LACUNA COIL, GOJIRA Members To Guest On New APOCALYPTICA CD

Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Dave Lombardo (SLAYER), Tomoyasu Hotei (superstar Japanese composer, whose credits include the "Kill Bill" soundtrack), Joseph Duplantier (GOJIRA) and Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL) are among the confirmed musicians who have recorded guest appearances on the upcoming album from Finnish cello-rockers APOCALYPTICA, tentatively due in September. The CD is being produced by Jacob Hellner (RAMMSTEIN).

APOCALYPTICA recently finished filming a video in Los Angeles with director Tony Petrossian (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, RISE AGAINST, SLIPKNOT) for the song "I'm Not Jesus". Making a guest appearance in the track and the clip is STONE SOUR/SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor.

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo took part in a recording session with APOCALYPTICA last fall (photo) during SLAYER's "Unholy Alliance" tour stop in Helsinki, Finland.

APOCALYPTICA will perform an eight-minute medley tomorrow (Saturday, May 12) during the Eurovision Song Contest broadcast in front of several million TV viewers.

During the summer the band will open for METALLICA on several shows in Europe. APOCALYPTICA has also booked two gigs in Sweden in the fall — at Arenan in Stockholm on October 19 and at KB in Malmö on October 20. Tickets will go on sale May 14.