The Giant (Ahab album)

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The Giant
Album artwork for Ahab's third studio album 'The Giant'.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 May 2012
RecordedJanuary–February 2012 at Überwälder Klangdressur, Grasellenbach
Genre Funeral doom metal, progressive rock
Length59:39
Label Napalm Records
Producer Ahab & Jens Siefert
Ahab chronology
The Divinity of Oceans
(2009)
The Giant
(2012)
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blistering 8/10 [3]
Chronicles of Chaos 8.5/10 [4]

The Giant is the third studio album by the German funeral doom metal band Ahab released through their long time label mate Napalm Records. [5] The lyrics are based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Further South"8:55
2."Aeons Elapse"12:44
3."Deliverance (Shouting at the Dead)"7:52
4."Antarctica the Polymorphess"11:45
5."Fathoms Deep Below"9:07
6."The Giant"10:36
Total length:59:39
Digipack & Vinyl bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
7."Time's Like Molten Lead" (digipack and vinyl bonus track)11:05
8."Evening Star" (vinyl bonus track)11:35

Personnel

Ahab [6]
Production

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