# Callejon (band)

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.
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 as well.
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. On 31 July, a second single was released titled "Gottficker" with accompanying music video also directed by BastiBasti.

## 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)

### 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 | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album details | GER | AUT |
| 2006 | Willkommen im Beerdigungscafé Released: July 6, 2006 Label: My Favourite Toy Format: CD, digital download | — | — |
| 2008 | Zombieactionhauptquartier Released: November 21, 2008 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, digital download | — | — |
| 2010 | Videodrom Released: April 3, 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, digital download | 31 | — |
| 2012 | Blitzkreuz Released: June 16, 2012 Label: Four Music, Blacksome Music Format: CD, digital download | 9 | 32 |
| 2013 | Man spricht Deutsch Released: January 11, 2013 Label: Four Music Format: CD, digital download | 7 | 61 |
| 2015 | Wir sind Angst Released: January 9, 2015 Label: Four Music Format: CD, digital download | 5 | 24 |
| 2017 | Fandigo Released: July 28, 2017 Label: People Like You Records Format: CD, digital download | 9 | 27 |
| 2019 | Hartgeld im Club Released: January 4, 2019 Label: People Like You Records Format: CD, digital download | 5 | 63 |
| 2020 | Metropolis Released: August 28, 2020 Label: Warner Music Germany Format: CD, digital download | 7 | 25 |
| 2022 | Eternia Released: October 28, 2022 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: February 7, 2005 Label: My Favourite Toy Format: CD, digital download |
| 2007 | Fauler Zauber Dunkelherz Released: December 1, 2007 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