There are at least five artists named Ahab; 1) Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the 1851 novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Along with its name, the band also draws thematic and lyrical inspiration from Moby Dick; some songs even feature direct quotations from the book. Near the end of 2004, with one song already written
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There are at least five artists named Ahab; 1) Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the 1851 novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Along with its name, the band also draws thematic and lyrical inspiration from Moby Dick; some songs even feature direct quotations from the book. Near the end of 2004, with one song already written, Christian Hector and Daniel Droste decided to form a band and recorded their first single The Stream. On 15 April 2005, after several months of rehearsing, the band's first demo, The Oath, was released. The demo was limited to 30 hand-numbered copies and contained the band's first song, The Stream, as well as two new songs and an outro. Nearly a year and a half later, The Call of the Wretched Sea, the group's first full-length album was released on Napalm Records with the help of Stephan Adolph and session drummer Cornelius Althammer. After the release of The Call of the Wretched Sea, the band played some few gigs in Europe. In 2008, shortly after playing at the Summer Breeze Open Air metal festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, bassist Stephan Adolph left the band due to "personal differences." He was quickly replaced by Stephan Wandernoth, a member of the band Dead Eyed Sleeper to which the drummer, Cornelius, also belongs. The band's second full album The Divinity of Oceans was released in July 2009. It tells the story of the "Essex", an American whaleship, that was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, becoming the inspiration for Melville's Moby Dick. On 25 May 2012, Ahab released their third studio album, titled The Giant, based on Edgar Allan Poe's novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket". Ahab released The Boats of the Glen Carrig on 28 August 2015. It is a concept album based on William Hope Hodgson's novel of the same name. On 26 June 2020 Ahab released their first live album Live Prey. Their latest album The Coral Tombs, released on 13 January 2023, is based on Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues under the Sea". To date, Ahab has released five studio and one live album and has performed across Europe. The band is currently endorsed by several music gear manufactures including Framus Guitars, Laboga Guitar Amplifiers, Neunaber Audio, and Agner Drumsticks. 2) is a German Noise-Rock Band featuring members of Ulme. www.ulme-music.com 3) is a Danish band. www.ahab.mymusic.dk www.audiostreet.net/ahabdk www.myspace.com/ahabdk 4) Minimal 80s band from the UK. 5) Glitch Hop / Bass Music producer from Texas.
