Germany's CALIBAN check in with the following update:

"We are currently in the pre-production-state and full speed working to move into the studio in a couple of weeks and record the successor of The Awakening.

Be curious for the new songs, they're going to turn out a lot more somber compared to the last album!

And that won't mean the only improvement, for the upcoming record we are in the middle of negotiations with a few labels! We were able to get an idea of the offers we received so far, and we already picked a favourite.

The release date for the finished disk is going to be in spring 2009, around March/April. The visual equivalent to the songs will be provided by Basti Basti of CALLEJON, who is going to add some dark touch to the album, he is responsible for the artwork of HEAVEN SHALL BURN and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, just to name some.

For all international fans of Caliban's live shows there is some great news as well: We will visit Turkey, Belgium, Ukraine and Belarus in October and November for a couple of new shows, and we will definitely

conquer the stage and make it tremble. Be there!

Tour dates:

October

4 - Rock Station Festival - Ankara, Turkey
5 - Studio Live - Istanbul, Turkey

November

10 - Club Het Entrepot - Brugge, Belgium
22 - Club Sokol - Kiev, Ukraine
23 - Night Star Club - Minsk, Belarus

You will be able to get a first taste of the new songs when we hit the road with thrash metal legends KREATOR and ELUVEITIE.

The tour starts in January and tour dates will spread all across Europe. The tour is going to be long and hard, but we're absolutely sure the shows are gonna be a blast and will make up for all effort they're causing!

We're looking forward already to sharing the stage with such amazing bands. We can only deeply recommend this tour to you all, you shouldn't miss out on it!"

Caliban TV - Episode 2 - VAINSTREAM FESTIVAL