Naturelich

Apocalyptica has released their new Album Apocalyptica. Today, Mr Postman brought the special edition which contains three bonues tracks, the Bittersweet video and the Apocalyptica Player software. The bonus material includes a variation on Quutamo with vocals in different languages:

Quite an interesting idea, I think! Together with the increased use of drums (introduced on Reflections) and vocals Apocalyptica has developed their musical style and moved it forward. I think the Finnish band, headlining this year's Rammstein tour, is going into a good direction, although I still very much like the rather quiet titles, inspired by Finnish melancholy.

At any rate, the prize for the hardest song is earned by Betrayal/Forgiveness with Slayer's Dave Lombardo on drums. As discussed elsewhere in this blog, the most romantic and most beautiful (at least to the Naturelich ear) is Ruska. Distraction sounds like a cover of a Metallica track which Metallica has neither written nor performed.

This album is definitely a recommendation for music fans in general and metal/rock fans in particular. Congratulations, Apocalyptica on a wonderful album.