Ahab "The Divinity Of Oceans (Austria, Napalm Records, NPR 300)"

The Divinity of Oceans is the second album by the German funeral doom metal band Ahab. This album was also released through Napalm Records, like their previous releases were.

The album's lyrics are based of the real-life sinking of the Essex whaleship in 1820, the event that inspired Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. The album's cover was taken from the painting The Raft of the Medusa, by French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault.

Track listing

1. "Yet Another Raft of the Medusa (Pollard's Weakness)" 12:40
2. "The Divinity of Oceans" 11:03
3. "O Father Sea" 7:07
4. "Redemption Lost" 10:25
5. "Tombstone Carousal" 7:27
6. "Gnawing Bones (Coffin's Lot)" 10:48
7. "Nickerson's Theme" 8:06

Total length: 1:06:56

"The Divinity of Oceans" is a concept album based on the true story of the Whale-Ship Essex which in November 1820 was sunk in an attack by a sperm whale before the men resorted to cannibalism in order to survive, as told by survivor Owen Chase in his 1821 book "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex". This book formed the inspiration for Herman Meville's famous novel "Moby Dick" where the name Ahab is from.

Release dates:

July 22 - Finland, Spain

July 24 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Sweden

July 27 - Rest of Europe

July 28 - Canada, USA

The album cover is a painting by Théodore Géricault called "Le Radeau De La Méduse" (The Raft of the Medusa).

Also released as a gatefold double LP limited to 500 hand-numbered copies.

Recording information:

Mixed and mastered at Klangschmiede Studio E, Mellrichstadt, Germany.