Callejon (band)
| Callejon | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Genres | Metalcore |
| Years active | 2002 – present |
| Labels | Four Music |
| Website | www.callejon.de |
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Callejon is a German metalcore band founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2002. The band writes and sings the majority of their lyrics in German.
History
Callejon was founded in 2002. Their first release was a self-titled demo released in 2003. On 7 May 2005, the band released their EP Chronos. Their debut album, Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé, was released on 7 July 2006. Both albums were released through their label "My Favorite Toy Records", which is based in Mainz.
In February 2003 the band went on a three-weeks promotional tour for their album Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé
In September 2007 they signed a contract with Edition TAKK, a publishing company associated with Sony/ATV Music Publishing Germany. With a tour in winter 2007 the EP Fauler Zauber Dunkelherz was promoted. After that drummer Sven Wasel was replaced by Bodo Stricker.
In May 2008 the band signed a contract with Nuclear Blast.[1] Their label debut Zombieactionhauptquartier contained 13 songs. It was produced by Eike Freese in Hamburg and was published on 28 November 2008.[2] The album features a song Porn from Spain with Nico from K.I.Z rapping as guest singer.
In March 2010 the band uploaded their third album Videodrom to their Myspace page. It was released on 3 April 2010 and entered the German Media Control Charts at No. 31. The Album is inspired by David Cronenberg's film Videodrome.[3]
Their album Blitzkreuz, produced by Colin Richardson, was released in June 2012. A video for the first single "Blitzkreuz" has been released on April 12.
With their album Man Spricht Deutsch they released an album consisting only of cover versions in January 2013.
Artwork
Singer Bastian "BastiBasti" Sobtzick creates all cover artwork of the band himself.[4] He has also designed artwork for releases by other bands such as Iconoclast by Heaven Shall Burn, Say Hello To Tragedy by Caliban and others.
Discography
| Releases | |
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| ↙Studio albums | 5 |
| ↙EPs | 2 |
| ↙Singles | 1 |
| ↙Demo albums | 1 |
- Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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AUT [6] | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé
(Welcome to the funeral cafe)
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— | — | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Zombieactionhauptquartier
(Zombieactionheadquarters)
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— | — | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Videodrom
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31 | — | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Blitzkreuz
(Lightning Cross)
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9 | 32 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Man spricht Deutsch
(You speak German)
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7 | 61 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
- EPs
| Year | EP details |
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| 2005 | Chronos
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| 2005 | Fauler Zauber Dunkelherz
(Rotten Magic Dark Heart)
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- Singles
- Phantomschmerz (Phantom Pain) (released 13 March 2009, Nuclear Blast)
- Demo albums
- Demo (2003)
References
- ↑ "CALLEJON - have signed with Nuclear Blast!". Nuclear Blast. 8 May 2008.
- ↑ "CALLEJON - Cover artwork, album title and tracklist revealed". Nuclear Blast. 5 September 2008.
- ↑ Studiobericht pressuremagazine.de
- ↑ "Callejon Reveals New Album Details Online". metal underground.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Callejon / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ "Discographie Callejon". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
External links
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.