Electric Callboy

Electric Callboy, the Castrop-Rauxel crew that used to go by Eskimo Callboy, took their loudest swing yet on TEKKNO in 2022, an album where metalcore breakdowns get hosed down with rave synths and nobody keeps a straight face. The German band formed in 2010 and spent its early years as a fairly earnest post-hardcore outfit with serious lyrics, which is hard to picture now.

The reboot came in the early 2020s. Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler, lead vocalist from the start, stepped away in 2020 and Nico Sallach took the mic, trading lines with keyboardist and co-lead singer Kevin Ratajczak. The name changed too, and the band leaned all the way into the joke: comedy songs, gleefully ridiculous music videos and live shows to match. Underneath the gags the machinery runs tight. Daniel Haniß and Pascal Schillo stack the guitars, Daniel Klossek holds down the bass, and David-Karl Friedrich drove the kit from 2012 until Frank Zummo took over in 2025.

"Pump It" and "Spaceman" carried TEKKNO's electronicore sugar rush onto rock radio. And when the guitars go back in their cases, the band sometimes plays DJ sets as Electric Bassboy.

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