2019Released
4:35

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Interesting facts and trivia about Leviathan. By Songfacts®.

A Leviathan is an ancient name for a large sea creature. The name is believed to be from the Hebrew lawo, "to twist, to join," with tan from the Arabic tinin, meaning "dragon." In Psalm 104v26, the word refers to a whale; in Isaiah 27:1 it is a sea serpent.

Here, Volbeat's Michael Poulsen sings as the imagination of a young boy who is looking out of his bedroom window. The child can see the ocean and wonders where the Leviathan is. Outside my window, I can see The ocean where you used to be Horns that sprout out from your head A glowing light near the surface Poulsen explained to Billboard: "He already has a feeling that the world can be an evil place, full of bad people. He wants as a youngster to try to clean up the whole world, but he knows that he can't do that. But he believes that he can contact Leviathan the sea monster, and together they could clean up all the bad things."

Mastodon recorded a record in 2004 titled Leviathan. It was a concept album that was based on Herman Melville's novel about the giant white whale, Moby Dick.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Leviathan.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
90BPM

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Released By

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Vertigo Berlin
© 2019 VOLBEAT, under exclusive license to Universal Music GmbH
A Vertigo Berlin release; ℗ 2019 VOLBEAT, under exclusive license to Universal Music GmbH

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