Ahab

German doom and sludge metal trio Ahab are so infatuated with oceans, they had a sticker placed on The Call of the Wretched Sea, their 2006 debut long-player that described their music to inquisitive punters as "Nautik Funeral Doom." Even their name drew inspiration from sea-faring tales, taking obvious inspiration from Herman Melville's classic tale of the obsessed captain of the Pequod who pursued a great white whale. Each recording since has carried a nautical theme in its title, down through 2015's The Boats of Glen Carrig. Ahab were founded in 2004 in Esslingen by music...