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

  • Jens Siefert – recording, production, mixing and mastering
  • Sebastian Jerke – artwork

References