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Shadow Hearts

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Ok, to start off, im just going to tell everyone that Caliban is one of the greatest metal bands around. Thats not just my opinion, you can listen for yourself. Their guitar riffs are awesome. they are fast all the way up until they break down into a slow, intense, metal mosh. Andy is the best singer/screamer out of every metal band. he can sing and hit notes that some singers cant reach. and he screams so amazingly good that you listen to the songs over and over again. the songs on Shadow Hearts are very, very good. "Forsaken Horizon" is the first single off of Shadow Hearts. it is one of the best songs on the album. If you like Caliban's Shadow Hearts, then youll definatley like their other albums just as much, Vent is a very good album and A Small Boy and A Grey Heaven is just as good. Go out and bye these albums, you wont be disappointed!!!

I ordered 7 CD's from Amazon that I never heard before, this is the only one that stay in my CD player. Perfect mixture of metalcore with a slight melodic undertone. If your taste range from As I Lay Dying to A Job For A Cowboy, you will like this.

Without causing arguments but Caliban is on even keel to Killswitch even more to my taste. I like the high pitched 'vocals' which sound like caused by a tortured savage . Guitar riffs are not bad, could be better and the drumming deeper.
Overall, great CD, I wish I picked up this item earlier.

You must have this album and you must have their first full lenght album A Small Boy and Grey Heaven. They deserve support !!!!

Caliban rocks.

If any of the people who wrote reviews actually did some research into Caliban, you would know that Andy only does the screaming, and it is one of the guitarists who actually does the clean vox. Nice try though. Overall the album is a metal masterpiece. It is very heavy, yet does not compare to the sheer brutal sound of the likes of Norma Jean. It is an album that fans of any genre of metal can listen to and enjoy. Their newest release entitled "the opposite from within" is the best album to date, but all are great works of metal and should be experienced by any metal head.

This cd ... rocks hard. The guitar riffs are fast paced and heavy as hell. The double bass pounds through in basically all their songs. The vocals are harsh screams with the odd low end growl. As well, on this cd there is even a little bit of clean vocals thrown in to give it a melodic aspect. Fortunately the songs with singing end up being their best because it sounds a little more diverse and less repetitive. On a whole this cd is amazing and can easily be listened to from start to finish (no bad songs). Tracks 2, 8 & 10 stand out as the best, but this cd is a must buy for any hardcore, metalcore or heavy metal fans.

Yes, it's true, Caliban and Killswitch Engage have very similar sounds, but no, Caliban is not better, nor are they any less repetetive. The screaming vocals are almost identical to that of Killswitch, and Booster (Caliban's lead singer) doesn't have anything close to the quality of voice as that of Howard Jones (Killswitch lead). Both being good bands, Caliban is definitely a good buy.

I saw this band live and was blown away. Immediately, I picked this CD up from them. All I have to say is that I was highly disappointed. The songs are good and have great potential, but the entire disc was horribly recorded. They definitely needed to boost the guitar levels on this album. I could barely make out what they were playing.