Callejon (Spanish callejón "alley", [ka.ʎeˈxon]) is a German metalcore band founded in Düsseldorf 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 Chronos. 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 Mainz.
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 Sony/ATV Music Publishing 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 Nuclear Blast. Their label debut Zombieactionhauptquartier contained 13 songs. It was produced by Eike Freese in Hamburg and was published on 28 November 2008. The album features a song "Porn from Spain" with K.I.Z rapping as guest singers.
In March 2010, the band uploaded their third album Videodrom to their Myspace page. It was released on 3 April 2010 and entered the German Media Control Charts at No. 31. The album is inspired by David Cronenberg's film Videodrome.Studiobericht pressuremagazine.de
Their album Blitzkreuz, produced by Colin Richardson, 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 Kreator and Sebastian Madsen from Madsen.
With their album Man spricht Deutsch 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 Fandigo, 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 Hartgeld im Club 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.
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 Fritz Lang'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.stormbringer.at On 31 July, a second single was released titled "Gottficker" with accompanying music video also directed by BastiBasti.CallejonOFFICIAL official Youtube page – Gottficker
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 Iconoclast by Heaven Shall Burn, Say Hello to Tragedy by Caliban and others.
Personnel Current members Bastian "BastiBasti" Sobtzick – vocals (2002–present) Thorsten Becker – bass (2006–present) Alan Kassab – guitar (2024–present) Denis Milenkovic – guitar (2024–present) Daniel Pampuch – drums (2024–present)
Former members Bernhard Horn – guitar (2002–2024) Sebastian Gallinat (2002–2004, died 2010) – bass Stefan Vohberger – guitar (2002–2006) Sven Wasel – drums (2002–2007) Frank Walther – bass (2004–2006) Simon Vohberger – bass (2006) Thomas Buschhausen – guitar (2007–2011) Christoph "Kotsche" Koterzina– guitar (2011–2024) Max "Kotze" Kotzmann – drums (2010–2024)
Discography
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Year Album details Peak chart positions GER AUT 2006 Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé Released: Label: My Favourite Toy Format: CD, digital download — — 2008 Zombieactionhauptquartier Released: Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, digital download — — 2010 Videodrom Released: Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, digital download 31 — 2012 Blitzkreuz Released: Label: Four Music, Blacksome Music Format: CD, digital download 9 32 2013 Man spricht Deutsch Released: Label: Four Music Format: CD, digital download 7 61 2015 Wir sind Angst Released: Label: Four Music Format: CD, digital download 5 24 2017 Fandigo Released: Label: People Like You Records Format: CD, digital download 9 27 2019 Hartgeld im Club Released: Label: People Like You Records Format: CD, digital download 5 63 2020 Metropolis Released: Label: Warner Music Germany Format: CD, digital download 7 25 2022 Eternia Released: Label: Warner Music Germany Format: CD, digital download 9 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
EPs + List of EPs Year EP details 2005 Chronos Released: Label: My Favourite Toy Format: CD, digital download 2007 Fauler Zauber Dunkelherz Released: Label: independent Format: CD, digital download
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
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