one of those random, need-to-share things

our good friend Lauren was presented with this request from Google today - click to enlarge

ES EXCOMMUNICATUS. EX UNIONE FIDELIUM.

"Degenerator" the Lit Lounge, NYC, 5/24/2011


"This House is Doomed" the Acheron, Brooklyn,


another great band from that same show, high priest.. with a song I cannot identify

So hoist up the John B's sail...

Hallo, checkers-in-on-Pharaoh, and welcome again.

Updates for the summer of 2011 for Pharaoh have been, very evidently, nonexistent. Rest assured, it's been a dirty black summer in New Jersey, with a rough combination of sun, beer, bbq's, bratwurst, and riffs to fill in the time spent far away from all manner of computers and internets.

As I enjoy a cold amber ale on this earthquakey Tuesday, I reflect on the past few months of Pharaoh... we intended to update this blog back in June with news about available merchandise and upcoming releases, and I do in fact have a post draft saved from 6/28, but we must have gotten sidetracked on one of our many day trips to the Mountains of Madness, because no such post was made.

Which is fine, because no news was made, in fact. No news on shirts or anything like that, but we are happy to announce that the wheels are turning on Pharaoh's next A389 release. There will be another 7" slated for a fall release featuring two more tracks. Art and upload will precede its release, so keep on the lookout for news on the computerweb.

Summer is pretty much like winter for us... it slows down our evil capacitors and causes us to go outside and have fun instead of stay inside and brood, which results in less megalithic demonry. It's on its way out, however... with every cooling evening the veil gets thinner, so know that evil will move in with you come fall.

Speaking of, fliers will soon be posted for two major events:

8/28/2011 @ the Meatlocker
-- with TheSunTheMoonTheStars & Ominous Black

11/4/2011 @ Charm City Art Space
-- with PULLING TEETH

Kind of sparse, I know, but more to come! Flier art will be added soon.

'Til then, here's a link to a photographer we like:

http://www.albertobregani.com/


Enjoy death.

Documentation of menacing behavior

I'll post more as they turn up.....

Tour dates

June is fast approaching and we're headed South. We booked a short tour with new friends, Agress who are coming through from the midwest, and Rattling Cages (whom I, Rich, play guitar in). If you wanna know where any of the shows are email us for info. Or ask a punk / long hair. FTP!

TUES 5/31 . Allston, MA @ The Douche House
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / others tba

WED 6/1 . Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / Black Mesa

THU 6/2 . New Brunswick, NJ @ The Alamo
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / Disobey / Faceless Hatred

FRI 6/3 . Philadelphia, PA @ Jr.’s
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / Ominous Black / others...

SAT 6/4 . Brick, NJ @ Brick Moose Lodge
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / Dead Womb / Secret Lives

SUN 6/5 . Newark, DE @ The Frottage Cottage
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / Old Wounds(NJ) / Kids / Chauncey Gardiner

MON 6/6 . College Park, MD @ Vittos 7313 Baltimore Ave (5 mins outside DC)
- Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / others tba

TUE 6/7 . Hampton, VA @ Double O Studios
- Burning Love / Pharaoh / Rattling Cages / Agress / Moutheater / Night Hag

Too busy to realize

It's finally warming up. The weather and days are finally breaking. Moods are changing and people are coming out of the woodwork. Yet, we still choose to play dark, barely-moving music that celebrates the sludge and shit that makes up the crust of man's inner most shell. But the fucking sun is out, so try your best to chip a little bit of that grime off and let a little light in. We sure as hell are.

The coming months are filled with lots to see and do. We’re almost done writing for the split with Dethroned Emperor. Recording shall commence shortly. A fine group of gentlemen from the midwest, Agress, got in touch with us and we’re going to be doing an 8 or 9 day day tour down the east coast a bit. Along for the ride will also be the iron balls of the tri-state area, Rattling Cages, new tunes ablazin’. We’re also playing a lot between now and the end of June. I’ll be posting all upcoming show dates soon.

Along with the nice weather came along some ugly faces by the names of Caulfield and Beartrap. We played 4/19 and 4/20 in New Brunswick and Brooklyn with these guys and had a hell of a time. In the midst of all the equipment breaking and head hitting in low basements there was much joy to be had. I agree with anyone who told us that Caulfield is a perfect band for us to play with. Both bands killed it regardless of all the mishaps both nights and the shows went off with much success.

You can check out Agress at www.stereokiller.com/Agresshc and Rattling Cages at http://rattlingcages.bandcamp.com.

Some days...

Ave.

Spring thaw is upon us, and that’s as easy enough a metaphor for us to go off on as any other, so let’s make with the new shit.

In the works are satchels upon satchels of offerings including a split release with grind champs DETHRONED EMPEROR out of New Brunswick, a new release under the A389 banner, some videos, and, finally, probably, maybe, Pharaoh shirts.

You can also find our shit recently featured among some clutch tracks from great punk, hardcore, and metal groups on this week’s MAXIMUM ROCK N’ ROLL RADIO online show. The folks also looked out for us, reviewing the 7” in their March ’11 rag.

Of course, spring also brings with it the lack of any excuse whatsoever to stay inside all night watching and reading about other people in the world actually leaving their homes to depose their governments, so coming up are some shows…

3.25.11 @ The Meatlocker / 8 Park Street / Montclair, NJ
Batillus . Hull . Caltrop . Pharaoh . Chambers . Dutchguts

4.16.11 @ Brick Moose Lodge / / Brick, NJ
Pharaoh . Moutheater (VA) . Surrogate (VA). Fleshtemple . Old Wounds

4.19.11 @ NJ, somewhere ......
Pharaoh . Caulfield (CA) . Beartrap (MA). Black Kites . Disobey

4.20.11 @ NY, somewhere ......
Pharaoh . Caulfield (CA) . more tba

Bring your good time face because, as we all know, the wheel we invented is not going to turn forever and God may come again before you know it. The times today are as strange as they ought to be, and they call for strange measures. Hence, make with the good times, the music, the art, the statements, the ideas, and, conversely, the violence, the division, the greed, and everything else that fuels the wheel of the world.

It’s not that we’re cynical. We just don’t want to look dumb in case punk rock fails on us.

So! Get together and come hang out for some of these nice tasty social omelets, because the one true thing that binds us animals together is that we’re all dying, and we all get one shot and one shot alone.

Bring us beer.

RELEASE OF THE GODSOULS

Pharaoh (Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo.

The past couple weeks have been intoxicating. The 3 day facade of mosh pitting, haymaking, heavy drinking, lack of sleeping, loving b'lowing, and pig hating was clearly the topper. The New Brunswick show with Draize, Troublemaker and The Love Below was a success barring any technical difficulties and other bullshit that comes along with doing a show in a basement filled with fuckheads. But all the bands slayed everyone went home happy and hopefully with a couple records.

The fact that we even made it to Baltimore the next day still amazes me considering the lack of even just combined sleep between the three of us. Some kid didn't have money for a record the night before so he paid us with some three cans of some crazy south of the border carbonated beverage. Dom's birthday show that day was a blast and much thanks to him for all the beer and pizza. The Acheron (bklyn) show the next day was decent considering the bitter freezing cold. I think a high of 9 with a wind chill to boot you in the ass. Shout out to The Love Below for putting up with NYPD bullshit. They got to back to 75* weather in CA the next day with a mere ass-wiping of a summons. GOod for them. Still had fun playing after all the crap. We played a new song all weekend called "Spared" and it went over well considering it was the first few times we ever played it live only really having just finished it days before. Sold a few records. Met a few new people and had a shitload of fun. New Pharaoh record out via A389 spring/summer 2011.

- Rich -

Giver of birth

12.18.10
@ The Meatlocker
8 Park Street, Montclair NJ 07042
7pm
w/
PHARAOH
DUTCHGUTS
MOUTHBREATH
TOXIC ROCK SYNDROME
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12.20.10
@ The Lit Lounge
93 2nd Ave, NYC
8pm $6
w/
STATE GRAVES
RUKUT
DUTCHGUTS
PHARAOH
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1.21.11



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1.22.11


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1.23.11
@ The Acheron
57 Waterbury Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
w/
PHARAOH
THE LOVE BELOW
more tba....


So as you can see we have a bunch of gigs to keep us busy for a little while. We've been busy writing new music. We have a couple new songs finished and plenty others in the works. Once again thanks to Dom from A389 for putting out our new 7". You can pick up a copy at a show or at A389records.com. Thanks to anyone who bought it, will buy it, downloaded it, told someone about us, etc... <3


- RICH -

O)))

Writing music for .....

split with Dethroned Emperor

split with Dutchguts

full length.....


FreeCake Release 2011