Long Distance Calling is a

post-rock Post-rock is a subgenre of experimental rock that emphasizes Texture (music), texture, atmosphere, and non-traditional song structures over conventional rock techniques. Post-rock artists often combine rock instrumentation and rock stylings wit ...

band from Münster, Germany, formed in 2006. The majority of their tracks are extended instrumentals.

History

In 2008, Long Distance Calling played at the

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and Roadburn festivals, and toured

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in 2009. In 2010, Long Distance Calling and Finnish death/doom band Swallow the Sun supported

Katatonia Katatonia is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for their love of death metal. Increasing popularity ...

during the New Night Over Europe tour. They supported Protest the Hero on their 2012 European tour. Off the back of the release of ''Boundless'' the band performed live at a number of European summer festivals, including

Wacken Open Air Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a Heavy metal music, heavy metal music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all ...

in 2018. As of 2022, Long Distance Calling have released eight full-length albums, including: ''Satellite Bay'' (2007), ''Avoid the Light'' (2009), ''Long Distance Calling'' (2011), '' The Flood Inside'' (2013), ''Nighthawk'' (2014), ''Boundless'' (2018), ''How Do We Want to Live?'' (2020), and ''Eraser'' (2022). The band have also released two demos and/or split EPs: ''DMNSTRTN'' (2006) and ''090208'' (2008). The band has collaborated with guest vocalists including

Peter Dolving Peter Dolving (born 24 October 1969) is a Swedish vocalist now living in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He is best known as the former frontman of the heavy metal band The Haunted. Career Dolving began as a singer-songwriter playing in cafes in Sw ...

from The Haunted ("Built Without Hands" from ''Satellite Bay''), John Bush from Armored Saint (ex-

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) ("Middleville" from ''Long Distance Calling'') and

Jonas Renkse Jonas Petter Renkse (born 19 May 1975) is a Swedish musician in the bands Katatonia (1991–) as lead vocalist, founder, songwriter (1991–1994, 1997–) and formerly as drummer (1991–1994, 1996–1998); formerly in Bloodbath Bloo ...

from Swedish metal band

("The Nearing Grave" from ''Avoid the Light'').

Members

Current members

* David Jordan – guitar * Janosch Rathmer – drums * Florian Füntmann – guitar * Jan Hoffmann – bass

Past members

* Petter Carlsen – vocals * Martin Fischer – vocals and sounds * John Bush – vocals

Discography

Studio albums

* 2007: '' Satellite Bay'' (Viva Hate/ Cargo Records) * 2009: '' Avoid the Light'' ( Superball Music/ SPV) * 2011: ''

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'' ( Superball Music/ SPV) * 2013: '' The Flood Inside'' ( Superball Music/ SPV) * 2016: ''Trips'' (InsideOut) * 2018: ''Boundless'' (InsideOut) * 2020: ''How Do We Want to Live?'' (InsideOut) * 2022: ''Eraser'' (earMUSIC)

Demos and split EPs

* 2006: ''DMNSTRTN'' (Limited demo album) * 2008: ''090208'' (Viva Hate/Cargo Records,

Split EP A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "v ...

with Leech) * 2014: ''Nighthawk'' (Avoid the Light Records) * 2021: ''Ghost'' (Avoid the Light Records)

Singles and music videos

*"Jungfernflug" (2008) *"Into the Black Wide Open" (2012) *"Tell The End" (2013) *"Getaway" (2016) *"Trauma" (2016) *"Out There" (2017) *"Ascending" (2018) *"Hazards" (2020) *"Voices" (2020) *"Immunity" (2020) *"Kamilah" (2022)

References

External links

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Long Distance Calling at progarchives.com
* *
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at Last.fm
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interview
with Jan Hoffmann
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at Myspace
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