Pharaoh - After The Fire (2003)

I don't like to automatically dismiss American power metal bands.  I really like Virgin Steele, don't mind Iced Earth, and I'd have Savatage on this blog if it wasn't for the fact they were really mainly progressive. Then again there's their offshoot Circle II Circle, whose debut album I think is really good.
But the debut of Pharaoh (shouldn't they be Egyptian?) isn't really anything special. It's pretty fast, and has reasonable vocals, but the only song to really grab me is the concluding "Slaves" and, to a lesser extent, "Flash Of The Dark". The rest has already left my mind, only minutes after listening to them, and I have no desire to try them out once more any time soon.

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