If you went to a park and saw a man in his underwear playing death metal music on a cello and two kick drums, would you tip him? Surprisingly, that's exactly what some bystanders did and, yes, it has ...

The deep, cavernous sounds of the cello are perfect for heavy metal. They can be dark and brooding. They provide a nice, long bass sound that’ s a perfect backup to songs about sadness and destruction ...

Raphael Weinroth-Browne is back with another of his patented cello covers of metal songs — you might remember his renditions of Lamb of God’s “Walk with Me in Hell” and Opeth’s “Harvest” — this time ...

Like the titular whirlpool of their second album Corryvreckan, Hand Of Kalliach’s rush of melodic death metal and Gaelic folk music will pull you under a vortex of powerful guitars and ethereal siren ...

Earlier in the fall we shared a cover of Opeth’s “Harvest” on nine cellos, arranged and performed by Raphael Weinroth-Browne. What made that cover so much fun to listen to is how extraordinarily ...

Six million albums later and constantly on tour they return to their roots: without Metallica there would be no Apocalyptica. They walk on stage clutching ordinary, wooden acoustic cellos. Despite the ...

The old adage says that the third time is the charm, and for Apocalyptica and Lacuna Coil, hopefully that proves true as they've just announced rescheduled North American 'Cell-O' tour dates set for ...

Luka %u0160uli%u0107 and Stjepan Hauser make up 2Cellos They posted their version of "Smooth Criminal" on YouTube in 2011 and their careers took off A song off their ...

This week’s concert offerings are best described as “eclectic.” After all, they include an all-cello ensemble playing Metallica’s greatest hits, a Japanese psych-rock act keen on experimental sounds, ...

Sergei Roldugin, the professional cellist most famous for holding top posts in Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, told the New York Times in 2014 that he was no more than a humble musician. “I ...

So what do cello players do when they are not performing with a symphony orchestra or their own bands or jazz combos? In Portland, Ore., they have banded together to form their own cello universe, in ...