Watch the Bloody New Video for German Melodic Doom Crew Ahab’s “The Red Foam”

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When it comes to ambitious, whiskey-soaked turn-of-the-century novelists, there are plenty of worse scribblers to emulate than Herman Melville, a fact that German melodic doom lushes Ahab figured out a solid decade ago. They’ve stayed true blue to their nautical theme (though the Melville fascination seemed to run its course) since they paddled into the international waters in 2004.

The overaching idea buoying their maudlin output seems to be that life is pain, water is everywhere, and someday, it will drown us all. Pretty standard, really.

Settle into a watery grave with the surprisingly creepy, blood-flecked video for “Like Red Foam,” a flagship track off The Boats of The Glen Carrig, the band’s upcoming new album for Napalm Records.