Caliban was formed in Essen, Germany in 1997 as Never Again.[2] In the beginning, the band consisted of vocalists Andreas Dörner and Marc Ulfig, guitarists Björn Kaiser and Marc Görtz, bassist Engin Güres and drummer Kai Kogelheide.[3] This lineup recorded a self-titled demo.[3] After six months of playing together and several member changes – Ulfig, Kaiser and Kogelheide left, the latter two replaced with Claus Wilgenbusch and Robert Krämer – the band recorded two songs for a demo that was never released. They sent the songs to several record labels, and Lifeforce Records was the first to offer the band – by then called Caliban – a record deal. Caliban's first, self-titled EP came out in the summer of 1998. To promote it, the band played many shows all over Europe and supported bands such as Morning Again, Earth Crisis and Cro-Mags.
Vent came out in April 2001, released by Imperium Records and by Howling-Bull Records in Japan. Shortly after the release, Caliban toured Japan to play the Beast-Feast 2001 in the Yokohama Arena, with bands including Slayer, Pantera, Machine Head, Biohazard and Morbid Angel. The Japan trip was followed by a U.S. tour with Bloodjinn, which was interrupted by the September 11 attacks.
In 2007, Caliban recorded their album The Awakening with producer Benny Richter. It was released in Germany on 25 May. The album reached 36 in the German charts.
In 2009, the band toured with German band Kreator on the "Chaos Over Europe Tour". They signed a worldwide contract with Century Media Records. They released their new album, Say Hello to Tragedy, on 25 August 2009. This album reached 36th place on the German media charts. In October and November, they toured Europe on the "Beastfest European Tour 2009" with Suicide Silence, Maroon and American acts Emmure and After the Burial.
Caliban entered the studio in February and recorded a cover EP titled Coverfield, released in May 2011. The album consists of four songs. In mid August, the band entered the studio to finish writing and recording a new full-length album to be released in early 2012.[4] At the beginning of September, the band posted a message on their official site, saying that the songwriting was complete and 12 songs were recorded. I Am Nemesis was released on 3 February.[5]
Caliban released the album Gravity in the spring of 2016, and via social media teased an upcoming project in 2017. On 6 April 2018, Caliban released their eleventh album, Elements. Three years after their previous album, Caliban released a new album titled Zeitgeister on May 14, 2021. This release featured old tracks sung and re-recorded in German. Additionally, Zeitgeister included one previously unreleased song, "nICHts".[8] The next year, on April 22, the band released their 13th full-length album, titled Dystopia.[9]
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