{"id":113,"date":"2007-10-01T13:57:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T12:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=113"},"modified":"2019-11-11T22:53:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:53:52","slug":"apocalyptica-worlds-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Apocalyptica – Worlds Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Release date: September 2007 Label: Sony BMG
\nBy: Elvira Visser<\/a><\/em> <\/small><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Before the album was released the band already leaked some information to the
\n\u00a0 fans. While still being in the process of recording one of the guys already
\n\u00a0 told their fans that the album would be a bit more dark. Maybe even the darkest
\n\u00a0 they had ever written.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Now my ears like to hear that, I am very fond of the dark songs on the previous
\n\u00a0 albums and I was instantly thinking of songs such as \u201cToreador\u201d from
\n\u00a0 the Inquisition Symphony album. The guys proved in the last couple of years
\n\u00a0 that they are very capable of leaving the path they had once chosen with covering
\n\u00a0 songs by Metallica, since then they have been on a musical journey and with
\n\u00a0 this album they surely did not go off track.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Some weeks or even months before the release the management posted a little
\n\u00a0 teaser for the fans on their website and myspace. There would be collaborations
\n\u00a0 with multiple artists. First one was Corey Taylor (Stone Sour). This collaboration
\n\u00a0 was clearly to get a hold on the American market, which is a goal of the band.
\n\u00a0 I was quite anxious about this because there have been bands before them, with
\n\u00a0 the same dream, with an own sound trying to set foot on the American market.
\n\u00a0 Which in the end were changing their music, losing their own sound. Apocalyptica
\n\u00a0 clearly has that own sound, beautiful arranged cello melodies woven into the
\n\u00a0 harsh raging sound of the cello strings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Not much later it was announced that there would be up to five collaborations.
\n\u00a0 Fuck! That was my very first thought. I mean I love their old collaborations
\n\u00a0 such like: “Seemann” (Nina Hagen), “Path” (Sandra Nasic)
\n\u00a0 and more recent \u201cBittersweet\u201d and \u201cLife burns\u201d. Though they
\n\u00a0 made me really curious after announcing with whom they would work with. Till
\n\u00a0 Lindemann (Rammstein), Corey Taylor and Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) are quite
\n\u00a0 some names.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 First released was the single: \u201cI’m Not Jesus\u201d with Corey Taylor and
\n\u00a0 opinions were varied. Personally I really like the track, Corey’s sound fits
\n\u00a0 great with the cellos, but it sounds more as a Stone Sour song with Apocalyptica
\n\u00a0 instead of the other way around. Are they loosing the original cello sound?<\/p>\n

\u00a0 This question was answered pretty fast when I got a copy of the new album \u201cWorlds
\n\u00a0 Collide\u201d.
\n\u00a0 I am simply amazed. Let me explain this to you with some of the songs.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The first song is the title song of the album \u201cWorlds Collide\u201d and
\n\u00a0 starts very thin, very beautifully, very core cello but before you start to
\n\u00a0 think you put on a classical record, the drums kick in at full speed and delivers
\n\u00a0 deliver a thrashy sound. Then a slower part comes back and fades again, really
\n\u00a0 colliding parts of music into one great peace. One part reminds me a bit of
\n\u00a0 \u201cBetrayal\u201d from their \u201cApocalytpica\u201d album. There is this
\n\u00a0 change this break but then it is building around it towards that thrashy sound
\n\u00a0 again.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Of the song Grace I have to mention a little part because first of all you
\n\u00a0 clearly can hear a guitar in this song. There is little bridge with the guitar
\n\u00a0 playing simple notes, the cello presents on the background like a buzzing sound,
\n\u00a0 persistently and the drums build up the tension. Though they used a guitar in
\n\u00a0 this song it is a fine piece of work, the guitar tends to sound cello-like at
\n\u00a0 some places and the other way around.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cLast Hope\u201d must be my favourite on this album. What they do with
\n\u00a0 the cello’s in here is amazing. They sound more raging than ever accompanied
\n\u00a0 with Dave Lombardo’s drumming skills. The tempo is changing throughout the song,
\n\u00a0 from fast to unbelievable fast back and forth. I think if you have an old CD
\n\u00a0 player it might crash, this is pure energy, pure tilt, pure structured chaos
\n\u00a0 of drumming madness.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 For the best collaboration I would go for \u201cI Don’t Care\u201d. Adam Gontier
\n\u00a0 (Three Days Grace) starts slowly and maybe again a bit classical and that is
\n\u00a0 exactly what I needed. This collaboration I like the most, maybe because the
\n\u00a0 cellos are still dominantly present. It starts a bit slower but bursts out in
\n\u00a0 a powerful ballad with a very catchy not too difficult chorus. It is a vocal
\n\u00a0 sound but still the cello sound is most prominent.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Because I have the special edition I have two bonus songs and I am very pleased
\n\u00a0 with that.
\n\u00a0 Mainly because we have had songs from all the band members but never did one
\n\u00a0 of Paavo’s works reach the CD’s. But now we can hear some of his works from
\n\u00a0 him. \u201cDreamer\u201d is totally different from the rest of the album and
\n\u00a0 therefore probably a bonus song although for me this is the perfect ending.
\n\u00a0 This is pure cello, no drums. Classical, dark and melancholic but easy to listen
\n\u00a0 to. Really dreamlike. It will relax you after the other songs have pumped up
\n\u00a0 your energy levels with those thrashy and pounding tempo’s, yet the only sad
\n\u00a0 thing is that it ends unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Although I had a lot of negative thoughts before I heard the album, they really
\n\u00a0 managed to convince me yet again that they are a marvellous set of musicians.
\n\u00a0 It is really up to you to judge for yourself, and you should, because they delivered
\n\u00a0 a fine piece of work.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0 1 Worlds Collide
\n\u00a0 2 Grace
\n\u00a0 3 I’m Not Jesus
\n\u00a0 4 Ion
\n\u00a0 5 Helden
\n\u00a0 6 Stroke
\n\u00a0 7 Last Hope
\n\u00a0 8 I Don’t Care
\n\u00a0 9 Burn
\n\u00a0 10 S.O.S (Anything But Love)
\n\u00a0 11 Peace\u00a0 Bonus:
\n\u00a0 12 Ural
\n\u00a0 13 Dreamer \u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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