The Giant (Ahab album)
{{Infobox album
| name = The Giant
| type = studio
| artist = Ahab
| cover = Album_artwork_for_Ahab's_third_studio_album_'The_Giant'.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 May 2012
| recorded = January–February 2012 at Überwälder Klangdressur, Grasellenbach
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Funeral doom metal, progressive rock
| length = 59:39
| label = Napalm Records
| producer = Ahab & Jens Siefert
| prev_title = The Divinity of Oceans
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
| next_year = 2015
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = About.com
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/ahab/fr/Ahab-The-Giant-Review.htm|title=Ahab – The Giant Review|work=About.com|publisher=IAC|first=Craig|last=Hayes|accessdate=2013-01-05}}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-giant-mw0002344054|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|title=The Giant – Ahab|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=2012-10-09}}
| rev3 = Blistering
| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web|last = E. Gehlke|first = David|title = Ahab – The Giant|work = Blistering|publisher = blistering.com|url = http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/26745/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1|accessdate = January 17, 2013}}
| rev4 = Chronicles of Chaos
| rev4Score = 8.5/10{{cite web|last = A. Carbon|first = Johnathan|title = Ahab – The Giant: Review|work = Chronicles of Chaos|publisher = chroniclesofchaos.com|date = July 15, 2012|url = http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-6522_ahab_the_giant.aspx|accessdate = January 17, 2013}}
| noprose = yes
}}
The Giant is the third studio album by the German funeral doom metal band Ahab released through their long time label mate Napalm Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=173207|title=Ahab: New album title track available for streaming|work=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=2012-10-02}} The lyrics are based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Further South
| length1 = 8:55
| title2 = Aeons Elapse
| length2 = 12:44
| title3 = Deliverance (Shouting at the Dead)
| length3 = 7:52
| title4 = Antarctica the Polymorphess
| length4 = 11:45
| title5 = Fathoms Deep Below
| length5 = 9:07
| title6 = The Giant
| length6 = 10:36
|total_length = 59:39
}}
;Digipack & Vinyl bonus tracks
{{tracklist
| headline =
| title7 = Time's Like Molten Lead
| note7 = digipack and vinyl bonus track
| length7 = 11:05
| title8 = Evening Star
| note8 = vinyl bonus track
| length8 = 11:35
}}
Personnel
;Ahab{{cite magazine|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=58101|title=Ahab – The Giant|magazine=Metal Storm|accessdate=2012-10-02}}
- Daniel Droste – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Christian Hector – guitar
- Stephan Wandernoth – bass
- Cornerlius Althammer – drums
;Production
References
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Category:Music based on novels
Category:Napalm Records albums