''The Best of Apocalyptica'' is a Greatest hits album released in 2002 by the

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group Apocalyptica. It contains covers from their previous releases and was only released in Japan.

Track listing

Notes

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''. # These songs are from the album '' Inquisition Symphony''.

Credits

Apocalyptica

Eicca Toppinen Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975) is a Finnish cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four str ...

– cello * Perttu Kivilaakso – cello * Paavo Lötjönen – cello

Additional personnel

Max Lilja Max Lilja (born 27 October 1975) is a Finnish cello player. He is best known as a founding member of the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, a band he left in 2001 to join the Finnish thrash metal band Hevein. Beginning in 2007, Lilja has ...

– cello (2-13) * Antero Manninen – cello (3, 4, 7, 8, 10 & 12)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Apocalyptica Apocalyptica albums 2002 greatest hits albums