Plays Metallica by Four Cellos

Plays Metallica by Four Cellos
Studio album by Apocalyptica
Released	June 13, 1996
Genre	Classical, chamber music, cello rock, Symphonic metal
Length	43:24
Label	Mercury/Universal
Apocalyptica chronology
Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (1996) Inquisition Symphony (1998)

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Plays Metallica by Four Cellos is the debut album by Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, released in 1996. It features eight instrumental Metallica covers arranged and played on cellos.

The band was invited to record this album by a label employee after a 1995 show in which they performed some of the songs. The members were initially unsure and thought nobody would listen to such a record, but the employee insisted and they recorded it.^[2] On 22 Jul 2016, a remastered version of the album was released with new bonus tracks.^[3]

Track listing

Original 1996 Release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Metallica album	Length
1.	"Enter Sandman"	Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield	from Metallica	3:41
2.	"Master of Puppets"	Cliff Burton, Hammett, Ulrich, Hetfield	from Master of Puppets	7:17
3.	"Harvester of Sorrow"	Ulrich, Hetfield	from ...And Justice for All	6:15
4.	"The Unforgiven"	Hammett, Ulrich, Hetfield	from Metallica	5:23
5.	"Sad but True"	Ulrich, Hetfield	from Metallica	4:48
6.	"Creeping Death"	Burton, Hammett, Ulrich, Hetfield	from Ride the Lightning	5:08
7.	"Wherever I May Roam"	Ulrich, Hetfield	from Metallica	6:09
8.	"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"	Hammett, Ulrich, Hetfield	from Master of Puppets	5:50

All tracks written by Ulrich, Hetfield.

2016 Remastered bonus tracks
No.	Title	Original Metallica album	Length
9.	"Battery"	from Master of Puppets	4:32
10.	"Nothing Else Matters (2016 Version)"	from Metallica	4:49
11.	"Seek and Destroy"	from Kill 'Em All	4:24

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