Phantoms of the High Seas is the tenth album released on 13 October 2008 under Monolith Graphics by dark ambient duo Nox Arcana which received a rating of 9.4/10 from Spawn of Metal	.
The release date for this album coincides with Columbus Day. Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492 (Julian Calendar; it would have been October 21, 1492, on the Gregorian Proleptic Calendar, which extends the Gregorian Calendar to dates prior to its adoption on October 4th, 1582). 
