''Ghost Empire'' is the ninth studio album by German

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, released on 24 January 2014 through

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. The album entered the German

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at number 7, becoming Caliban's first top 10 album.

Track listing

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.iTunes Store

Personnel

;Caliban * Andreas Dörner –

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* Marc Görtz –

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* Denis Schmidt –

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, clean vocals * Marco Schaller –

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* Patrick Grün –

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;Guest musicians * Bastian Sobtzick ( Callejon) – vocals on "nebeL" * Christoph Koterzina (Callejon) – vocals on "Good Man" *

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– vocals on "Falling Downwards" ;Additional musicians * Benny Richter –

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, additional vocals * Marcel Neumann (

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) – additional keyboards * Christoph Koterzina (Callejon) – backing vocals
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– group shouts ;Production * Benny Richter –

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(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

Charts

References

External links

*
''Ghost Empire''
at

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