Carach Angren "Death Came Through A Phantom Ship"

Death Came Through a Phantom Ship is the second full-length studio album by the Dutch symphonic black metal band Carach Angren, It was released in 2010.

This album tells the legend of a ghost ship (an interpretation of The Flying Dutchman) from its beginnings. The album starts in the future, when a boat with an electronic communication device sails to the sea. The boat picks up signs of an eerie voice cursing its captain's name through the radio. Then a ghost ship comes across the sea. The sailors then remember stories about how people who saw that ship died in horrible ways. In track No. 3, in the same day of the sighting, later that night, the captain is haunted by the ghost of the seas. He kills his wife and daughter while sleepwalking and then kills himself with a shotgun. After that, it begins telling the story of Van der Decken and how he became the captain of an evil ship.

The album contains symphonic black metal although the vocals are kept clear. Parallels to Dimmu Borgir have been observed in the keyboard lines and the vocals' timbre. The structure of the songs has been described as "bulky" with many abrupt breaks, which is contrary to traditional black metal structures.


"Al betekent het mijn dood" is Dutch for "Even If It Means My Death."
6-page digipak + 16-page booklet.

Concept album based on the haunting legend "The Flying Dutch".

Artwork by Carach Angren and Erik Wijnands.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Tidalwave Studios.
Produced by Patrick Damiani and Carach Angren.

Mastered by 24-96 Mastering.