And it shows. Well, that goes for the production and the cover. The album contains the good, clear production I’m used to from the latest album ‘The Opposite From Within’. The cover however, well…it’s a nice one, but it sure isn’t the greatest design I’ve seen from Mike D. As for the song with Mille Petrozza, I wouldn’t say it’s a great addition to the album, really not that special to me. But let’s cut the crap and see what the music is like on this album!

 

Well, how shall I say it? I just can’t come up with anything else then: “quite alright”. This album really disappointed me. I expected so much more from these guys this time but unfortunately they seem to have lost their own unique sound I liked so much on their last album. Instead, Caliban sounds way too much like Killswitch Engage on this album in my opinion. A pity, because I know they can do better than this.

 

The clean vocals are a bit too much for me as well. Sometimes I hear choruses on this album (for example in ‘It’s Our Burden To Bleed’) that are a bit too melodic for some reason. They just don’t do to me what they did on ‘Opposite From The Within’.

 

To say that this album simply sucks wouldn’t be fair. Instead, the album still has a lot of good parts on it. Though, it disappointed me a little, hopefully the diehard Caliban-fans don’t feel the same like me ‘cause I know this band can do better.