Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide

Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide

\r\n"Worlds Collide" is Apocalyptica’s new release, their first since 2005’s self-titled album. Like on their previous release there are also here several guest musicians, including Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on the single "I’m Not Jesus", Till from Rammstein on David Bowie’s song "Heroes", which was also released in German as "Helden" and Till is singing the German version, "I Don’t Care" featuring Adam Grontier of Three Days Grace, "S.O.S (Anything But Love)" featuring Lacuna Coil’s Christina Scabbia while there are as well two guests guitarists Tomoyasu Hotei and Richard Z. Kruspe and last but not least the enormous figure of Dave Lombardo sitting behind the kit on the song "Last Hope". Musicaly, the album has everything that made Apocalyptica so well known and highly acclaimed over those last ten years. Classical music combined with heavy metal arrangements, beautifully executed cello harmonies along with the addition of the metal riffage mimicked perfectly by those classical instruments, some random guitar interplay and the intense use of the drums that Apocalyptica adapted over their latest releases. The album starts with an astonishing piece of work, the title track of the album with some great heavy metal riffs and the incorporated guitar section mixing perfectly with the great cello playing. In the second song there are even some slight industrial elements which kind of ruined my first impression but the main chorus can’t say anything other than that it’s brilliant. Coming to the tracks with the guest appearances, the first one to listen to "I’m Not Jesus" is also the first single of the album and a rather mediocre composition that instantly transforms the unique sound of the Finnish band into something common and indifferent. The David Bowie cover was also a spoiler because I found the severe voice of Rammstein’s frontman somewhat unsuited with the sweet melody of the cellos. "I Don’t Care" comes mostly with a commercial airplay likelihood although the cello background melody it really gives you the goose bumps, while the track featuring Christina Scabbia is another interesting yet average composition. From the other hand Dave Lombardo’s contribution couldn’t just but be defining, and a landmark for the song with an astonishing drum display driving the track into a raging thrash menace. Overall, the album is another great effort by this fine Finnish band but as far as my concern it gets far more interesting when the music is focused on their ingenious instrumentation rather than the different vocals layers that are featured in this album.\r\n

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\r\nVaso Prassa \r\n

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