Callisto

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POFONY vocalist joins CALLISTO, new album in February 2009

03 December 2008

Callistos third album Providence will be released in Finland on February 18th. The album’s debut single Covenant Colours is now streaming on the band’s MySpace.The single and the album will also be the debut for the band’s new vocalist Jani Ala-Hukkala (Pofony), whose screaming and clean vocals mark a new element in the band’s sonic palette. None of the original members have left the band, and Callisto’s former vocalist Markus Myllykangas continues with the band as a guitarist.After a year’s hiatus in touring, the band returns to the stage at Estonia’s Green Christmas festival on December 12th along with Volbeat and Dark Tranquillity.

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Callisto is a Finnish post-metal band with a sound similar to the likes of Isis and Cult of Luna. Whilst their early works are clearly hardcore/metalcore, their first album True Nature Unfolds has a strong sludge metal and doom influence and their second album Noir is more influenced by "old-school" post-rock bands like Mogwai. Apart from featuring female vocals on some songs, they have used unexpected instruments, for example saxophone and cello.

Callisto's short and cryptic lyrics contain Christian themes and references.

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Discography

Albums

True nature unfolds

Label: Fullsteam Records
Released: 2004

1. 31 36´N, 35 14´E
2. Blackhole
3. Limb: Diasporas
4. Cold Stare
5. Storm
6. Caverns Of Khafka
7. Like Abel´s Blood Cried For Revenge
8. Worlds Collide
9. Masonic
10. The Great Divorce

Noir

Label: Fullsteam Records
Released: 2006

1. Wormwood
2. Latterday Saints
3. The Fugitive
4. Backwoods
5. A Close Encounter
6. Pathos
7. Folkslave
8. Woven Hands

Single / EP / MCD

Dying Desire (Single)

Label: Self Released
Released: 2001

1. Dying Desire

Ordeal of the Century (EP)

Label: Fullsteam Records
Released: 2002

1. Ordeal Of The Century
2. Restoring Process (lyrics)
3. Anastasis (lyrics)
4. The Albert Pike Epilogue (lyrics)
5. Alternate Horizons (lyrics)
6. Dawning End (lyrics)

View all lyrics from "Ordeal of the Century (EP)"

Jemima - Klimenko

Label: Kireru Records
Released: 2004

1. Jemima
2. Klimenko
3. Dawning End (remix)

The Fugitive (Single)

Label: Inferno / Full Stream Records
Released: 2006

1. The Fugitive
2. Worlds Collide

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Members

Markus Myllykangas: Guitars,Vocals
Johannes Nygård: Guitars
Juho Niemelä: Bass
Ariel Björklund: Drums
Arto Karvonen: Keyboards

Former members

Henri Kuittinen: Guitars,Keyboards 2005 - 2005

Contact Info:

Band:
callisto(at)callistochaos.com

Booking:
Otso Kähönen / Fullsteam Agency
otso(at)fullsteamagency.com
Phone: +358 50 5384178

International Press:
Ville Kilpeläinen / Fullsteam Records
ville(at)fullsteamrecords.com
Phone: +358 45 6780393

Press in Finland:
Johannes Kinnunen / Fullsteam Records
johannes(at)fullsteamrecords.com
Phone: +358 41 5336211