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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

YouTube user Celloshredder certainly lives up to his name with this Arch Enemy cover, though in a mildly disappointing way. The video is supposed to concentrate mainly on the cello, but the dude's got ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- An all-star punk-metal quartet that reunited two virtuoso members of the legendary experimental band Fantômas returns to the Bay Area when Dead Cross takes the stage at the ...