Callejon (Spanish ''callejón'' "alley", a.ʎeˈxon is a German

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band founded in

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in 2002. The band writes and sings the majority of their lyrics in German.

History

Callejon was founded in 2002. Their first release was a self-titled demo released in 2003. On 7 May 2005, the band released their EP ''

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''. Their debut album, '' Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé'', was released on 7 July 2006. Both albums were released through their label My Favorite Toy Records, which is based in

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. In February 2003, the band went on a three-weeks promotional tour for their album ''Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé''. In September 2007, they signed a contract with Edition TAKK, a publishing company associated with

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Germany. With a tour in winter 2007 the EP '' Fauler Zauber Dunkelherz'' was promoted. After that drummer Sven Wasel was replaced by Bodo Stricker. In May 2008, the band signed a contract with

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. Their label debut '' Zombieactionhauptquartier'' contained 13 songs. It was produced by Eike Freese in

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and was published on 28 November 2008. The album features a song "Porn from Spain" with

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rapping as guest singers. In March 2010, the band uploaded their third album ''

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'' to their Myspace page. It was released on 3 April 2010 and entered the German

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at No. 31. The album is inspired by

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's film ''

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''. Their album ''

Blitzkreuz ''Blitzkreuz'' is the fourth studio album by German metalcore band Callejon. It entered the German Media Control Charts at number 9. Track listing Credits ;Guest musicians * K.I.Z on "Porn from Spain 2" * "Mille" Petrozza (Kreator K ...

'', produced by

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, was released in June 2012. A video for the first single "Blitzkreuz" has been released on 12 April. The album contains "Porn from Spain 2", this time additionally to K.I.Z with Mille from

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and Sebastian Madsen from Madsen. With their album ''

Man spricht Deutsch ''Man spricht Deutsch'' is the fifth album by German metalcore band Callejon. It features exclusively cover versions of famous German songs. The album entered the German Media Control Charts at number 7. Track listing Credits ;Guest m ...

'' they released an album consisting only of cover versions in January 2013. In 2015, a new album called ''Wir sind Angst'', this time exclusively with own songs, was released. It contains a song named ''Dunkelherz'', which points back to the 2007 tour. It was followed by ''

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'', which introduced a change of style. The newer songs contain more synthesized and melodic parts than older ones, the songs became slightly softer whilst maintaining hard riffs. In succession to ''Man spricht Deutsch'', Callejon released ''

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'' in 2019. It mainly consists of covers of German rap music, although some own songs and features are included. It also contains a third "Porn from Spain"-Song featuring Ice-T and K.I.Z as well. In May 2020, the band announced a new album entitled "Metropolis", which was released on 28 August 2020. The album was stated to be inspired by

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's film of the same name. The first song of the album, also of the same name, was released three months prior on 29 May 2020. Singer BastiBasti directed the accompanying music video. On 31 July, a second single was released titled "Gottficker" with accompanying music video also directed by BastiBasti.

Artwork

Singer Bastian "BastiBasti" Sobtzick creates all cover artwork of the band himself. He has also designed artwork for releases by other bands such as ''

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'' by

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, '' Say Hello to Tragedy'' by

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and others.

Personnel

;Current members * Bastian "BastiBasti" Sobtzick – vocals (2002–present) * Bernhard Horn – guitar (2002–present) * Christoph "Kotsche" Koterzina– guitar (2011–present) * Thorsten Becker– bass (2006–present) * Max "Kotze" Kotzmann – drums (2010–present) ;Former members * Frank Walther – bass * Simon Vohberger – bass * Stefan Vohberger – guitar (–2007) * Sebastian Gallinat (died 2010) – bass * Sven Wasel – drums (–2007) * Thomas Buschhausen – guitar

Discography

Studio albums EPs Singles * 2008: ''Zombiefied / Porn from Spain'' * 2009: ''Phantomschmerz'' * 2010: ''Sommer, Liebe, Kokain'' * 2011: ''Wherever I May Roam'' * 2012: ''Feindliche Übernahme'' * 2012: ''Porn from Spain 2'' * 2012: ''Kind im Nebel'' * 2014: ''Dunkelherz'' * 2017: ''Utopia'' * 2017: ''Monroe'' * 2017: ''Noch einmal'' * 2017: ''Hölle Stufe 4'' * 2018: ''Urlaub fürs Gehirn'' * 2018: ''Palmen aus Plastik'' * 2018: ''Von Party zu Party'' * 2018: ''Was du Liebe nennst'' * 2018: ''Porn from Spain 3'' * 2020: ''Metropolis'' * 2020: ''Gottficker'' Demo albums * 2003: ''Demo 2003'' Live albums * 2015: ''Live in Köln''

References

External links

* * * * * {{Authority control German metalcore musical groups Musical groups established in 2002