CORRECTION Berlin, January 10th 2011 – concerning article on www.anwalt24.de from December 31st 2010. Quoted from the original German: “Apocalyptica” pays 45,000 EUR compensation to “Rammstein” due to trademark and naming rights violation after a settlement at the German regional court in Berlin. For their 2007 album “Worlds Collide”, the Finnish cello group “Apocalyptica” recorded tracks with various guest musicians, amongst them Till Lindemann, singer of the band “Rammstein”. Subsequently, the album was advertised with the endorsement “featuring Rammstein”. This occurred nationwide with advertisements in magazines, “City-Light” posters, as well as stickers on sound carriers. An approval of the band “Rammstein“ had not been given. As a result, the music group filed a lawsuit at the German regional court Berlin claiming compensation due to violation of trademark and naming rights of the label “Rammstein”, asserting that a co-operation in the album was implied by usage of the endorsement “featuring Rammstein”. There was disagreement about the exact amount of compensation. This was resolved by suggestion of the court through settlement on October 21st 2010. The parties agreed on payment of 45,000 EUR as an appropriate licensing fee. The file reference of the proceedings is: 16 O 570/08. http://www.anwalt24.de/beitraege-news/fachartikel/eur-45-000-schadensersatz-fuer-unerlaubte-werbung-mit-zusatz-a-featuring-rammstein FACTS The article’s headline is substantially wrong: neither the band Apocalyptica nor their management are or were involved in the described lawsuit. However, the parties involved are the band Rammstein and Sony Music Entertainment GmbH, as the successor of the by now defunct affiliated label “Gun Records”. Apocalyptica and Halbe Miete Management regret the events, but neither had any influence on a violation of trademark and naming rights, nor any part in whatsoever resulting agreements. It is correct, that “Gun Records“ published advertisements with the stated endorsement disregarding existing agreements, and the band Rammstein subsequently filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment GmbH as the parent company. It is furthermore correct, that Sony Music Entertainment GmbH and Rammstein have agreed on a settlement. The details of which, however, are unknown to Apocalyptica and Halbe Miete Management. We ask that further articles on the topic correctly reproduce the facts.

Thank you so much for joining "Mosaic Symphony". The huge album cover mosaic created from your profile pictures was finally completed with 10.000 Apocalyptica fans. Hooray! Please bear with us while we are creating the mosaic image. You will be able to download the printable mosaic poster on December 6th - St. Nicholas' Day here.

Apocalyptica played a memorable show at St. Louis on Aug 31. Lucky you, that it was filmed and made available at iclips.net that you can access it from the internet whenever you want. For $4.99 you can watch the entire concert at iclips.net in high quality. You shouldn't buy a pig in a poke - of course there is a preview of the concert available.

Enjoy: APOCALYPTIVA LIVE AT THE PAGEANT, ST. LOUIS, MO (USA)

Tonight is your lucky night Apocalyptica fans! If you didn’t get a chance to see the band on tour or just want to see them again, we will be streaming their show from St. Louis LIVE tonight at 10pm CST / 11pm EST / 3am GMT on iClips.net. You can also watch the show live on the Apocalyptica Live! tab on their Facebook page! Stay tuned for more info and make sure to tune in tonight!

"7th Symphony" finally enters the stages worldwide! There is a very own fave version for everybody: albums with bonus tracks & a live DVD, USB sticks, classic vinyl & digital exclusives - just pick one.

Apocalyptica - "7th Symphony"


For purists: standard album CD or vinyl with 10 songs.

For the discerning: premium album in hardcover with bonus tracks "Through Paris In A Sports Car " and "Shadow Of The Venus", as well as the live DVD (6 acoustic songs, recorded live at Sibelius Academy, Finland).

For individualists: cello-shaped USB stick with 10 songs, plus "Through Paris In A Sports Car " and "Shadow Of The Venus", as well as "End Of Me" video, tour clip (Ukraine 2010) and digital booklet.

For space-savers: digital versions include standard album with 10 songs and special editions with bonus tracks "Spiral Architect" or "Return Game". Digital iTunes exclusive version with standard album and bonus track "Spiral Architect" / Another digital exclusive with the standard album and bonus track "Return Game" - please find out locally where you can pick up this one.

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Listen to "7th Symphony":
You can listen to the new album here or on www.facebook.com/apocalyptica