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Caliban - Shadow Hearts

perfect "crossover", metal and hardcore! - 90%

SoulSeekJay, July 2nd, 2004

Lifeforce has already done a lot of promotion for this new release but I had mixed feeling but since I have heard the two-song Promo-CD I knew that Caliban are back on track, stronger and better than ever!

Their last album "Vent" was good but really not my cup of tea but with this album they enthuse me yet again. Just take a look at the playtime, 10 songs (and the intro) in just 35 minutes! They go back to their roots and add some contemporary elements to thier sound to bring a new Metalcore classic to the world.

Their mosh-parts are more brutal and intense and compared with the straight forward metal riffing this is a killing machine. The whole band has improved their musical abilities, the drumming is also much better than on the past releases! Robert supports the evil mosh guitars in a perfect way and he also adds a lot of double-bass action.

The changing between the high-pitched screaming and the clean parts is awesome an rocks like shit! Also Markus from Heaven Shall Burn and Johannes from Destiny offer some guest vocals on "Storm of Rage". I already wrote about the guitar riffing but I emphasize that Caliban got away from those copied Slayer riffs to more unique and outstanding guitar works, of course they still use some but it's more balanced now!

The combination of all those improvements, the vocals, guitars and drumming make that album much more diversified! and evil!
AMAZING!!!