa don amincewa da dogaro da basirar Frankie Perez.
A cikin 2017 da shekara mai zuwa, ƙungiyar ta zagaya don bikin cika shekaru 20 na kundi na farko.
Plays Metallica: An saki Live a cikin bazara na 2019 yayin da ƙungiyar ke rubutawa da yin rikodin kundin studio.
Wasu dalilai don sanin aikin ƙungiyar
1) Sun ƙirƙiri irin nasu na musamman.
Apocalyptica ya shiga wurin a cikin 1996. Ba wanda ya taɓa ganin irin waɗannan mawaƙa. Ba wai kawai sun canza yadda mutane ke kallon karfe ba, sun kuma haifar da nau'in nau'in karfen symphonic akan cello.
Duk da yake da yawa sun bi sawunsu, babu wanda ya yi haka da basira da tuƙi iri ɗaya. Kundin Plays Metallica ta Four Cellos sabuwar hanya ce ta buga daga rukunin ƙarfe. Ƙungiyar Apocalyptica ta ci gaba da yin wasa a cikin jijiya iri ɗaya duk waɗannan shekaru.
2) Kwarewar yin wasa akan mataki.
Duk lokacin da Apocalyptica ya ɗauki mataki, yana bayyana a fili yadda suke son shi. Tare da Antero a kan yawon shakatawa na ƙarshe, ƙungiyar ta kasance a saman wasan su. Yana da ban sha'awa don kallon hulɗar tsakanin 'yan tantanin halitta huɗu da mai ganga.
Kyakkyawan ingancin wasan da ƙarfinsu mai ban mamaki yana daɗaɗawa. Ƙungiya cikin sauƙi tana motsawa daga jinkirin ƙwararrun mawaƙa zuwa waƙoƙin dutse masu ƙarfi da kuzari. Mawakan sun dauki masu sauraro a kan tafiya na motsin rai wanda ya bar kowa ya gamsu da ƙarshen wasan kwaikwayo.
3) Abin dariya.
Ƙungiyar ba ta taɓa ɗaukar kansu da mahimmanci ba kuma ba sa jin tsoron yin nishaɗi a kan da kuma bayan mataki. Koyaushe akwai 'yan lokutan ban dariya a cikin saitin su. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi dacewa shine Antero da aka zalunta kuma Perttu ya yi ƙarfin hali don gayyatar Paavo don rawa. Da sauri ya amshi tayin sa. Kuma ya zaro kujera ya miƙe yana rawan tsiya, ya zare wando ya nuna wa kowa ɗan wandonsa.
4) Abota.
Yana da wuya a sami ƙungiyar da ke zama tare muddin suna yin wasan kwaikwayo, kayan rikodi, ci gaba da jin daɗin tafiye-tafiye da wasa. Amma gaskiyar cewa membobin Apocalyptica sun ci gaba da jin daɗin kasancewa tare da juna yana da ban sha'awa. Mu'amalarsu a kan mataki na ɗaya daga cikin mahimman sassan wasan kwaikwayonsu na rayuwa. Sannan kuma daya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa “masoya” ke ci gaba da dawowa wannan kungiya.
Ikon canza sautin da aka saba. Apocalyptica bai taɓa jin tsoron gwaji da gwada sabbin abubuwa ba. Kuma a cikin shekaru da yawa, ƙungiyar ta faɗaɗa sautin "asali", ba wai kawai ƙirƙirar abubuwan da suka dace ba, har ma suna ƙara sauti, kayan kida da wasa a nau'o'i daban-daban. Mawakan sun sayar da albam sama da miliyan 4 a duk duniya.
