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Fall Into the Endless Oblivion With Pharaoh's New Album 'Negative Everything'

Check out a full stream of Pharaoh's new album 'Negative Everything.'

The afterlife scares the shit out of a lot of people. You’ve got the religious types who give you a sort of list of instructions on how to reach the afterlife, the belief that when you die, your eneregy gets thrown into a sort of cosmic moshpit, and some intersections of the two. But on the tough end of things is believing in a total oblivion once death sets in. No memories of pizza, no thoughts, just endless dreaming. Who knows though, right? If any band can communicate existential dread, and horror, it’s Pharaoh.

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Pharaoh is a doom/sludge/grind/crust/fingernailcore band from Somerville, NJ. With their new LP Negative Everything, the band aims to drag you down through the cracks of the Earth’s crust, and into whatever void you can find. One of the best aspects of this record is that Pharaoh is not afraid to take their time in building up strong rhythms and a nihilistic atmosphere of downtuned guitars. Unlike a lot of other bands in the drone/doom/droom genre, Pharaoh doesn’t just hit you with a repetitive beat over and over. For keeping along with the track, you’re rewarded with more flourishes like unexpected guitar solos that keep the tracks interesting and intense. On the track “Barthalomew,” the band starts off very quiet and pretty easy going aside from some echoey screamwork. But as the song builds and continues, the guitarists unleash a solo-laced crescendo, leading back into their sludgy roots.

Check out the band on tour, and don’t fall too down into oblivion.

Pharaoh / Homewrecker -- 2014 Tour Dates:

10/31 Davis, CA @ RBU w/ Rotting Out
11/1 Reno, NV @ The Holland Project w/ Rotting Out
11/2 Santa Cruz, CA @ 418 Project w/ Rotting Out
11/3 Los Angeles, CA @ Los Globos
11/4 Tuscon, AZ @ Gary's Place
11/6 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad w/ Rotting Out
11/7 Lubbock, TX @ District Oyster Bar
11/11 Baton Rouge, LA @ Hound Dogs
11/12 Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar
11/13 Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem
11/15 Jacksonville, FL @ Shanty Town
11/16 Atlanta, GA @ Marlons Mansion
11/17 Columbia, SC @ Foxfiled
11/18 Richmond, VA @ Biggs BBQ
11/19 Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar w/ Eternal Sleep
11/20 Monclair, NJ @ The Meatlocker w/ Eternal Sleep
11/21 Albany, NY @ Bogies
11/22 Haverhill, MA @ Anchors Up!
11/23 Long Island, NY @ Even Flow Bar & Grill
11/24 Providence, RI @ Firehouse 13
11/25 Quebec City, QC @ L'Agitée
11/27 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck Bar
11/28 Montreal, QC @ Le National w/ Death, Obituary (no Pharaoh)
11/30 St. Catherines, ON @ Detour