Lightning cross
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June 16, 2012 via Four Music |
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Title (number) |
11 + 1 |
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running time |
43 min 29 s |
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Guest musicians:
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Colin Richardson , Ted Jensen (Mastering) |
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Blitzkreuz is the fourth studio album by the German metalcore band Callejon . It was released on June 16, 2012 via Four Music . The album includes eleven songs as well as a hidden track with a black tone .
Blitzkreuz rose to 9th place in Germany and 32nd place in Austria . Guest musicians were Nico Seyfrid from KIZ , Mille Petrozza from Kreator and Sebastian Madsen in the piece Porn from Spain II .
The album was produced by Colin Richardson , the mastering was done by Grammy winner Ted Jensen .
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1. | Lightning cross | 3:52 |
| 2. | Coyote UGLY | 3:23 |
| 3. | My love | 3:37 |
| 4th | Atlantis | 5:11 |
| 5. | forget Me Not | 3:42 |
| 6th | Porn from Spain II (ft. Nico , Mille Petrozza & Sebastian Madsen ) | 3:42 |
| 7th | Before you go | 3:57 |
| 8th. | Polar | 4:11 |
| 9. | What remains are you | 3:41 |
| 10. | Take me away | 3:37 |
| 11. | Child in the fog | 4:28 |
| 12. | Black tone ( hidden track ) | 7:18 |
Tours and promotion
Between October 24th and November 10th 2012 the group played twelve concerts, eleven of which were held in Germany and one in Austria . The concert tour was accompanied by the post-hardcore band Eskimo Callboy and the electronic project of the KIZ rapper Nico Seyfrid , WassBass . The entire Blitzkreuz tour was sold out. The tour ended on November 10, 2012 in the Live Music Hall in Cologne , Germany hit the headlines after parts of the ceiling fell into the audience and eleven people were injured. The musicians prevented a mass panic . Even days after the canceled concert, the situation remained tense. The criminal police investigated at times on suspicion of vandalism and multiple dangerous bodily harm. The concert was rescheduled later in the E-Werk .
On March 1, 2013, the band was seen in the program On Tape on ZDFkultur . A concert that the group had given the day before was broadcast in full. The group had an appearance at Circus HalliGalli on March 25 of the same year. Appearances at With Full Force and Wacken Open Air followed . Together with the Japanese band Coldrain and the British band While She Sleeps , Callejon was seen in February 2014 in the opening act for Bullet for My Valentine on their European tour. It was the group's first ever European concert tour. This led Callejon through Germany , Luxembourg , France , Italy , Austria , the Netherlands and Switzerland , the Czech Republic and Poland .
success
Commercially
Blitzkreuz entered the German album charts at number 9, which is the first top ten position and only the second chart listing for the band in Germany . The album stayed in the charts for two weeks. In addition, the album made it to number 32 in the album charts in Austria , which is also the band's first international chart listing. Blitzkreuz stayed there for a week.
| Charts | Top position |
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 Germany album Top 100
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9 | 2 |
 Austria album top 40
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32 | 1 |
Reviews
Michael Edele from the online music magazine Laut.de describes that the band is following in the footsteps of the Swedish melodic death metal band Sonic Syndicate with pieces like Coyote UGLY and especially Meine Liebe , but without being able to leave their own mark. In Porn from Spain II show the group where their musical roots are. In order to bring out the verbal wrap-arounds appropriately, the group brought three major musicians on board: Nico Seyfrid , Mille Petrozza and Sebastian Madsen . Lyrically, the group has become tamer, which is what the critic makes when switching from Nuclear Blast to a major label. However, according to Edele, there are also interesting texts in the album that are worth reading. He called the last piece of child in the fog "Emo Schmonzette". Edele gave the album 3 out of 5 points.
Florian Krapp from the German Metal Hammer described that the change to a major by no means led to a complete change in style and that they were able to further refine their music style with a thicker production. In the eponymous piece Blitzkreuz , previous albums such as Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé are even cited. Krapp writes that with this album the group was delivering "really big tennis". He awarded a rating of 6 out of 7 possible points. Fabian Just from the Metal.de portal wrote that the band, despite catchy hits, “had enough metal and eggs to bring the mosh pits to a boil in the republic.” Fabian Just awarded a total of eight points. Peter Kubaschk from Powermetal.de is of the opinion that the songs come across as varied, from rock-hard to ballad-like. The songs were conceived for the stage and would be very well received there, but the critic sees the previous videodrom as the band's better album. Nevertheless, the album received a rating of seven points.
Awards
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Metal Hammer Awards
- 2013: Metal Anthem for Porn from Spain II ( won )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Chart tracking: AT - DE ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Allschools Network : Callejon - Blitzkreuz Critique
- ↑ a b Timo: Rock am Ring Blog : Review: Callejon - 11/10/2012 Cologne Live Music Hall
- ↑ Mediacenter.de : Callejon - with Screamo Metal in the charts
- ↑ Stern Online : Eleven injured at a heavy metal concert in Cologne
- ^ Robert Baumanns: Express : Shock in the Live Music Hall: Metal rockers prevented mass panic
- ↑ wookubus: The PRP : Bullet For My Valentine Announce Early 2014 European Tour With While She Sleeps & Callejon
- ↑ Party failure : BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - European tour with CALLEJON and WHILE SHE SLEEPS in February 2014
- ↑ Michael Edele: Laut.de : Callejon - lightning cross criticism
- ↑ Florian Krapp: Callejon - Blitzkreuz criticism
- ↑ Fabian Just: Metal.de : Callejon - Blitzkreuz Critique
- ^ Peter Kubaschk: Powermetal.de : Callejon - lightning cross criticism
