Caliban (band)

[[File:Caliban 2007 12 22 Riga Latvia.jpg|thumb|Caliban in 2007]]

[[File:Caliban 2007 12 22 Riga Latvia.jpg|thumb|Caliban in 2007]]

[[File:Caliban - Rock am Ring 2022-5383.jpg|thumb|Caliban live bei [[Rock am Ring]] 2022]]

[[File:Caliban - Rock am Ring 2022-5383.jpg|thumb|Caliban live bei [[Rock am Ring]] 2022]]

Caliban was formed in [[Hattingen]], Germany in 1997 as '''Never Again'''.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/79/Caliban.html|title=The Gauntlet - Caliban bio|website=Thegauntlet.com}} In the beginning, the band consisted of vocalists Andreas Dörner and Marc Ulfig, guitarists Björn Kaiser and Marc Görtz, bassist Engin Güres and drummer Kai Kogelheide.[https://www.discogs.com/Never-Again-Never-Again/release/7269603 Never Again] With this lineup, a self-titled demo was recorded. After six months of playing together and several member changes – Ulfig, Kaiser and Kogelheide left, the latter were replaced by Claus Wilgenbusch and Robert Krämer – the band recorded two songs for a [[Demo (music)|demo]], which was never released. The songs were sent to several record labels, and [[Lifeforce Records]] was the first to offer the band – by then called Caliban – a record deal. Caliban's first self-titled [[Extended play|EP]] came out in the summer of 1998. To promote it, the band played many shows all over Europe and a few support shows for bands including [[Morning Again]], [[Earth Crisis]] and [[Cro-Mags]].

Caliban was formed in [[Hattingen]], Germany in 1997 as '''Never Again'''.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/79/Caliban.html|title=The Gauntlet - Caliban bio|website=Thegauntlet.com}} In the beginning, the band consisted of vocalists Andreas Dörner and Marc Ulfig, guitarists Björn Kaiser and Marc Görtz, bassist Engin Güres and drummer Kai Kogelheide. After six months of playing together and several member changes – Ulfig, Kaiser and Kogelheide left, the latter were replaced by Claus Wilgenbusch and Robert Krämer – the band recorded two songs for a [[Demo (music)|demo]], which was never released. The songs were sent to several record labels, and [[Lifeforce Records]] was the first to offer the band – by then called Caliban – a record deal. Caliban's first self-titled [[Extended play|EP]] came out in the summer of 1998. To promote it, the band 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 punk|hardcore]] and [[Heavy metal music|metal]] [[zine]]s. They also released the first part of a [[Split album|split-CD]] with [[Heaven Shall Burn]], named ''[[The Split Program]]''.

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 punk|hardcore]] and [[Heavy metal music|metal]] [[zine]]s. They also released the first part of a [[Split album|split-CD]] with [[Heaven Shall Burn]], named ''[[The Split Program]]''.