I wanted to love this, I really did. Apocolyptica are one of the most interesting bands in our universe. A Metal band that uses nothing but cellos, they have carved themselves out a very distinct corner of Metal dom. Their cello led versions of Metal classics are nothing short of awesome. This is their first fully instrumental original material album in seventeen years and... and... it's really rather dull. Horrendously dull. They have somehow removed all the interesting bits that made Apocolyptica so exciting a band and just released the dirge. Hugely disappointing!

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