Caliban is a five-piece metalcore band from Germany. They have released six studio albums to-date.
Caliban was formed in Hattingen, Germany in 1997 under the name Never Again. After six months of playing together, the band recorded their first two songs for a demo, which was never released.
After their European tour, in 1999 Caliban entered the studio to record their first full-length, entitled A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven. The CD received favorable reviews in many big magazines and many smaller hardcore and metal zones.

In August 2002 Caliban recorded their third official release Shadow Hearts. This record was more melodic and harmonic than its predecessors.

In 2004 the band got a record deal with Roadrunner Records in Europe (Abacus Recordings in the US) and started to record their fourth Album The Opposite from Within alongside producer Anders Fridén, who is known for fronting In Flames.

In July 2005 the band released the second part of their split-CD with their friends from Heaven Shall Burn, called The Split Program II. The band released their fifth album called The Undying Darkness in February 2006 and went tour with All Shall Perish, Bleeding Through and I Killed The Prom Queen for the "Darkness over Europe" tour.

Caliban recorded their 2007 album The Awakening with producer Benny Richter, and was released in Germany on May 25.