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German modern metal force CALIBAN is proud to announce the release of their eighth studio album, I Am Nemesis on February 28, 2012 via Century Media Records. After spending 10 months writing new material, the band is very excited to get the record out to fans. “It was important to us to have an elaborate album without any fillers,” says lead guitarist Marc Görtz. “Additionally, the sound of the album is the best we’ve ever had by far: it is heavy and brutal without being chaotic.”

Lyrically, I Am Nemesis is a continuation of the band’s last record, Say Hello To Tragedy and focuses on controversial and often overlooked world issues. Musically, Görtz says, “The album breaks new soil without forgetting our roots. There are new influences such as shimmering guitar melodies and technical grooves with Meshuggah-like heaviness.”

- The quote “heavy and brutal without being chaotic” is kind of interesting for a metal band, though it supports the MESHUGGAH reference later on. I’ve always thought of CALIBAN as being a deliberate band – everything they do has some sort of cold calculation or precision behind it; they never become unhinged in their music. For an opposite take, CONVERGE’s Jane Doe and ZAO’s The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here are two extremely chaotic recordings. ZAO, to their credit, made such a shift after the very mechanical release Funeral of God.