Classify Finnish Cellist/Drumer/Pianist Eicca Toppinen from Neoclassical Metal Band Apocalyptica

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Eicca Toppinen


Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975 in Vantaa, Finland,) is a Finnish cellist, songwriter, musician,
composer, producer, arranger, and (as a hobby) drummer. He also plays the piano.
In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eicca_Toppinen

Apocalyptica are a Finnish Symphonic metal, cello rock band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 1993.

The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso
(all three of whom are graduates of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki) and drummer Mikko Sirén.

Originally a Metallica tribute band, their music borrows elements from a wide variety
of genres including classical music, neoclassical metal, speed metal, alternative metal,
post-grunge, hard rock, progressive metal, thrash metal and symphonic metal.
They also incorporate some influences from Middle Eastern music, world music and folk music.

They have sold over four million albums to date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica

http://www.apocalyptica.com/en/

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[XenophobicPrussian]

If I'm honest, it took me awhile trying to classify whether he's male/female, lol. I don't mean that in an insulting way. Nothing to do with the long hair either.

I'd say Nordid-Baltid(which probably deserves its own name/category by now), but once again, I'm no expert at all. I'd say this is by far the most common type in Finland, not the tiny minority Lappish/Mongoloid/Uralic type examples people love to show when talking about Finland.

Also Lullaby, you should try getting into more old/underground metal, it's a lot better than the mainstream stuff, imo. ^^