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."
Невыносимая Боль
Pharaoh Lyrics
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И так жалок в бреду человек
В легких бурлящая нефть
И на привязи голоден гнев
Где-то в дельте тех багровых рек
Не на троне, но я при дворе
Скорее гарлем, чем гарем
Я курю, затем я вкусно ем
Где живые без денег
Смертелен, безделен
В постели лишь с ней был
Сименс!
Сука, душу принеси мне
Сука, всю неделю в амнезии
Это Сименс!
Руку жал я одержимым
Сука в пекле, если сука согрешила
Мы воины света, мы же воины тьмы
Этот мрак бесконечен, как трип кислоты
Даю суке бумагу, она крутит грамм дури
И это очень странно, ведь она даже не курит
Среди древних камней я нашел свое эго
Когда альфа докурен, я взрываю омегу
Сименс звонит мне, но мне не взять трубку
Я занят лишь тем, что ем киску у суки
Мы пылаем инферно, как гребаный Лондон
Тебе не потушить то, что создано Богом
То, что создано Богом
То, что создано Богом
Керосина в огонь
Невыносимая боль
Мы сгораем живьем
Но в огне мы живем
Керосина в огонь
Невыносимая боль
Мы сгораем живьем
Но в огне мы живем
The lyrics of PHARAOH feat. Superior.cat.proteus.'s song "Невыносимая боль" portray an existentialist and pessimistic worldview. The first verse depicts the hopeless and pitiful state of humanity, with people walking towards death, lungs filled with oil, and anger tied up with a rope. The singer feels like he is not in a position of power, rather like Harlem than a harem. He spends his days smoking and eating, while the living without money are mortal and idle. The only relief he has is lying with his girl in bed. The mention of "Сименс" suggests a hotbed of addiction or perhaps a dealer, representing a way to escape the bleakness of life at the cost of one's soul. The chorus underlines the idea of humans being both warriors of light and darkness, exposed to infinite darkness and pain, but still finding the will to live despite the burning kerosene and unbearable pain.
The second verse continues with the notion of finding meaning in self-destruction. The singer gives paper to his girl to roll weed, but it's strange that she doesn't even smoke it. Among the ancient stones, he finds his ego, and when the "alpha" is smoked, he explodes the "omega," which symbolizes the end, as well as the ultimate truth. However, the voice of "Сименс" distracts him from answering the phone, and his only concern is to eat his girl's "kitty" - a crude euphemism for oral sex. The last line of the song repeats the chorus but adds that humans live in fire, are consumed by fire, but still live in fire. The ending is ambiguous, leaving the listener to interpret whether the fire represents destruction, purification, or enlightenment.
Line by Line Meaning
Толпы идущих на смерть
People walking towards death in crowds
И так жалок в бреду человек
And so pathetic in human delirium
В легких бурлящая нефть
Oil bubbling in the lungs
И на привязи голоден гнев
And anger is hungry on a leash
Где-то в дельте тех багровых рек
Somewhere in the delta of those crimson rivers
Не на троне, но я при дворе
Not on the throne, but I'm at court
Скорее гарлем, чем гарем
More like Harlem than a harem
Я курю, затем я вкусно ем
I smoke, then I eat deliciously
Целый день, весь день
The whole day, all day
Где живые без денег
Where the living are without money
Смертелен, безделен
Mortal and penniless
В постели лишь с ней был
Only with her in bed
Сименс!
Siemens!
Сука, душу принеси мне
Bitch, bring me your soul
Сука, всю неделю в амнезии
Bitch, all week in amnesia
Это Сименс!
This is Siemens!
Руку жал я одержимым
I shook hands with the possessed
Сука в пекле, если сука согрешила
Bitch in hell, if the bitch sinned
Мы воины света, мы же воины тьмы
We are warriors of light, we are warriors of darkness
Этот мрак бесконечен, как трип кислоты
This darkness is infinite, like an acid trip
Даю суке бумагу, она крутит грамм дури
I give the bitch paper, she rolls a gram of weed
И это очень странно, ведь она даже не курит
And it's very strange, because she doesn't even smoke
Среди древних камней я нашел свое эго
Among the ancient stones, I found my ego
Когда альфа докурен, я взрываю омегу
When the alpha is smoked, I explode the omega
Сименс звонит мне, но мне не взять трубку
Siemens calls me, but I can't answer the phone
Я занят лишь тем, что ем киску у суки
I'm only busy eating pussy from the bitch
Мы пылаем инферно, как гребаный Лондон
We burn in Inferno, like fucking London
Тебе не потушить то, что создано Богом
You can't extinguish what God created
То, что создано Богом
What God created
Керосина в огонь
Kerosene into the fire
Невыносимая боль
Unbearable pain
Мы сгораем живьем
We burn alive
Но в огне мы живем
But in fire we live
Керосина в огонь
Kerosene into the fire
Невыносимая боль
Unbearable pain
Мы сгораем живьем
We burn alive
Но в огне мы живем
But in fire we live
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