Caliban (band)
| Caliban | |
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.jpg) Caliban at Rock im Park 2016 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Hattingen , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Metalcore , Melodic Hardcore |
| founding | 1997 as Never Again |
| Website | www.calibanmetal.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Andreas Dörner | |
Rhythm guitar , vocals |
Denis Schmidt (since 2001) |
| Marc Goertz | |
| Marco Schaller (since 2005) | |
| Patrick Grün (since 2003) | |
| former members | |
Electric guitar |
Claus Wilgenbusch (1997 to 1999) |
Electric guitar |
Thomas Sielemann (1999 to 2001) |
Drums |
Robert Krämer (1997 to 2003) |
Electric bass |
Boris Pracht (2004 to 2005) |
Electric bass |
Engin Güres (1997 to 2004) |
Caliban is a German metalcore - band from Hattingen . The name is derived from the deformed son of the witch Sycorax in William Shakespeare's The Tempest . Along with Heaven Shall Burn, Caliban are considered to be the most important representatives of German metalcore.
history
A Small Boy and a Gray Heaven and Vent (1997 to 2002)
Caliban was founded in 1997 in Hattingen under the name Never Again . After six months of playing together, the band recorded two songs for a compilation , which were never released. The songs were sent to various record labels. Lifeforce Records then signed Caliban. The first self-named single came out in the summer of 1998. To make the CD known, Caliban played many gigs across Europe and supported Morning Again , Earth Crisis and Cro-Mags , among others .
After the European tour in 1999, Caliban went into the studio to record their first album A Small Boy and a Gray Heaven . Shortly after the release, Claus Wilgenbusch left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Thomas Sielemann. With Sielemann on second guitar, Caliban recorded four songs for a split with their befriended band Heaven Shall Burn . In April 2001 the band released their second album, Vent , which was also released in Japan via Imperium Records and Howling-Bull Records . Then they played at the Beast Feast Festival with bands like Slayer , Pantera , Machine Head , Biohazard and Morbid Angel .
Shadow Hearts , The Opposite from Within and The Undying Darkness (2002 to 2007)
Shadow Hearts , the band's third album, followed in 2003. A subsequent tour of Japan with Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall made them even more popular. In January 2004, recordings began for the fourth album, The Opposite from Within . For this album they were able to win Anders Fridén , front man for In Flames , for the production. It was mixed by Andy Sneap, who already worked for bands like Machine Head , Arch Enemy and Killswitch Engage. The Opposite from Within was released in September 2004 on the new label Roadrunner Records .
From September to October 2005, Caliban were in the studio to record their fifth studio album, The Undying Darkness . There have been some changes musically. The numerous clean sung parts of guitarist Denis Schmidt are particularly striking. The CD reached number 73 in the German charts, which is an extraordinary success for a metalcore band. In the summer of 2006 the band played at the Wacken Open Air . From spring 2007 to summer 2007 Caliban played as headliners on the Darkness over Europe tour together with All Shall Perish , Bleeding Through and I Killed the Prom Queen concerts all over Europe.
The Awakening and Say Hello to Tragedy (2007 to 2009)
Caliban's sixth album, The Awakening , was released on May 25, 2007 . The CD reached number 36 in the German album charts. In the summer of 2007 Caliban played at many European festivals, including in Germany at the With Full Force and the Summer Breeze . From September to October 2007 Caliban gave concerts all over Europe together with Soilwork , Dark Tranquility and Sonic Syndicate as part of the Eastpak Antidote Tour . On October 23, 2007, the album The Awakening was released in America via Century Media.
In 2009 Roadrunner US changed its label policy and offered the band a 360 ° deal. With this, the record company would not only have benefited from album sales, but would also have received part of the income from the band's concerts and merchandising . Caliban declined the offer and have been under contract with Century Media Records since June 2009 . Their seventh album Say Hello to Tragedy was produced by Benny Richter, co-produced by Marc Görtz and mixed by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz , like the previous album . Say Hello to Tragedy was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on August 21, 2009. The album was released on August 24, 2009 in other European countries and on August 25, 2009 in the USA. The cover artwork for this album was created by Bastian Sobtzick, the front man of the metalcore band Callejon .
I Am Nemesis , Ghost Empire , Gravity and Elements (since 2011)
In May 2011 the EP Coverfield was released . It contains cover versions of four songs ( Rammstein - " Sun ", Type O Negative - "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend", The Beatles - " Helter Skelter " and At the Gates - "Blinded By Fear"). On February 3, 2012, Caliban released their eighth studio album I Am Nemesis , which was also offered as a download version. In addition, the band was on the Get infected Tour 2012 from February 2 to February 25, 2012 . In autumn 2012 the band toured Europe together with As I Lay Dying , Trivium and Upon a Burning Body .
On October 4, 2013, the video This Oath was released as the last extraction from the album I Am Nemesis . The band then worked on their ninth studio album, Ghost Empire, as well as on a DVD that will be included with the album as bonus material. Ghost Empire was released on January 24, 2014. The Art of Christopher Lovell was responsible for the cover artwork .
On March 25, 2016, the tenth studio album Gravity was released.
In January 2018 the eleventh studio album Elements was announced, which was released on April 6, 2018. On February 9, 2018, the first accompanying music video for the song Intoxicated was released .
Discography
Albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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 DE
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 CH
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 AT
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| 1999 | A Small Boy and a Gray Heaven Lifeforce Records |
- | - | - |
First published: December 14, 1999
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| 2001 | Vent Lifeforce Records |
- | - | - |
First published: January 27, 2001
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| 2003 | Shadow Heart Lifeforce Records |
- | - | - |
First published: January 31, 2003
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| 2004 | The Opposite from Within Roadrunner Records |
- | - | - |
First published: September 20, 2004
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| 2006 | The Undying Darkness Roadrunner Records |
DE73 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: February 27, 2006
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| 2007 | The Awakening Roadrunner Records |
DE36 (2 weeks) DE |
AT74 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: May 25, 2007
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| 2009 | Say Hello to Tragedy Century Media |
DE36 (1 week) DE |
AT64 (1 week) AT |
CH87 (1 week) CH |
First published: August 21, 2009
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| 2012 |
I am Nemesis Century Media |
DE21 (2 weeks) DE |
AT47 (1 week) AT |
CH61 (1 week) CH |
First published: February 3, 2012
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| 2014 | Ghost Empire Century Media |
DE7 (3 weeks) DE |
AT32 (1 week) AT |
CH51 (1 week) CH |
First published: January 24, 2014
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| 2016 | Gravity Century Media |
DE15 (2 weeks) DE |
AT26 (2 weeks) AT |
CH27 (1 week) CH |
First published: March 25, 2016
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| 2018 | Elements Century Media |
DE6 (2 weeks) DE |
AT26 (1 week) AT |
CH38 (1 week) CH |
First published: April 6, 2018
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Singles and Promo CDs
- 2003: The Seventh Soul / Scream from the Abyss (Lifeforce Records)
- 2004: The Beloved and the Hatred (Roadrunner Records)
- 2006: It's Our Burden to Bleed (Roadrunner Records)
- 2006: Nothing Is Forever (Roadrunner Records)
- 2007: I Will Never Let You Down (Roadrunner Records)
- 2007: Life Is Too Short (Roadrunner Records)
- 2009: 24 Years / Caliban's Revenge (Century Media)
- 2012: Sonne (Coverfield EP, Century Media)
- 2012: Memorial (Century Media)
- 2014: Nebel (Century Media)
- 2015: The Beloved and the Hatred (re-recorded, Roadrunner Records)
- 2017: BrOKen (Century Media)
Video albums
- 2014: Ghost Empire - On Tour with Caliban 2013 (Century Media)
Others
- 1997: Never Again (demo cassette, no label)
- 1998: Caliban (EP) (Lifeforce Records)
- 1999: Advance Type (demo cassette, Lifeforce Records)
- 2000: The Split Program (Split EP with Heaven Shall Burn; Lifeforce Records)
- 2004: The Opposite from Within (demo cassette, Roadrunner Records)
- 2005: The Split Program II (Split EP with Heaven Shall Burn; Lifeforce Records, Century Media)
- 2011: Coverfield (EP; Century Media)
- 2012: Coverfield 2 (EP; Century Media)
- 2017: Memoirs 2009 - 2017 Collection (Century Media)
Web links
- Official website
- Caliban at Roadrunner Records
- Chart sources: DE / AT / CH
swell
- ^ Eastpak Antidote Tour. antidotetour.com
- ↑ Caliban interview from August 25, 2009 ( Memento from August 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in-your-face.de
- ↑ Caliban Signs To Century Media Records. calibanmetal.com, June 9, 2009
- ↑ News June 2009. calibanmetal.com
- ↑ Caliban with Trivium, As I Lay Dying and Upon A Burnin Body on a European tour on stormbringer.at; Retrieved January 24, 2013
- ↑ Caliban launch 'We Are The Many' video! on stormbringer.at; Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ↑ Manuel Berger: "Gravity" by Caliban. In: laut.de . Retrieved June 6, 2016 .