I've made an addition to my mp3 collection today. Though a long and uninteresting story I ended up this morning being given a version of Hall of the Mountain King by a band I had never head of.

They are a three piece band from Finland, playing "heavy cello thunder" music whilst calling themselves Apocalyptica.

Their style is rather unique, to me at least. They have a sort of metalish rocky sound produced entirely by these three cellos. They're great to listen to, surprisingly.

But what's more interesting is that rather randomly I'm going to see them. Looking on their website after hearing this track I was given earlier, they had a news item:

Apocalyptica will be the support act for the Rammstein concerts in February 2005. For more info take a look on the Rammstein homepage: www.rammstein.com!

I just happen to be going to the Rammstein gig in London on the 6th. Fantastic, for once I'll have heard of the support band and I already know I quite like them.