CALIBAN • Gravity • LP

Arising Empire

While the majority of the scene is aiming for a more melodic and overall accessible sound CALIBAN are plunging into darkness with their new album and heaviest offering to date, “Gravity”.

Yet again the album was produced by Benny Richter and guitarist Marc Görtz as well as co-produced by Marcel Neumann. “Gravity” was recorded at Görtz’ Nemesis Studio by the guitarist himself who mixed the album together with Klaus Scheuermann. The approach wasn’t too different from the previous two albums, “I Am Nemesis” and “Ghost Empire”, with small, but crucial exceptions: First and foremost frontman Andreas Dörner added in more melodic shouts, second CALIBAN paid a lot of attention to the guitar sound which turned out more aggressive than on any other CALIBAN album. For the overall sound Görtz combined the roughness and grittiness of “I Am Nemesis” with the punch of “Ghost Empire” which made the melodies on the album stand out even more.

While a part of the album is dealing with the darker side and facing your own demons (“Inferno” feat. Marcel Gadacz and Zachary Britt from Dream On Dreamer), loss (“Left For Dead”, “brOKen”) and addiction (“Crystal Skies” feat. Jamie Graham from Heart Of A Coward) the majority of it is a wake-up call to find your own inner strength and strive for a new beginning (“Paralyzed”, “Mein schwarzes Herz”, “No Dream Without A Sacrifice”). “Gravity” touches upon topics such as solidarity and tolerance (“Who I Am”) and the fight against prejudices, fascism and social exclusion (“For We Are Forever”, “Walk Alone”). The emotional “The Ocean's Heart” is featuring a fierce duet between Andreas Dörner and Alissa White-Gluz who was more than happy to support a heartfelt topic: a statement against the brutal and senseless killing of whales. To round things off Marcel Gadacz from Dream On Dreamer (who is also featured on “Inferno”) did the striking artwork for “Gravity”.

After wrapping up the recordings for “Gravity“, CALIBAN played another installment of their very own established ”Darkness Over Xmas“-tour that was sold out in all 3 cities at the end of 2015. The band is currently working on selected release shows in Germany as well as summer festivals which will be followed up by extensive touring in the fall.