Caliban (band)

Caliban
Caliban at Elbriot 2014
Background information
Origin	Hattingen, Germany
Genres	Metalcore
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Century Media
Associated acts	Heaven Shall Burn
Website	Official site
Members	Andreas Dörner Denis Schmidt Marc Görtz Marco Schaller Patrick Grün
Past members	Andreas Nikolaou Engin Güres Boris Pracht Robert Krämer

Caliban are a five-piece metalcore band from Germany. They have released ten studio albums to-date, and two split albums with Heaven Shall Burn.

Caliban was formed in Hattingen, Germany in 1997 under the name Never Again. 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, 2001 attacks.