The Divinity of Oceans

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The Divinity of Oceans
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Studio album by
Released22 July 2009
Genre Funeral doom metal
Length66:56
Label Napalm Records
Ahab chronology
The Call of the Wretched Sea
(2006)
The Divinity of Oceans
(2009)
The Giant
(2012)
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The Divinity of Oceans is the second album by the German funeral doom metal band Ahab. This album was also released through Napalm Records, like their previous releases were. [5]

Contents

The album's lyrics are based of the real-life sinking of the Essex whaleship in 1820, the event that inspired Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick . The album's cover was taken from the painting The Raft of the Medusa , by French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Yet Another Raft of the Medusa (Pollard's Weakness)"12:40
2."The Divinity of Oceans"11:03
3."O Father Sea"7:07
4."Redemption Lost"10:25
5."Tombstone Carousal"7:27
6."Gnawing Bones (Coffin's Lot)"10:48
7."Nickerson's Theme"8:06
Total length:1:06:56

Personnel

Band line-up [5]

Artwork

Release history [5]

RegionDateLabelFormatAdditional notes
Spain, Finland 22 July 2009 Napalm Records Compact Disc
Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden 24 July 2009Napalm RecordsCompact Disc
24 July 2009Napalm Records2 x VinylLimited to 500 copies [6]
The rest of Europe 27 July 2009Napalm RecordsCompact Disc
Canada, United States 28 July 2009Napalm RecordsCompact Disc

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