1. Though its earliest ech… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists named Pharaoh.
1. Though its earliest echoes ring back to 1997, American heavy metal act PHARAOH released its debut album via the Cruz del Sur Music label in 2003. Paradoxically entitled After the Fire, the album’s robust and resilient songwriting caught the ears of selective metal fans worldwide. Three years later in 2006, The Longest Night fell and was an immediate underground favorite. As modern and hi-resolution as it was pure and orthodox, The Longest Night also boasted a substantive production that allowed all ten songs to resonate in full splendor.
Once again inspired by the fans’ response to their hard work, the songwriters of PHARAOH laid plans to make yet another leap forward, and by the middle of 2007, a third album was ready for production. Returning producer/engineer Matt Crooks and the band set to work without hesitation, starting in July and continuing for the remainder of the year. The band had already agreed on titling the album Be Gone several months before entering the studio, because a singular theme emerged early in the songwriting process. Songs such as the radiant "Speak to Me" and the bottomless epic "Buried at Sea" examine the inherent flaws of mankind, pitted hopelessly against the seemingly omniscient and unwavering power of nature. Similarly, the soaring strains of "Dark New Life" and sinister waves of "Telepath" offer narratives from a world where the human race is blazing paths to literal and emotional extinction. The inevitable disappearance of mankind is the overarching theme embodied in Be Gone’s musical storytelling.
Musically, Be Gone features songwriting that is at once complex and compact. Matt Johnsen’s now-trademark layering of guitars creates a rich and fertile backdrop for master-vocalist Tim Aymar’s powerful and arresting expressions. The rhythm section of bassist Chris Kerns and drummer Chris Black keeps the momentum high, deftly supporting all of the multi-layered melodic invention happening at every turn. Always mindful of not only the genre’s traditions but also its own, the band this time invited Riot guitarists Mark Reale and Mike Flyntz to contribute hard-cutting solos to "Dark New Life", and regular guest guitarist Jim Dofka performs a dazzling spot on "No Remains". Because the four bandmates form various songwriting combinations, PHARAOH’s albums have a characteristic diversity and depth that few other bands achieve.
PHARAOH’s songwriting and studio performances have reached greater heights with each successive album. Grandiose and inviting, Be Gone out-classes its predecessors, and few heavy metal groups have ever sounded as erudite as PHARAOH does, ripened from a decade of intense work together. Like the albums before it, Be Gone is the band’s invitation to all free-thinking heavy metal loyalists to join them at the edges of the genre’s collective imagination. PHARAOH’s steadfast dedication to its album-making craft has delayed its live debut, which will finally come in the form of select shows during 2008. Aiming high as always, PHARAOH will deliver every bit of its majestic energy onstage, performing songs from its entire history. Indeed, 2008 may deliver PHARAOH unto the heavy metal mainstream, thanks to the band’s long-awaited live debut and of course the release of Be Gone, a future classic of American heavy metal.
Mid-2010 PHARAOH released a 7" split single along with Canvas Solaris as a Tribute To Coroner, featuring a melodic rendition of Coroner's "Tunnel Of Pain", a new E.P. being slated for early 2011 celebrates 10 years of Pharaoh with several special renditions of cult favorites and various PHARAOH-esque arrangements fans would normally not expect.
2. A doom/sludge metal band from New Jersey. Since 2009, Pharaoh have been playing and touring throughout the East Coast and Southern United States. The Demonstration was released in 2011 on A389 Recordings. This spring, Pharaoh releases This House is Doomed, our 2012 7". They are for you. They are going to be available for digital download when you purchase a copy as well.
3. A sleaze rock/glam punk band from Washington State released in 1991 EP "On Your Knees".
4. Russian hip-hop artist representing Dead Dynasty coalition. He used to be part of YungRussia, a association created by Boulevard Depo in 2014, which ceased to exist in 2016. In the past, he adopted other pseudonyms, like Leroy Kid and Castro The Silent. He is very influenced by Rammstein, Kid Cudi and Kurt Cobain, and has been described as a mix of "Justin Bieber" and "Kurt Kobain". About this, he said: "if I'm being compared to Kurt Kobain, it means I'm doing everything right."
Rats And Rope
PHARAOH Lyrics
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Believe the lies you hear
Without so much as wondering
See the world in black and white
Refuse to look between
"You're with us or you're with the enemy"
Reality and fiction
It's a sickening charade
Pretending what you say
Is something that you know is true
I refuse to be deceived
Your spells don't work on me
I see behind your eyes, there's nothing there
You might see on reflection
That your constant contradiction
Could kill the tune as you
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Spin your web on and on (until the flies are gone)
Ropes are wound as you
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Spin your thread 'til its gone (the flies are catching on)
Won't be long...
Forever we are lead astray
Ever blinded to what is true
You liars will face a judgment day
Soon enough we will be coming for you
When the truth has been revealed
And all that you've concealed
Is brought before the world to see
In the face of all your lies
The stones at least will fly
As we who cast them watch you dying
As your feinted conviction
Finally crumbles and falls
For your guilty admission
Voices call as you
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Spin your web on and on (until the flies are gone)
Ropes are wound as you
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Spin your thread 'til its gone (the flies are catching on)
Await the break of dawn
But still you spin on and on (until the flies are gone)
Ropes are wound as you
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Spin your thread 'til its gone (the flies are catching on)
The lyrics to Pharaoh's song "Rats And Rope" deal with the issue of blind faith and the willingness of many people to swallow whatever lies and half-truths are presented to them without question. The chorus of the song presents this idea very clearly: "Sing your song, the rats will come along / Spin your web on and on, until the flies are gone / Ropes are wound as you sing your song, the rats will come along / Spin your thread til it's gone, the flies are catching on."
The verses of the song deal with the idea that many people see the world in a very simplistic way, dividing it into black and white categories ("You're with us or you're with the enemy"), without bothering to try to understand the complexities that lie between these extremes. The lines "Reality and fiction / They're both the same in your mind" suggest that for many people, what is true and what is false are not necessarily separate things, but rather two sides of the same coin.
The song ends with a warning to those who choose to propagate these lies: "Soon enough we will be coming for you... As we who cast them watch you dying." This suggests that there will come a time when those who have perpetuated these falsehoods will be held accountable for their actions.
Line by Line Meaning
Are you really so naïve
Do you truly lack experience and judgment?
Believe the lies you hear
Accept falsehoods as truth.
Without so much as wondering
Without even a hint of reflexive thought.
See the world in black and white
Perceive the world as divided into good and evil.
Refuse to look between
Choose to ignore any shades of gray or complexity.
"You're with us or you're with the enemy"
Adopt a simplistic worldview where any disagreement is equated with being an enemy.
Reality and fiction
Actual circumstances and invented ones.
They're both the same in your mind
There is no difference between what's real and what's not in your perception.
It's a sickening charade
It's a revolting game of pretense.
Pretending what you say
Make believe that your words have a basis in truth.
Is something that you know is true
Act like you're confident of the veracity of what you're saying.
I refuse to be deceived
I decline to be tricked or cheated.
Your spells don't work on me
Your incantations don't have an effect on me.
I see behind your eyes, there's nothing there
I recognize there's emptiness lurking behind your words and behavior.
You might see on reflection
If you think about it later.
That your constant contradiction
Your repeated inconsistency.
Could kill the tune as you
Could slaughter your song, which symbolizes your worldview.
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Express your beliefs (the rats, representative of opportunistic individuals, will join).
Spin your web on and on (until the flies are gone)
Continue spreading your deception (until people are no longer finding it appealing).
Ropes are wound as you
The ties that will ensnare you in your deception are being created.
Won't be long...
It'll happen shortly.
Forever we are lead astray
Eternally, we're misguided.
Ever blinded to what is true
Permanently unable to see veracity.
You liars will face a judgment day
You deceivers will experience a day of reckoning.
Soon enough we will be coming for you
We will arrive to exact retribution.
When the truth has been revealed
Upon disclosure of actuality.
And all that you've concealed
And everything you've hidden.
Is brought before the world to see
Becomes public knowledge.
In the face of all your lies
In spite of your deceit.
The stones at least will fly
At least rocks will be hurled at you.
As we who cast them watch you dying
As we who threw them observe you perishing.
As your feinted conviction
Because your pretended belief.
Finally crumbles and falls
Eventually collapses and tumbles down.
For your guilty admission
Because you acknowledged culpability.
Voices call as you
Various individuals shout at you.
Await the break of dawn
Expect the emergence of daybreak.
But still you spin on and on (until the flies are gone)
Continue your deception for as long as possible (until no one else believes it).
Ropes are wound as you
The cords are being constructed to trap you in your falsehoods.
Sing your song (the rats will come along)
Propagate your beliefs (the rats, symbolizing opportunistic people, will follow).
Spin your thread 'til its gone (the flies are catching on)
Keep spreading your deceit until none remain gullible (the flies realize they're being deceived).
Contributed by Savannah J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
A1C WISE Gibson
Ultimately the best progressive rock and roll band ever and haven’t still released another album
DonCarnage42
For nine years no new album, but now I'm looking forward to The Powers That Be to be released in June. Here's the song Lost in the Waves of the coming album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_3PxoQgvtA