![]() The end result is like a younger cousin to Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold" crossed with Funkadelic's "Music for Your Mother", but with no vocals, you're free to follow your own narrative. Likewise, "Dark Temper" wrings plenty of mileage out of its snaky, pseudo-blues thang using little more than that same smoggy veneer and surprisingly subtle guitar figures. ![]() The band play everything pretty slow, and prefer extremely minor variations on the same basic riff played continuously, rather than muck up the mix with extraneous "psychedelic" effects (Cotton Casino, I'm looking in your direction). The sound approaches lo-fi even as the layers of soft noise build, giving the tune an ominous, hazy depth. A gauze of distant, howling breeze covers the minimal guitar-bass-drums vamp like a layer of heavy white smoke. "Komaron Runner" wastes little time establishing the mildly disorientating quease-trance that Pharaoh Overlord specialize in. For the straight-edgers in the audience, just consider it the next best thing to warm milk before bed. If not, may I suggest that these guys come off like an intensely comfortable version of Acid Mothers Temple, minus all that guitar squealing nonsense. Fuck, more herb nonsense- anyway, you probably get the idea. Rather than concoct trance via mere repetition, Pharaoh Overlord realize that the quickest way to a sedated heart is to ease in gradually, massaging all the rough edges away and keeping the traveler effortlessly afloat. The flavor on their second release is decidedly passive where Circle are prone to brute force. Blues are no use in a fight but can resurrect fellow Minions who've tried to stop a sword with their face.Enter Finland's Pharaoh Overlord, a project led by guitarist Jussi Lehtisalo of Circle, themselves good for a lengthy excursion or three into outer space. Reds are the surly artillery who love to play catch, as long as it's with fireballs. Minions now come in four fantastic flavours: Browns are brutal brawlers that solve their problems with teeth and fists. What types of Minions can I rule? This new batch of minions is smarter, faster, deadlier and wittier than the sorry sacks of skin you used to rule.What can my minions do? Minions are angry little Swiss army knives of pain: They can ride into battle on wolves and other magical creatures, loot the best weapons from stomped enemies, pillage houses for treasure, operate fearsome war machines, infiltrate enemy camps and polish your armour so thoroughly you'll blind passing wildlife.With the Destruction style Overlord you can ravage the land like a moody Tsunami razing cities, forests and Imperial camps to the ground just because they looked at you funny. I'm more of a "watch the world burn" kind of guy, can I still get my rocks off? We've got your pleasure, sir. ![]() Village by village, you'll reap the benefits of an unwilling workforce as you drive the Glorious Empire from your lands. ![]()
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