Thirty years ago, four classically trained musicians from Helsinki stunned the metal world with their unprecedented approach to metal. Their debut ‘Plays Metallica by Four Cellos’, an album with nothing but Metallica covers, hit the metal scene like a cluster bomb. Before long they started writing their own material, shaking off the label of a Metallica tribute band. In 2005 they recruited a drummer but their neoclassical style still left no room for guitars. They’ve gone on to play with some of the finest names in metal both live and in the studio, including Dave Lombardo, Metallica and Gojira’s Joseph Duplantier. Meanwhile reduced to a trio, things have come full circle for the Finnish band with the release of ‘Plays Metallica Vol. 2’. #GMM25
