AHAB: "Quite some messaging going around with the guys of Giant Squid (a San Fransisco based band) about our album artwork. They thought, our cover artwork of "The Boats Of The Glen Carrig" is too close to the one of a re-issue of the Ichthyologist."

San Francisco sludge/hard rock warriors GIANT SQUID have provoked a friendly debate regarding German funeral/death/doom warriors AHAB's art work for the bands anticipated new offering "THE BOATS OF THE GLEN CARRIG", due to be unleashed 8/28/2015 via NAPALM RECORDS.

AHAB unleashed "The Giant" 5/25/2012 via NAPALM RECORDS.


ITP V.09 REVIEW: AHAB: "THE DIVINITY OF OCEANS":

http://spak-individualthoughtpatterns.blogspot.com/2009/07/itp-review-ahab-divinity-of-oceans.html




FROM AHAB:
Quite some messaging going around with the guys of Giant Squid (a San Fransisco based band) about our album artwork. They thought, our cover artwork of "The Boats Of The Glen Carrig" is too close to the one of a re-issue of the Ichthyologist. Unfortunately we didn't know the band or the cover. That being said: We still do not think there's much more similarity than a hand being turned into a sea-animal (two different one's btw).
Anyway: We hope this settles the argument, cause we (and I guess also Giant Squid) do not like bitching with fellow artists.
Now it's up to you, what to think of it.
GIANT SQUID asked us kindly to repost their post:
"Edit to post: been talking with AHAB, who say they, and the artist, we're officially and completely unfamiliar with both Giant Squid, and the Ichthyologist. So there you go. Let's chalk it up to crazy coincidence, kindred spirits thinking alike, if you will.
I love AHAB. One of my favorite bands going today. Divinity of Oceans is almost perfect and is one of the only albums from a band I've just spontaneously acclaimed out of the blue on this page. The Giant was great too, and I'm sure this new album will crush. And, as an illustrator, that album art is amazingly well done, truly beautiful. Except... eeesh, that sure reminds me of a cover of a certain landmark album by a certain band... Anyone else feeling me on this? Seems I'm not the only one calling it out in the comments. Eh, whatever I guess.
Remember that one time we wrote an album about the New Jersey shark attacks, and then another band did it two years later. Yeah, me too. Sigh..."
And here's some of the music from The Ichthyologist.
Nice song btw. 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-