{"product_id":"pharaoh-overlord-7","title":"Pharaoh Overlord - 7","description":"\u003cp\u003eDefying convention and expectations once again, \u003cstrong\u003ePharaoh Overlord\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003e7\u003c\/em\u003e rides in auspicious, possessed of the gleaming high octane euphoria that transforms a dreary everyday into a triumph-over-adversity movie montage, swaggering in with high-saturation synth-rock, dressed in a custom satin bomber jacket for euphoric big-screen moments that never existed, salvation narrated by the death growl of Aaron Turner and guest falsetto from Richard Dawson. Ever a band as anti-brand, this is of course, not their seventh album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e7\u003c\/em\u003e has been five years in the making – a far longer gestation than most other albums could afford. It is their \u003cem\u003eAja\u003c\/em\u003e on a collapsed timeline, coming to fruition two decades after the band’s inauguration, with a bigger, bolder sound than ever before, taking inspiration from \u003cstrong\u003eA.G. Cook\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCharli XCX\u003c\/strong\u003e. They have brought in big guns on the buttons for the first time, with notable Finnish experimental black metal band \u003cstrong\u003eOranssi Pazuzu’s\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJuho Vanhanen\u003c\/strong\u003e on production, and \u003cstrong\u003eNiko Lehdontie\u003c\/strong\u003e mixing. Together they have polished the chrome of this synth-driven death-metal hyperrock into a high-gloss mirror-shine, to “something like Justice’s debut album with the raw and disturbing atmospheres of Scott Walker’s \u003cem\u003eDriftera\u003c\/em\u003e sound”, says Vanhanen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sound is augmented by the seismic contributions of vocalists from their all-star extended universe of friends and collaborators. Once again, they are joined by the peerless death metal growl of the man most likely to call himself their third member, Aaron Turner (Sumac\/Isis\/Old Man Gloom) and if you never thought 80s electronic rock needed death growl, think again. He is joined on anthemic electronic pop hit for the ages, ‘\u003cem\u003eArms of None\u003c\/em\u003e’, by 21st century folk oracle and peerless earworm writer, Richard Dawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDawson has been collaborating as an official member of Circle since their album \u003cem\u003eHenki\u003c\/em\u003e, and here steps in with full-voiced falsetto, transcendent and glorious part Michael McDonald, part Judas Priest, although he describes it differently: “I wanted to offer a counterpoint to Aaron’s incredible vocal,” he says, “the most contrasting flavour I could do was my version of Buck’s Fizz”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe number 7 is a cross-cultural signifier of good luck and divine completion, and if this promises much, \u003cem\u003e7\u003c\/em\u003e delivers, as Jussi Lehtisalo and Tomi Leppänen’s self-proclaimed “dream album”. “This is, finally, the real Pharaoh Overlord,” promises Jussi, “I can generate demos easily, but working with a producer, it’s reached a destination we really wanted.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROCKET RECORDINGS","offers":[{"title":"Clear Vinyl LP","offer_id":59536025846105,"sku":"SDZ-52964","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/CAR_20260922_1100_100146_467_v_5056688856809_002.jpg?v=1790072735","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/pharaoh-overlord-7","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}