Finnish cellist APOCALYPTICA have issued a statement in response to the Anwalt24.de report that they have been ordered to pay 45,000€ stemming from an advertising campaign in Germany from the band's 2007 release, Worlds Collide. The judgment was entered in Germany late last week awarding compensation to RAMMSTEIN for trademark infringement.

In 2007, the Finnish cellist group, Apocalyptica, released Worlds Collide, featuring many guest musicians, including Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann. Promoting the album's release on stickers, magazines and posters were the words "featuring Rammstein" which wasn't authorized by the band.

Apocalyptica's official statement reads as follows:

"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.

As previously reported, Apocalyptica are being forced to remove the vocals of SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith off the group's new single, 'Not Strong Enough', after the band failed to secure the right to release the song to radio with Smith's voice on it from Shinedown's label, Atlantic Records.