The Undying Darkness

Caliban | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Abacus
• ASIN: B000ERU5FO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,696 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. I Rape Myself

3. Song About Killing

4. It's Our Burden To Bleed

5. Nothing Is Forever

6. Together Alone

7. My Fiction Beauty

8. No More 2nd Chances

9. I Refuse To Keep On Living...

10. Sick Of Running Away

11. Moment Of Clarity

12. Army Of Me (Bjork Cover)

13. Room Of Nowhere

Editorial Reviews

The Undying Darkness was again produced by In Flames frontman, Anders Friden and recorded at the Prinzipal Studios in Senden, Germany in September & October 2005. It was mixed and mastered at Backstage Studios in the UK by metal god, Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Killswitch Engage). And yet that's not all. Caliban have also invited some guests to perform on some songs: Mille Petrozza of Kreator enthusiastically revives the old school in Moment Of Clarity. Abacus. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Overshadowed Metalcore Band Ever, April 4, 2006

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Nicholas Misiak "36 Crazyfist Fan" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Undying Darkness (Audio CD)

Wow, Undying Darkness is Caliban's fifth album. Most people won't know that and will compare them to Killswitch Engage, As I lay Dying etc, like they always do. Truth is, Caliban surface in Europe and has been around for a while, since the late nineties. In fact, they were one of the only bands to incorporate clean vocals into their black/thrash/neo classical metal stylings, with the exception of In Flames, Katatonia and a few others. Their latest album finds them doing what they do best. You'll find sledge hammer guitar riffs, throaty screams, melodic choruses, and thunderous double-bass drumming. This album doesn't reinvent metalcore in any way, it just perfects it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Caliban back w/ a vengeance..., April 5, 2006

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David Falzano (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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I just found out a couple of days ago that a new Caliban album was coming out, & I immediately couldn't wait to get my hands on it! Anyway, this is a pretty good album like the last, except it's very straight forward this time around. It doesn't sound as technical, but it's still that heavy sound that you would expect from the band. The only reason why I'm not giving it 5 stars is because I hear way too many similarities to Trivium's brilliant album released last year 'Ascendancy' & As I Lay Dying's awesome 'Shadows are Security.' It sucks that there's too many hardcore bands on the metal scene today, because the same sounds are often repeated & it doesn't help make great bands like I mentioned earlier including Caliban stand out too much. But anyway, this album is still worth it if you love hardcore.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They're not KILLSWITCH rip-offs!, October 31, 2006

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J. Sanders "Cuddly Metal Teddy Bear" (TENNESSEE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Undying Darkness (Audio CD)

This band is much heavier than killswitch people. Sure they sing the choruses and the songs are somewhat catchy, but KSE are much more mainstream than this band. This album is brutal metal-core at its finest. From track 1 to the last, they don't let up. It is much better than their last cd which I thought was just another metal-core cd. This one is different and it has a little extra something. I love this album and you might too if you'll stop listening to these idiots saying they have ripped KSE off. This band has been around for ten years! They were before KSE. Ilove killswitch as much as the next guy, but I also love CALIBAN and this is a ferocious album that deserves to be heard. Long live METAL-CORE!