Past Vancouver visits have seen Apocalyptica play clubs like Richard’s on Richards and the Commodore. Toppinen, Kivilaakso, and Paavo Lötjönen have now graduated to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, which ...

Enter Apocalyptica and one of metal’s greatest, most unlikely success stories. By any account it’s the stuff of legend, and it’s about to come full circle. Cast your mind back thirty years.

Last year, longtime way-more-than-a-classical-tribute-band Apocalyptica released the overdue sequel to their 1996 head-turner, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos with Plays Metallica, Vol. 2.