Little have they been paying attention to one of the greatest metal releases of all time (to me), Mastodon’s Leviathan. I just wanted to straighten that out, because all the magazines are acting like it’s some kind of brilliant original discovery to actually add some fantasy/litarature to the lyrics and music. PAY ATTENTION!

Well, about Ahab then. At first it didn’t appeal to me that much, but after a couple of listening sessions I can see the fun of it. These Germans produce dark, heavy, atmospheric, but most of all straightforward funeral doom, that will definitely appeal to any of the genre’s lovers. Good thing is that the vocals vary a lot in heaviness, which makes for the variation a lot.

 

The music (for those not into the genre) consists of slow, heavy soundscape-riffs that are backed up thin melodic guitar parts, circling in the higher tones of the instrument. While some guy is grunting something about whales and losing his mind, of course.

Well, as you can conclude that if you’re a fan of the genre, you’re already late with picking this up. People who are not into slow stuff know not to deal with this.