Ghost Empire

Ghost Empire
Studio album by Caliban
Released	January 24, 2014 (see Release history)
Studio	(see Studios)
Genre	Metalcore
Length	48:04
Language	English, German
Label	Century Media
Producer	Benny Richter, Marc Görtz
Caliban chronology
I Am Nemesis (2012) Ghost Empire (2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Rock Sound	6/10[2]

Ghost Empire is the ninth studio album by German metalcore band Caliban, released on January 24, 2014 through Century Media Records. The album entered the German Media Control Charts at #7, becoming Caliban's first top 10 album.

Tracklist

All lyrics written by Dörner, additional lyrics written by Richter and Görtz, all music composed by Görtz.

No.	Title	Additional lyrics	Length
1.	"Sing"		4:02
2.	"Khoas – Creation"		3:30
3.	"Wolves and Rats"		3:59
4.	"nebeL"	Sobtzick	3:11
5.	"I Am Ghost"		3:46
6.	"Devil's Night"		4:23
7.	"yOUR Song"		4:26
8.	"Cries and Whispers"		3:55
9.	"Good Man"		5:07
10.	"I Am Rebellion"		4:21
11.	"Who We Are"		4:09
12.	"My Vertigo"		3:15
Total length:			48:04

Deluxe edition bonus track
No.	Title	Additional lyrics	Length
13.	"Falling Downwards"	Heafy	3:47
Total length:			51:54

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Additional lyrics	Length
13.	"Falling Downwards"	Live Track (Available with "Album Only" Purchase)	3:47
14.	"We Are The Many (Live In Bochum 2012)"	Live Track (Available with "Album Only" Purchase)	4:33
15.	"Davy Jones (Live In Bochum 2012)"	Live Track	4:26
16.	"The Bogeyman (Live In Bochum 2012)"	Live Track	4:33
Total length:			65:28

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[3][4]

Personnel

Caliban

• Andreas Dörner – vocals
• Marc Görtz – guitar
• Denis Schmidt – guitar, vocals
• Marco Schaller – bass
• Patrick Grün – drums

Guest musicians

• Bastian Sobtzick (Callejon) – vocals on "nebeL"
• Christoph Koterzina (Callejon) – vocals on "Good Man"
• Matt Heafy – vocals on "Falling Downwards"

Additional musicians

• Benny Richter – keyboards, additional vocals
• Marcel Neumann (We Butter the Bread with Butter) – additional keyboards
• Christoph Koterzina (Callejon) – backing vocals
• Neberu – group shouts

Production

• Benny Richter – production, recording (at B.B.Serious Studios only)
• Marc Görtz – production, recording (at Nemesis Studios only)
• Marcel Neumann (We Butter the Bread with Butter) – co-production of "Chaos - Creation", "Wolves and Rats", "Cries and Whispers", "Who We Are", "My Vertigo"
• Dominic Paraskevopoulos – recording (drums only)
• Klaus Scheuermann – mixing
• Olman Viper – mastering

Artwork and design

• Christopher Lovell – artwork
• Thomas Böcker – graphic design
• Sandra Muequin – photography

Studios

• B.B.Serious Studios – recording
• Nemesis Studios – recording
• LEVEL3ENTERTAINMENT – recording (drums only)
• Hertwerk/nullzweistudios – mastering

Release history

Region	Date
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand	January 24, 2014
Europe	January 27, 2014
USA, Canada	February 04, 2014

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	184
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	51

References

1. Todd Lyons. "Caliban - Ghost Empire CD Review". About.com. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
2. http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/caliban-ghost-empire
3. Ghost Empire (liner notes). Caliban. Century Media. 2014.
4. iTunes Store
5. "Austriancharts.at – Caliban – Ghost Empire" (in German). Hung Medien.
6. "Ultratop.be – Caliban – Ghost Empire" (in French). Hung Medien.
7. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Caliban – Ghost Empire". Hung Medien.

External links

• Ghost Empire at AllMusic
• Ghost Empire at Century Media