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Caliban
12+ albums
metalcorehardcoregermanmetalGerman Metalcore
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There are at least two artists with this name: 1. Caliban are a German metalcore band from Essen. The band have released thirteen studio albums, two EPs, and two split albums with Heaven Shall Burn. Caliban were formed in Hattingen, Germany, in 1997 under the name Never Again. The original lineup consisted of vocalists Andreas Dörner and Marc Ulfig, guitarists Björn Kaiser and Marc Görtz, bassist Engin Güres, and drummer Kai Kogelheide. With this lineup, the band recorded a self-titled demo. After about six months and several lineup changes, Ulfig, Kaiser, and Kogelheide left the group and were replaced by Claus Wilgenbusch and Robert Krämer. The band recorded two songs for another demo that was never released. These songs were sent to several record labels, and Lifeforce Records offered the group a recording contract. By this time the band had adopted the name Caliban. Their first self-titled EP, "Caliban", was released in the summer of 1998, and the band promoted it through concerts across Europe, including support shows for Morning Again, Earth Crisis, and Cro-Mags. In 1999, after a European tour, Caliban recorded their first full-length album, "A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven". Around the same period they released a split album with Heaven Shall Burn titled "The Split Program". Their second studio album, "Vent", was released in April 2001 through Imperium Records and in Japan through Howling-Bull Records. Following its release, the band performed in Japan at the Beast-Fe
