7th Symphony (album)

7th Symphony
Studio album by
Apocalyptica
ReleasedAugust 20, 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Length52:03 (standard edition)
57:42 (deluxe edition)
LabelSony Music Germany/Columbia, Jive (US)
Producer
Apocalyptica chronology
Worlds Collide
(2007) 		7th Symphony
(2010) 		Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig
(2013)
Singles from 7th Symphony
  1. "End of Me"
    Released: June 28, 2010
  2. "Broken Pieces"
    Released: October 22, 2010
  3. "Not Strong Enough"
    Released: November 1, 2010 (UK)

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Apocalyptica Prepare for New Album "7th Symphony" Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine" Apocalyptica.com. May 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Siebtes Studioalbum "7th Symphony" erscheint am 20. August. Erste Single "End of Me" feat. Gavin Rossdale ab 6. August erhältlich Archived 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine" Apocalyptica.de. May 5, 2010
  4. ^ List of future releases on Alternative Radio Stations Allaccess.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  5. ^ Apocalyptica Pulls Smith's Vocals For Single AlternativeAddiction.com. January 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Apocalyptica – New Album Information (World Collide)" metalstorm.net July 3, 2007