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."
Солярис
Pharaoh Lyrics
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Для них я просто, б*я, манекен (манекен).
Нас всех ждёт лишь коробка в говне (в говне).
Скажи, какого х*я?
Нам не светит ни**я, кроме ё**ной нирваны.
Пока нету света дня, мне не за что цепляться.
Чувство, будто живу зря. Унеси меня, заря,
Нет ни**я вечного, есть пастух с овечками,
Но во мне живёт нечто, что не делает мир клетчатым.
Я буду ждать вас всех в чёрной одежде на конечной.
Тебе здесь не нужны деньги? Так попробуй, расправь плечи,
Тварь!
Ха, травка появилась на газонах.
Я дарю стихи, а к ним бриллианты.
Ну, а ты решила, в принципе, резонно.
Есть, конечно, лучше варианты.
На тебя я буду не в обиде.
Чем уж смог, тем, в общем, и помог.
Я читал и в фильмах это видел -
Песни вылетит из горла мой комок.
Я нелеп, как Пушкин на Кавказе.
Как в изгнании без переписки права.
Боль утраты есть в твоём отказе;
И отрада стала как отрава (вообще по**й).
С бабушкой ходил я в бакалею.
Вдруг ушла она внезапно, как и ты.
Я поплачу, сердцем поболею.
На могилку принесу цветы.
Не, не сказать, что случай этот дикий (не, не, не, не).
Всё, всё не вечно, то, что на болоте.
Я купил зачем-то две гвоздики
И поставил их на столик к водке (заберёшь, сука).
Песенная правда или наглость,
Потускнели и пожухли малость.
Ты права, что это твой диагноз.
Он смертелен для меня, как оказалось (вот так).
In the song "Солярис" by Pharaoh, the lyrics reflect a sense of frustration and disillusionment with society and one's own existence. The opening lines, "I was nobody. They talk about me," convey a feeling of insignificance and being treated like a mannequin. The phrase "Нас всех ждёт лишь коробка в говне" translates to "We all await only a box in shit," expressing a sense of hopelessness and a bleak future. The repetition of "какого х*я?" emphasizes the confusion and frustration towards the circumstances.
The lyrics further express a longing for something beyond the mundane and ordinary. The phrase "Нам не светит ни**я, кроме ё**ной нирваны" can be translated as "We are not expecting anything except ultimate nirvana," suggesting that there is nothing to look forward to in life except for an escape from the current state of being. The following lines convey a feeling of aimlessness and living in vain, with the plea to be taken away by dawn, even though people won't notice or care.
Line by Line Meaning
Я был никем (никем). Они говорят обо мне (обо мне).
I used to be nobody (nobody). They talk about me (about me).
Для них я просто, б*я, манекен (манекен).
For them, I'm just a damn mannequin (mannequin).
Нас всех ждёт лишь коробка в говне (в говне).
We all await nothing but a box in shit (in shit).
Скажи, какого х*я?
Tell me, what the fuck?
Нам не светит ни**я, кроме ё**ной нирваны.
We don't have a damn thing shining for us except fucking nirvana.
Пока нету света дня, мне не за что цепляться.
While there's no daylight, I have nothing to hold onto.
Чувство, будто живу зря. Унеси меня, заря,
Feeling like I live in vain. Carry me away, dawn,
Но ведь люди не узрят. Да и, честно, по**й.
But people won't witness it. Well, honestly, fuck it.
Нет ни**я вечного, есть пастух с овечками,
There's fucking nothing eternal, there's just a shepherd with sheep,
Но во мне живёт нечто, что не делает мир клетчатым.
But there's something inside me that doesn't make the world checkered.
Я буду ждать вас всех в чёрной одежде на конечной.
I'll wait for all of you in black clothing at the final stop.
Тебе здесь не нужны деньги? Так попробуй, расправь плечи,
Don't you need money here? Well, try it, straighten your shoulders,
Тварь!
Bastard!
Ха, травка появилась на газонах.
Ha, weed appeared on the lawns.
Я дарю стихи, а к ним бриллианты.
I gift verses with diamonds.
Ну, а ты решила, в принципе, резонно.
Well, you decided, in principle, reasonably.
Есть, конечно, лучше варианты.
Of course, there are better options.
На тебя я буду не в обиде.
I won't be angry at you.
Чем уж смог, тем, в общем, и помог.
I helped as much as I could, in general.
Я читал и в фильмах это видел -
I read it and saw it in movies -
Песни вылетит из горла мой комок.
Songs will fly out of my throat, my lump.
Я нелеп, как Пушкин на Кавказе.
I'm absurd, like Pushkin in the Caucasus.
Как в изгнании без переписки права.
Like being exiled without the right to correspond.
Боль утраты есть в твоём отказе;
There's pain of loss in your refusal;
И отрада стала как отрава (вообще по**й).
And joy became like poison (honestly, fuck it).
С бабушкой ходил я в бакалею.
I used to go to the grocery store with my grandmother.
Вдруг ушла она внезапно, как и ты.
Suddenly she left abruptly, just like you.
Я поплачу, сердцем поболею.
I will cry, my heart will ache.
На могилку принесу цветы.
I'll bring flowers to the grave.
Не, не сказать, что случай этот дикий (не, не, не, не).
No, can't say that this case is wild (no, no, no, no).
Всё, всё не вечно, то, что на болоте.
Everything, everything is not eternal, what's on the swamp.
Я купил зачем-то две гвоздики
I bought two carnations for some reason
И поставил их на столик к водке (заберёшь, сука).
And put them on the table next to vodka (will you take them, bitch).
Песенная правда или наглость,
Song's truth or audacity,
Потускнели и пожухли малость.
They've faded and wilted a bit.
Ты права, что это твой диагноз.
You're right that it's your diagnosis.
Он смертелен для меня, как оказалось (вот так).
It's deadly for me, as it turned out (that's how it is).
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