The Divinity of Oceans / Ahab

Funeral doom can be a hard genre to evaluate; like black metal, it is at the extreme musical periphery, with an inherently narrow vision that permits little exploration or deviation. Ahab sticks firmly within its claustrophobic boundaries and do not expand beyond the template of slow oppressive riffs, despairing leads, ultra-guttural vocals and economic drumming, relying on a "nautik" theme to separate them from their peers. This statement wou...

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