Saturday, September 19, 2009

Pharaoh - Be Gone (2008)


Riff-tastic progressive/power metal featuring the vocalist of Control Denied. I was never a fan of that project, and luckily where it failed to exceed Pharaoh accomplishes perfectly. The melodies are memorable, and every song stands apart from the rest. When I used the phrase riff-tastic, I was really doing the band a disservice, because the flow of every song, the arrangements, the transitions, practically every aspect is spot on. It may take a while to become used to some of the production quirks (pitifully absent bass sound, for example) but the payoff is far more than worth the effort.

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3 comments:

  1. This is one awesome album, checked it awhile back when I was cramming 2008 albums. Definitely worth checking out, thanks for sharing :D

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  2. What's the password for this and astronome.

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  3. There's a new link, doesn't have a password.

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