The Call of the Wretched Sea
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| Studio album by Ahab | ||||
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Publication |
2006 |
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Napalm Records Deviant Records |
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CD |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
67:32 |
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Stephan Adolph |
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Studio (s) |
SAD Studio |
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The Call of the Wretched Sea ( English for The Call of the wretched Sea ) is the debut album of the German Funeral Doom band Ahab and appeared on 10 October 2006. The artwork was done by Kinuko Y. Craft. The genre of the album is considered funeral doom.
The concept album is based on the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville and focuses on Captain Ahab's hunt for the white sperm whale . The songs are played partly from the first person perspective and partly by an unknown observer. Individual samples are also used. The texts were written by Christian Hector and include quotations from the book.
Track list
| # | title | length | Songwriter |
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| 1 | Below the sun | 11:45 | Daniel Droste & Christian Hector |
| 2 | The Pacific | 10:07 | Daniel Droste & Christian Hector |
| 3 | Old Thunder | 9:54 | Daniel Droste & Christian Hector |
| 4th | Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales | 1:46 | Daniel Droste & Christian Hector |
| 5 | The sermon | 12:36 | Ahab |
| 6th | The Hunt | 11:13 | Daniel Droste & Christian Hector |
| 7th | Ahab's Oath | 10:11 | Daniel Droste & Christian Hector |
Publications
The album was released several times:
- 2006 as CD via Napalm Records in Austria and Russia
- 2006 as a promo CD via Napalm Records in Germany
- 2007 as a limited double LP via Deviant Records in Germany
- 2012 as a limited double LP via Napalm Records in Germany
The edition of Deviant Records consisted of 500 copies, 100 of them in green, 100 in red and 300 in black.
reception
Michaela Putz from the e-magazine laut.de awarded 3 out of 5 points and describes the album as “paralyzing”, “gloomy” and “fatalistic”. The instruments, the vocals and the choirs “create the right atmosphere” and “make the story appear more real”, the songs are “sluggish and tough”.
Powermetal.de describes the album as “dark, threatening, dramatic and tragic”, with “slow, evocative rhythms and an anything but life-affirming atmosphere”. The album is "a real treat for the Doom community in terms of atmosphere alone" and "the tracks are all very impressive in themselves". The lack of variety is criticized. "The approach is the same for almost all seven overlong compositions".
On metal.de it is said that the "tough, dark sound sets the scene on the gloomy sea appropriately". The band is "relatively catchy" and is " stylistically closer to bands like SHAPE OF DESPAIR or SKEPTICISM [...] than more traditional formations like THERGOTHON or UNHOLY ".
The online magazine Stormbringer.at , however, gave a more negative assessment and only awarded 2.5 out of 5 possible points. It is said that “drums, deep guitars and extremely brutal vocals manage to create an unpleasant and threatening atmosphere without any problems”, but one should have “worked on the songs longer”. The voice is "made worse with numerous effects" and the "ultra-deeply grunted vocals destroy more than they do well". The album is "a bulky, difficult-to-access work for Funeral Doom purists".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e The Call of the Wretched Sea. discogs.com, accessed October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ a b The Call Of The Wretched Sea 2006. ahab-doom.de, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ^ Ta: Dark, darker, Funeral Doom. (No longer available online.) Crossover-agm.de, archived from the original on October 16, 2014 ; accessed on October 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Call of the Wretched Sea. allmusic.com, accessed October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ occupation. ahab-doom.de, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ The Call Of The Wretched Sea 2007. ahab-doom.de, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Michaela Putz: On a journey into the abyss. laut.de, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Björn Backes: AHAB - The Call Of The Wretched Sea. powermetal.de, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ^ A b Thomas Weeber: The Call Of The Wretched Sea. metal.de, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Pr0m3th3us: Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea (CD). stormbringer.at, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
