Band:	Caliban
Album:	The Awakening
Style:	Metalcore
Release date:	May 25, 2007
A review by:	Herzebeth

01. I Will Never Let You Down
02. Let Go
03. Another Cold Day
04. My Time Has Come
05. Life Is Too Short
06. Give Me A Reason
07. Stop Running
08. The Awakening
09. I Believe...
10. Rise And Fight
11. Nowhere To Run, No Place To Hide
12. I'll Show No Fear
13. I See The Falling Sky [feat. Anders Fridén] [limited edition bonus]

"The awakening" is Caliban's latest release brought to us just to prove how manly and strong they are just because not a single person on earth actually heard their 2006's album called...uhm...something about darkness; anyway, this new album is just another big german kids painted like Good Charlotte failure.

I can't just point at one sucky thing within this album as it almost sucks in its entirety, but the lyrical content totally stole the spotlight as it is just a depressed kid's wet dream with all kinds of stinky relationships, some weird nonsensical words and the annoying use of the word death and all its relatives (like dying, dead, die, etc.) I can't even think someone actually relating to this kind of lyrics, and if someone is actually doing it they should either commit suicide or get some new friends without razor blades in their room and a more original hairdo.

The actual point is, the music is I guess decent, I mean it's metalcore, but even Metalcore has good faces (do you remember With Passion or Beecher?) in this case the guys think it's actually very cool to repeat the same power-chord until their hands die (unfortunately that never happens), then a really cheesy and totally effeminate vocal tone enters and tries to save the situation by being so eerily similar to Kermit the Frog that only manages to give me the creeps...meanwhile the bassist apparently has no idea about what their band-mates are doing so he just starts playing so low that it's just totally impossible to decipher what he's playing (clever move none the less). Well the drumming is good, it's at least really fast and I can fairly say that it's the only heavy thingie in this record.

Okay maybe some Metalcore fans won't totally hate this album, but I'm certain that they won't be pleased either. Fortunately this album came almost for free, I just wish they would have added some tacos and a beer or something to feel better about myself...maybe another couple of free albums would have been also nice...or a basket of porn...and condoms...