When we take into consideration the heavy hitters in the modern landscape of doom metal, Ahab simply must be one that’s mentioned in mere seconds. An aquatic take on a vicious sound that has always been as heavy as the … Continue reading Ahab – The Coral Tombs
There’s nothing like hearing from a band who pioneered a genre of their very own. Much like how Alestorm invented pirate metal and A Breach of Silence tweaked metalcore into powercore, Ahab have transformed their doom metal into a seaworthy subgenre of doom metal: nautic (or nautik) doom. As you might have guessed by the word choice and album cover, Ahab’s new album “The Boats of The Glen Carrig” is heavily influenced by the sea. More specifically, a novel of the same name written by William Hope Hodgson first published in 1907. Regarded as a “survival and adventure story with elements of … Continue reading Ahab – The Boats of The Glen Carrig