Ghost Empire is the 9th studio album by German metalcore
band Caliban which was released on 24 January, 2014. This album is a dose of
pure evolution of a band that is making insane music since 1997. This album is
a level up to their maturity in the sense of growing and developing as a band,
also keeping their sound as similar to the kind of sound present metalcore
bands sound. The album is a hell ride of mix up of melody, riffs, breakdowns and as possible combination of vocals.
The album starts off with “King” which simply starts
destructing you after few seconds; the groove this song keeps on maintaining
with the punchy riffs is completely heavy as fuck. The album is literally meant
for the metalcore fans as it maintains its heaviness, breakdowns and the melodic
vocal feels will always remind us we are digging a metal core band. I bet
“Chaos-Creation” is a good sing along song with its lyrical contents are fair
enough to connect with people. “Wolves and Rats” posses much of melodic side of
the album with a sweet start of the song and massive breakdowns in between,
fair enough to get into a mosh. “nebeL” got some complicated riffs though
simple but the use of clean vocals and mixing up with those heavy riffs and the
mix of solos and breakdowns are so damn perfect.
The band implied some progressiveness to their riffs and
song structure and it can be felt if the songs are listened nicely. I really enjoyed the melodic feel with the
clean vocals in the nowhere world of aggressive riffs and breakdowns in songs
like “I Am Ghost”, “Devil’s Night”. “Your Song” is my favorite from the album
as I really loved the start and the transformation to higher tempo with the
crunchy breakdowns timed so perfectly with the combination of vocals.
The album carried lots of emotion, lots of stories behind
each song. I somehow felt it justifies the journey of the band for so long and
hence establishing as one of the best metalcore band. The emotions can be much
more explored with the tracks like “Cries and Whispers”, “Good Man”, ”I am Rebellion”
; yes the name suggests a lot.
“Who We Are”, definitely express the face of the band and at
some context the song structure is purely so much rooted to how a metalcore
album should call its conclusion. The down parts of the song linked with the high
parts perfectly and hence the development and evolution of the band can be
sensed right away. “My vertigo” doesn't hold back in terms of melody and
heaviness in context of the sound the band posses. The album concludes with
“Falling Downwards” which also feat Matt Heafy of Trivium, and believe me the
emotion this song carries is really heavy and can bring tears in your eyes. So
much of perfectness before the album goes off with doses of melody, riffs,
breakdowns, intense rhythm and so much of variations in vocals.
This album is made for metalcore diggers and especially for
Caliban fans who are responsible for this long run of the band. “Ghost Empire”
is a hell load album with 13 tracks ready to boil you out in your best pair of
pants. Some words are still vibrating in my ears, I bet it will do in your ears
as well.
My Rating : 3.9/5
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