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The Deathship Has a New Captain
Studio album by The Vision Bleak
Released	23 February 2004
Genre	Gothic metal
Length	41:03
Label	Prophecy Productions
Producer	Martin Koller
The Vision Bleak chronology
The Vision Bleak (2003) The Deathship Has a New Captain (2004) Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem (2005)

The Deathship Has a New Captain (subtitled 9 Songs of Death, Doom and Horror) is the debut studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 23 February 2004 through Prophecy Productions. The album counts with a guest appearance by Dame Pandora of Dark Sanctuary fame providing additional vocals.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Vision Bleak

Trivia

• "The Night of the Living Dead" references George A. Romero's 1968 film of the same name.
• "Wolfmoon" references the classic 1941 film The Wolf Man.
• "Metropolis" is a reference to Fritz Lang's German Expressionist 1927 film of the same name.
• "Elizabeth Dane" is the name of the clipper which plays a prominent role on John Carpenter's 1980 film The Fog.
• "Horror of Antarctica" references in its lyrics H. P. Lovecraft's 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness.
• The album's title itself references a dialogue card in F.W. Murnau's 1922 film Nosferatu.

Personnel

The Vision Bleak

• Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
• Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards

Guest musicians

• Otto Mellies – narrations
• Thomas Helm – additional tenor vocals
• Nadine Stock – woodwinds
• Dame Pandora – additional soprano vocals

Miscellaneous staff

• Martin Koller – production

External links

• The Vision Bleak's official website

• The Vision Bleak albums
• 2004 debut albums