Pharaoh Overlord is an experimental

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band, initially featuring three members of the Finnish group

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Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1972) is a Finnish musician. In 1991, he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock. He also runs a record label, Ektro Records, rele ...

Janne Westerlund Janne Westerlund (born 1973) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and visual artist known from such Finnish groups as Circle (with the band since 2001), Pharaoh Overlord, and . His main instrument is guitar but on his solo gigs he plays banjo as w ...

and Tomi Leppänen. Originally begun as a vehicle to indulge their love of

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, Pharaoh Overlord's output has become more varied, mirroring the development of their sister group. Their 2007 album ''Live In Suomi Finland'' features contributions from

krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It originated among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electron ...

pioneer Hans Joachim Irmler. Julius Jääskeläinen and Pekka Jääskeläinen also appear on that recording, and have played regularly with the band since both in performance and in the studio. Since the 2019 release ''5'', the band has been a duo consisting of Lehtisalo and Leppänen. The 2020 album ''6'' also features vocals by

Aaron Turner Aaron Turner (born November 5, 1977) is an American musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal bands Sumac (band), SUMAC and Isis ...

. In September 2010, it was announced that Circle/Pharaoh Overlord would be performing the role of artists-in-residence at Dutch rock festival

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Discography

* 2000: '' Pharaoh Overlord #1'', CD ( Ektro Records) * 2003: '' Pharaoh Overlord #2'', CD ( No Quarter Records) * 2004: ''The Battle Of The Axehammer'', CD (Last Visible Dog) * 2004: '' Pharaoh Overlord #3'', CD (Riot Season) * 2005: ''Pharaoh Overlord 4'', CD (Ektro Records) * 2007: ''Live In Suomi Finland'', CD (Vivo Records) * 2010: '' Siluurikaudella'', CD (Ektro Records) * 2011: ''Out Of Darkness'', CD (Ektro Records) * 2011: ''Horn'', LP ( Svart Records / Full Contact) * 2012: '' Lunar Jetman'', CD/LP (Ektro Records) * 2012: '' Black Tar Prophecies Vol. 5/ Palmu'', LP (

Kemado Records Kemado Records is an American record label based in New York City founded in 2002 by Andrés Santo Domingo and Tom Clapp. In 2006 the label released the ''Invaders (compilation album), Invaders'' compilation, which featured many of the label's b ...

) * 2014: '' Överhörn'', MC (Ruton Music) * 2014: '' 6000 km/h'', LP (Full Contact Records) * 2015: ''

'', CD/LP (Ektro Records) * 2018: ''Zero'' (Ektro Records) * 2019: ''5'' (Ektro Records) * 2020: ''6'' (Rocket Recordings)

References

External links

Pharaoh Overlord's myspace pageEktro Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pharaoh Overlord Finnish musical groups Musical groups from Pori