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One of the best ever songs is Metallica's "One". But one of the better songs than that is "One" played by Apocalyptica. Don't know why but Metallica, in their stuff before 1991, had always that noble flavor of classical music in their songs. Probably that's why their tunes played on cellos are so fantastic. And more than that - those songs on cellos sound like original songs, not covers.
But "One" is the jewel on the crown. The way it begins, is something one could recognize anytime, anywhere, even if they can't put their finger on it. It the same intro with the cello. A signle cello, it's strings being pinched. But then... then starts this mysterious "voice" of the cello, with an intricate lament. It doesn';t have the brutalness and the violence of the way it is sung by Hetfield. It has this shade of melancoly, of serene sadness. And on the background, is even a huskier voice, that supports the soft lament of the first cello. There's no yelling-barking-shrieking, it's not that desperate pain, that sudden cringe into the self. It is pain with dignity, a soft yet dark pitched lament. And when they all play together, all them cellos, each on its part, so different, yet so completing eachother. It is somehow almost a full of hope part of the tune. But then, when they start at unison, they get so powerful, so threatening, so brutal, it's that hurricane, that twister that descends to the ground and starts spinning and getting thicker and bigger, running fast over the surface of the Earth, with such violence, crushing everything in its way, buildings, cars, farm animals. The sound gets even sharper and more brutal than the guitar original one. Mostly because they had to substitute them. And when the higher notes part, substituting the guitar solo, it's just Hell breaking loose, just to unite with the voice of the other cellos and crush on everything that's left standing until the finish.