CALIBAN

Zeitgeister CENTURY MEDIA

Germany’s metalcore veterans go back to die Zukunft

Inspired by their 2010 cover of Rammstein’s Sonne,

Caliban have taken choice cuts from their vast catalogue and rerecorded them in their German mother tongue. It might seem a simple switch, but the effect is significant; each track has a new meaning and, in many cases, a revitalised impact.

Tyranny Of Small Misery, for example, is now Ausbruch Nach Innen and, whilst close to the original in structure, sounds even more ferocious than before. A guest spot from Nasty’s Matthi Tarnath on Trauma (ex

Arena Of Concealment)

works gangbusters and new track nichts is a hefty slab of breakdowns and expansive backing synths. As experiments go, this one is a rousing success.

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FOR FANS OF: Architects, Heaven Shall Burn,

Darkest Hour

ELLIOT LEAVER