Ahab is a German funeral/nautical doom metal band formed in 2004, known for very slow, atmospheric compositions and literary inspirations (Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe).

Formed in 2004; name and themes reference Captain Ahab and Moby Dick; draws inspiration from Melville and Poe; The Giant (2012) released by Napalm Records (mentioned in DeBaser review).

Three DeBaser reviews praise Ahab's funeral/nautical doom for its overwhelming atmosphere, literary inspirations (Melville, Poe) and innovative use of slowness. The albums highlighted are The Call of the Wretched Sea, The Divinity of Oceans and The Giant. Reviewers describe the music as immersive, bleak and monumental.

For:Fans of funeral doom/doom metal, listeners who like very slow, atmospheric music and literary-inspired concepts (Moby Dick, Poe).

 Listening to this album is like dying. Only afterward, you are alive and well.

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 The album is one of the top not 50 not 20 not 10 but 5 doom albums of all time!

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 A softer approach, more dreamy: a way of doing things that few expected and that becomes clear even in the more direct pieces, such as "Deliverance (Shouting At The Dead)", where the melodic vein of the group emerges.

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