Caliban (band)
Caliban | |
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 Caliban at Rock am Ring 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Essen, Germany |
| Genres | Metalcore |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Lifeforce, Roadrunner, Century Media |
| Website | calibanmetal |
| Members | Andreas Dörner Denis Schmidt Marc Görtz Marco Schaller Patrick Grün |
| Past members | Andreas Nikolaou Engin Güres Boris Pracht Robert Krämer |
Caliban are a German metalcore band from Essen.[1] They have released twelve studio albums, two EPs and two split albums with Heaven Shall Burn to date.
History[]
Caliban was formed in Essen, Germany in 1997 under the name Never Again.[2] After six months of playing together, the band recorded their first two songs for a demo, which were never released. The songs were sent to several record labels, and Lifeforce Records was the first to offer the band a record deal. The band's first self-titled EP came out in the summer of 1998. To promote it, Caliban played many shows all over Europe and a few support shows for bands including Morning Again, Earth Crisis and Cro-Mags.
After their European tour in 1999, Caliban entered the studio to record their first full-length entitled A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven. The CD received favorable reviews in many big magazines and many smaller hardcore and metal zines. They also released the first part of a split-CD with Heaven Shall Burn, named The Split Program.
Vent came out in April 2001. Vent was released by Imperium Records and by Howling-Bull Records in Japan. Shortly after the release, Caliban was offered the opportunity to tour Japan to play the Beast-Feast 2001 in the Yokohama Arena, sharing stage with bands including Slayer, Pantera, Machine Head, Biohazard and Morbid Angel. The Japan trip was followed by a U.S. tour with Bloodjinn, which was interrupted by the September 11 attacks.
In August 2002, Caliban recorded their third official release Shadow Hearts. This record was more melodic and harmonic than its predecessors. In 2004 the band got a record deal with Roadrunner Records in Europe (Abacus Recordings in the US) and started to record their fourth album, The Opposite from Within, alongside producer Anders Fridén, who is known for fronting In Flames.
In July 2005, the band released the second part of their split-CD with their friends from Heaven Shall Burn, called The Split Program II. The band released their fifth album called The Undying Darkness in February 2006 and toured with All Shall Perish, Bleeding Through and I Killed the Prom Queen for the "Darkness over Europe" tour.
In 2007, Caliban recorded their album The Awakening with producer Benny Richter and it was released in Germany on 25 May. The album reached 36 in the German charts.
In 2009, the band toured with German band Kreator on the "Chaos Over Europe Tour". They also signed a worldwide contract with Century Media Records. They released their new album, Say Hello to Tragedy, on 24 August 2009. This album - just like The Awakening - reached 36th place on the German media charts. In October and November they toured Europe on the "Beastfest European Tour 2009" with Suicide Silence, German friend-band Maroon and American acts Emmure and After the Burial.
Caliban entered the studio in February and recorded a cover EP titled Coverfield, released in May 2011. The album consists of 4 songs, although more songs were recorded and may be released later. In mid August, the band entered the studio to finish writing and recording a new full-length album to be released in early 2012.[3] At the beginning of September the band posted a message on their official site, saying that the songwriting is complete and that 12 songs were made. The new album titled I Am Nemesis was released on 3 February.[4]
Stormbringer Magazin of Germany Caliban is writing and recording a new full-length album for January 2014. The band released Ghost Empire on 24 January 2014 via Century Media Records. In February 2014, Caliban entered the German Media Control Charts at #7 for this album.[5][6] In the beginning of 2015 they toured with Bury Tomorrow, Dream On, Dreamer and Any Given Day.
Caliban then released the album, Gravity, in the spring of 2016, and via social media teased an upcoming project in 2017, with a possible release date of 2018.
On 6 April 2018, Caliban released their latest album, Elements.
Three years after their previous album, Caliban release a new album titled Zeitgeister on May 14, 2021. This release reunites some old tracks now sung and re-recorded in German language. Additionally, Zeitgeister includes one previously unreleased song, "nICHts".[7]
Band members[]
- Caliban live at Rockharz Open Air 2019
Andreas Dörner
Marc Görtz
Denis Schmidt
Marco Schaller
Patrick Grün
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Current members
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Former members
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Timeline
Discography[]
| Caliban discography | |
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| Studio albums | 12 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Split albums | 2 |
Studio albums[]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
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| GER [8] |
AUT [9] |
SWI [10] |
BEL (WA) [11] | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Vent
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2003 | Shadow Hearts
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2004 | The Opposite from Within
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2006 | The Undying Darkness
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73 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2007 | The Awakening
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36 | 74 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Say Hello to Tragedy
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36 | 64 | 87 | — | ||||||||||
| 2012 | I Am Nemesis
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21 | 47 | 61 | — | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Ghost Empire
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7 | 32 | 51 | 184 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Gravity
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15 | 26 | 27 | 123 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Elements
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6 | 26 | 38 | — | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Zeitgeister
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15 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Dystopia
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TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
EPs[]
| Title | Album details |
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| Caliban |
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| Coverfield |
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Split albums[]
| Title | Album details |
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| The Split Program
with Heaven Shall Burn |
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| The Split Program II
with Heaven Shall Burn |
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Music videos[]
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Forsaken Horizon" | 2003 | N/A |
| "The Beloved and the Hatred" | 2004 | N/A |
| "It's Our Burden to Bleed" | 2006 | N/A |
| "Nothing Is Forever" | N/A | |
| "I Will Never Let You Down" | 2007 | N/A |
| "24 Years" | 2009 | N/A |
| "Caliban's Revenge" | N/A | |
| "Walk Like the Dead" | 2011 | N/A |
| "Memorial" | N/A | |
| "We Are the Many" | 2013 | N/A |
| "This Oath" | Julian Topehlen | |
| "Devil's Night" | 2014 | Lars Reinert |
| "Paralyzed" | 2016 | Moritz Maibaum |
| "brOKen" | 2017 | Mirko Witzki |
| "Intoxicated" | 2018 | Michael Winkler |
| "Before Later Becomes Never" | Michael Winkler | |
| "Ich Blute Für Dich" | Sebastian Biesler & Mirko Witzki | |
| "Intoleranz" | 2021 | Der Pakt |
| "nICHts" | ||
| "Nichts ist für immer" | N/A | |
| "Ascent of the Blessed" | 2022 | N/A |
References[]
- ^ "Caliban - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Metal-archives.com.
- ^ "The Gauntlet - Caliban bio". Thegauntlet.com.
- ^ "Blabbermouth.net". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 September 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "CALIBAN: Entered The German Media Control Charts At #7". Metal Shock Finland. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Caliban, Ghost Empire". Charts.de. Retrieved 4 February 2014.[dead link]
- ^ BraveWords. "CALIBAN Release "nICHts" Song And NSFW Video From Upcoming Zeitgeister Album". bravewords.com. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Caliban / Longplay". Musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Discographie Caliban". Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Discography Caliban". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Discographie Caliban". Ultratop.be/fr. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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- Musical groups established in 1997
- Musical quintets
- Roadrunner Records artists