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Nothing compares to the extremely unexpected surprise
I had when I received none other than the latest
studio album from German Metalcore mob Caliban,
these were a band that I used to listen to back
in my youth from the split EP they released with
Heaven Shall Burn right up until the release of
2006’s “The Undying Darkness”
where I lost interest and stopped following the
band. As far as I was concerned the band could have
been disbanded or faded out but not only does receiving
this record prove to me that the band are still
going, after having a listen to me it shows the
band are kicking more ass than ever before and have
found a set of balls.
The last time I was listening to the band they were
following the metalcore scene on its downfall, they
used to have a not generic but followed the general
universal metalcore structure of mildly chunky riffs
with an even split of growling and clean vocal lines
but it started to get to a point where I found it
boring; thankfully for me they seem to have strayed
away from that standard path and took a risk in
following their own experimental urges and I must
say it sounds fucking evil! “We Are The Many”
is the records opening track, 10 seconds in I find
myself jaw dropped and staring at my screen with
nothing less than sheer shock; they’ve been
hiding this side of themselves from us for how many
years now?! The thickest, high octane, aggressive,
evil sounding riff backed by some seriously menacing
tones.
“The Memorial” ties their older material
and style into it with the way it’s structured;
the verses are still evil with thick riffs and menacing
tones, the chorus however brings back the clean
vocals back with less menacing tones, it’s
their old style matured off the charts. This new
use of electronic techniques and round up of stylistic
inclusions across the many branches of metal have
given them a distinctive edge, songs like “Dein
R3Ich” and “Davey Jones” are songs
that have rekindled both my love and faith in this
band and with the latest announcement that they
will be supporting Trivium and As I Lay Dying on
their tour later on in the year I will with pleasure
finally see them play a live show.
4.5/5
Review by James Webb |
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Marc Görtz
Denis Schmidt
Andy Dörner
Patrick Grün
Marco Schaller |
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1. We Are The Many
2. The Bogeyman
3. Memorial
4. No Tomorrow
5. Edge of Black
6. Davy Jones
7. Deadly Dream
8. Open Letter
9. Dein R3Ich
10. Broadcast to Damnation
11. This Oath
12. Modern Warfare |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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