This record has a really cool cover and insert where the
material is almost like cloth. The music on this release, let’s just call it
extreme. Rodent is a totally far out piece, I don’t even know how to describe
it while Palmyra Call has a really cool heavy metal guitar riff that the band
really hooks into but then it becomes almost a space rock like thing with some
cool guitar and a spacey sound evolving underneath. Wow… Side B starts off with
a long track called the The Black Horse (on the record they say that The
Cardinal starts side B with a 4min track). It gradually builds on a repetitive
guitar and bass riff but there are some dark spacey elements that are fucking
with your head in a subliminal kind of way. Some of this stuff reminds me of
the very cool Circle related project, Ektroverde but more repetitive. I think
this is the Cardinal, which is a super groovy track with all these spacey
elements underneath. Killer bass on this one even though the track is very
repetitive. The 2nd vinyl record features Cave of Hair parts 1 and
2, each just under 15mins apiece. The first part is pretty spaced and
psychedelic due to the synths and effects as a heavy guitar riff is played
every now and then along with a much more melodic and dreamy guitar. A lead
guitar line eventually develops in the distance. Later on some keyboards become
more prominent but are also mixed with delay and in the distance. It is a
strange track as the there is no real groove but a sort of meandering with the
drummer trying to fit it. It is a bit dark and brooding as a Cave of Hair
should be! Part 2 is similar to part 1 as it has this heavy guitar riff,
another melodic guitar line but the mood is darker and the drummer comes in at
regular intervals to smash the kit. The bass is very patient as well as they
build up the tension but in the end it never comes to any sort of climax and
leaves you a bit disappointed but then Pharaoh Overlord is all about not doing
what is expected!
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Pharaoh Overlord- Lunar Jetman (Sige Records SIGE-012)
This record has a really cool cover and insert where the
material is almost like cloth. The music on this release, let’s just call it
extreme. Rodent is a totally far out piece, I don’t even know how to describe
it while Palmyra Call has a really cool heavy metal guitar riff that the band
really hooks into but then it becomes almost a space rock like thing with some
cool guitar and a spacey sound evolving underneath. Wow… Side B starts off with
a long track called the The Black Horse (on the record they say that The
Cardinal starts side B with a 4min track). It gradually builds on a repetitive
guitar and bass riff but there are some dark spacey elements that are fucking
with your head in a subliminal kind of way. Some of this stuff reminds me of
the very cool Circle related project, Ektroverde but more repetitive. I think
this is the Cardinal, which is a super groovy track with all these spacey
elements underneath. Killer bass on this one even though the track is very
repetitive. The 2nd vinyl record features Cave of Hair parts 1 and
2, each just under 15mins apiece. The first part is pretty spaced and
psychedelic due to the synths and effects as a heavy guitar riff is played
every now and then along with a much more melodic and dreamy guitar. A lead
guitar line eventually develops in the distance. Later on some keyboards become
more prominent but are also mixed with delay and in the distance. It is a
strange track as the there is no real groove but a sort of meandering with the
drummer trying to fit it. It is a bit dark and brooding as a Cave of Hair
should be! Part 2 is similar to part 1 as it has this heavy guitar riff,
another melodic guitar line but the mood is darker and the drummer comes in at
regular intervals to smash the kit. The bass is very patient as well as they
build up the tension but in the end it never comes to any sort of climax and
leaves you a bit disappointed but then Pharaoh Overlord is all about not doing
what is expected!
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