2010 studio album by Apocalyptica
7th Symphony
is the seventh
studio album
by the Finnish
cello metal
band
Apocalyptica
. It was released on August 20, 2010, in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, August 23, 2010, in the rest of the world, and August 24, 2010, in the U.S. and Canada. Released three years after their previous album
Worlds Collide
, Apocalyptica continued the practice of having four tracks with featured vocalists, while the remaining tracks are all instrumental.
Dave Lombardo
of
Slayer
was once again featured on drums, on the track entitled "2010". The band toured with touring vocalist Tipe Johnson in support of the album in Europe, Mexico, Canada, the US and Venezuela since the summer of 2010.
The first single "End of Me" with
Gavin Rossdale
of
Bush
on vocals, was premiered on Finnish Radio Ylex on June 7, 2010. It received radio play June 28, 2010,
[2]
and its release date was on August 6, 2010, in Germany.
[3]
The second single from the album, "Broken Pieces" with
Lacey Sturm
, formerly of
Flyleaf
, was released in October 2010. The third single, "Not Strong Enough" featuring
Brent Smith
, was released in November 2010, but not in the US, where another version of the song, featuring Doug Robb of
Hoobastank
on vocals, started playing on US radio on January 18, 2011.
[4]
The song was re-recorded with Robb after the band failed to secure the rights to release the song with Smith's vocals to U.S. radio from Shinedown's label,
Atlantic Records
.
[5]
Accordingly, the promotional video for "Not Strong Enough" was re-released with Doug Robb replacing all scenes that were initially shot with Brent Smith.
The track "Bring Them to Light" was originally written for
Worlds Collide
, but both
Joe Duplantier
(of
Gojira
) and Apocalyptica were unhappy with the original, and so they decided to re-work the track, and re-record it for their next studio album.
[6]
Track listing
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All tracks produced by
Joe Barresi
, except for "Not Strong Enough" and "Broken Pieces" produced by
Howard Benson
.
Standard edition
Title
| Writer(s)
|
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1.
| "At the Gates of Manala"
| Perttu Kivilaakso
,
Paavo Lotjonen
,
Mikko Siren
, Eicca Toppinen
| 7:03
|
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2.
| "
End of Me
" (feat.
Gavin Rossdale
of
Bush
)
| Johnny Andrews, Gavin Rossdale, Toppinen
| 3:29
|
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3.
| "
Not Strong Enough
" (feat.
Brent Smith
of
Shinedown
)
| Diane Warren
| 3:36
|
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4.
| "2010" (feat.
Dave Lombardo
of
Slayer
)
| Kivilaakso, Lombardo, Lotjonen, Siren
| 4:32
|
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5.
| "Beautiful"
| Kivilaakso
| 2:19
|
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6.
| "Broken Pieces" (feat.
Lacey Sturm
of
Flyleaf
)
| Fiora Cutler
, Guy Sigsworth, Toppinen
| 3:55
|
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7.
| "On the Rooftop with Quasimodo"
| Siren
| 5:00
|
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8.
| "Bring Them to Light" (feat.
Joe Duplantier
of
Gojira
)
| Duplantier, Toppinen
| 4:42
|
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9.
| "Sacra
[A]
"
| Siren, Toppinen
| 4:22
|
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10.
| "Rage of Poseidon"
| Kivilaakso, Lotjonen, Siren, Toppinen
| 8:49
|
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11.
| "Return Game" (bonus track when downloaded from
Amazon
)
| Toppinen
| 4:16
|
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Total length:
| 52:03
|
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- Notes
- A
^
"Sacra" is partly inspired by Finnish folk song "Peltoniemen Hintriikan Surumarssi".
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Release
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7th Symphony
was released in six different formats.
Standard CD
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Contains the standard 10-track album.
Vinyl LP
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Contains the standard 10-track album.
Limited edition CD/DVD
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Contains 12 songs (additional tracks being "Through Paris in A Sportscar" and "The Shadow of Venus") and a bonus DVD with filmed acoustic recordings from a session at the Sibelius Academy in Finland, recorded on June 4, 2010.
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
Title
| Writer(s)
|
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5.
| "Through Paris in a Sportscar"
| Siren
| 3:52
|
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12.
| "The Shadow of Venus"
| Kivilaakso, Toppinen
| 4:04
|
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Bonus DVD "Acoustic at The Sibelius Academy" (live performance)
Title
|
---|
1.
| "Beautiful"
| 2:37
|
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2.
| "Not Strong Enough" (feat. Tipe Johnson of
Leningrad Cowboys
)
| 4:06
|
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3.
| "End of Me" (feat. Tipe Johnson)
| 3:25
|
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4.
| "
I Don't Care
" (feat. Tipe Johnson)
| 3:40
|
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5.
| "Sacra"
| 4:05
|
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6.
| "
Bittersweet
"
| 3:40
|
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Digital download
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Digital download versions include the standard 10-track edition and the limited 12-track edition of the album, with additional bonus tracks "Spiral Architect" or "Return Game". The iTunes bonus track "Spiral Architect" is a cover of
Black Sabbath
and was also featured in the free CD available with the September 2010 issue of
Metal Hammer
.
iTunes deluxe edition bonus track
Title
| Writer(s)
|
---|
13.
| "Spiral Architect" (
Black Sabbath
cover from
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
(1973))
| Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
| 3:16
|
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USB stick
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A cello-shaped USB stick with 10 songs, plus "Through Paris In A Sports Car " and "The Shadow Of Venus", as well as "End Of Me" video,
On the Road with Apocalyptica
tour film (Ukraine 2010) and digital booklet.
Limited red vinyl
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Contains standard 10-track album. Released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland only.
Reception
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Phil Freeman of
Allmusic
felt that
7th Symphony
was a "string tribute"
[1]
while Merlin Alderslade of
Rock Sound
said it was not a spectacular album in comparison to Apocalyptica's previous album
Worlds Collide
.
[8]
Personnel
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Guest musicians
Charts
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Chart (2010)
|
Provider
|
Peak
position
|
Certification
|
Sales
[10]
/
shipments
|
Finnish Albums Chart
[11]
|
IFPI/YLE
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
German Albums Chart
[12]
|
IFPI/Media Control
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
Mexican Albums Chart
[13]
|
AMPROFON
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
Polish Albums Chart
[14]
|
OLiS/ZPAV
|
5
|
Gold
[15]
|
10.000
[16]
|
References
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- ^
a
b
c
Freeman, Phil.
"Apocalyptica ? 7th Symphony > Review"
.
Allmusic
. Retrieved
August 26,
2010
.
- ^
"
Apocalyptica Prepare for New Album "7th Symphony"
Archived
2010-08-01 at the
Wayback Machine
"
Apocalyptica.com.
May 18, 2010.
- ^
"
Siebtes Studioalbum "7th Symphony" erscheint am 20. August. Erste Single "End of Me" feat. Gavin Rossdale ab 6. August erhaltlich
Archived
2010-06-01 at the
Wayback Machine
"
Apocalyptica.de.
May 5, 2010
- ^
List of future releases on Alternative Radio Stations
Allaccess.com.
Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^
Apocalyptica Pulls Smith's Vocals For Single
AlternativeAddiction.com.
January 8, 2011.
- ^
"
Apocalyptica ? New Album Information (World Collide)
"
metalstorm.net
July 3, 2007
- ^
Seventh Symphony
liner notes.
- ^
a
b
Alderslade, Merlin.
"Apocalyptica ? 7th Symphony > Review"
.
Rock Sound
.
Archived
from the original on 29 August 2010
. Retrieved
September 7,
2010
.
- ^
P., J.
"Album Review: Apocalyptica ? 7th Symphony"
. Type 3 Media. Archived from
the original
on 2010-09-18
. Retrieved
September 15,
2010
.
- ^
Certification award levels
Archived
2011-07-26 at the
Wayback Machine
IFPI
. Retrieved August 2009.
- ^
Suomen virallinen lista ? IFPI.fi
- ^
"Metal-Band Accept im Hohenflug"
(in German).
Media Control Charts
. August 31, 2010
. Retrieved
August 3,
2011
.
- ^
"Mexican Charts > Apocalyptica: 7th Symphony"
(PDF)
.
amprofon.com.mx
. AMPROFON. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on December 2, 2007
. Retrieved
September 4,
2010
.
- ^
"Polish Album sales chart for 23.08.2010 ? 29.08.2010"
.
OLiS
. Retrieved
August 3,
2011
.
- ^
"List of Polish Gold certifications"
(in Polish).
ZPAV
. Archived from
the original
on 21 July 2011
. Retrieved
August 3,
2011
.
- ^
"Polish Certification Award levels"
(in Polish).
ZPAV
. Archived from
the original
on 21 July 2011
. Retrieved
August 3,
2011
.
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