Pharaoh Overlord #4 is the fifth album by Finnish experimental rock

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 band Pharaoh Overlord

Pharaoh Overlord

Pharaoh Overlord is an experimental rock-music band, featuring three members of the Finnish group Circle, Jussi Lehtisalo, Janne Westerlund and Tomi Leppänen. Originally begun as a vehicle to indulge their love of stoner rock, Pharaoh Overlord's output has become more varied, mirroring the...

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It represents a dramatic shift away from the instrumental stoner rock

Stoner rock

Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...

 of their earlier albums in favour of the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 direction also being explored by their sister group, Circle

Circle (band)

Circle is an experimental rock band, founded in Pori, Finland in 1991. Their eclectic style is "ever changing, ever Circular", classified into genres such as progressive, Krautrock, ambient, heavy metal, speed-kraut, and avant-rock, among others...

, at the time. The only member of the 2005 line-up of Circle who did not regularly feature on Pharaoh Overlord releases before this point, Mika Rättö, guests here making this a Circle album in all but name. Newcomer Jussi Kangas provides vocals and plays lead guitar.

This album also introduced a new band identity of Pharaoh Overlörd, influenced by the Amon Düül

Amon Düül

-External links:* - Extensive bio @ Perfect Sound Forever* mainly focussed on their collaboration with Robert Calvert of Hawkwind...

 / Amon Düül II

Amon Düül II

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 split. The metal-oriented Pharaoh Overlörd would release its next album in 2011, titled Out Of Darkness

Out Of Darkness

Out of Darkness is the eighth album by Finnish experimental rock band Pharaoh Overlord, and the second album under the metal-oriented identity Pharaoh Overlörd, following #4 from 2005. It is the first Pharaoh Overlord release not to feature Circle and Plain Ride guitarist Janne Westerlund.It was...

. Meanwhile, Pharaoh Overlord's (without umlaut) next album was of abstract improvisation, Siluurikaudella

Siluurikaudella

Siluurikaudella is the seventh album by Finnish experimental rock band Pharaoh Overlord.It was released on CD in 2010 by Ektro Records. It represents a gigantic shift in the group's modus operandi. Whereas previous albums centre around the slow, repetitive riffs and distortion of stoner rock,...

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Track List:


1. Now We Know (4:22)

2. Ridin' (5:49)

3. Secret Chamber (6:21)

4. See Me Evil (6:18)

5. Demons In The Rising Sun (6:07)

6. Dark Side (8:32)


Personnel:


Jussi Lehtisalo

Jussi Lehtisalo

Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1973 is a Finnish bassist. In 1991 he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock...

Tomi Leppänen

Janne Westerlund

Jussi Kangas

Aki Peltonen

Mika Rättö

Ville Leinonen

Janne Tuomi