LAST PHARAOH combines the rhythmic power of eighties heavy metal with the virtuosity of neo-classical master shredders.
The US hopeful hails from the Hudson Valley region of New York. The band consists of vocalist Tommy Santangelo, guitarist Ron Toth, bassist Michael James and drummer Ed Shelinsky.
In contrast to other bands of this genre LAST PHARAOH delivers powerful and melodic songs without getting too progressive, they hit the heart and brain of all headbangers instantly. Their debut album “The Mantle of Spiders” is not only recommended to fans of Malmsteen and Impellitteri, but also Queensryche and Judas Priest.
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To those of you in guitar and metal circles Joe Stump should need no introduction. The Shredlord has been raining down full throttle neo-classical/shred/speed metal since his debut Guitar Dominance was released over 27 years ago.
Joe Stump was named by Guitar One magazine as one of the top 10 fastest shredders of all time, by Guitar World as one of the 50 fastest players of all time, and by Guitarist magazine as one of the top 20 shredders of all time. He has appeared in countless guitar and metal-based publications, fanzines, and webzines worldwide. The American shred guitar legend has toured the world both as a solo artist and with metal bands Joe Stump’s Tower Of Babel, Joe Stump’s Reign Of Terror and HolyHell. Joe is also the guitarist in the legendary hard rock band Alcatrazz. The band relaunched and released it’s first record since 1986 , the album Born Innocent went to #1 in Japan and #4 in the UK metal/hard rock album charts. Alcatrazz toured extensively in 2019 ( Europe, UK , Japan , Australia ). A little after a year later, Alcatrazz added legendary vocalist Doogie White (Rainbow , Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker ) and released V the follow up to Born Innocent. Joe is also an Associate Professor at the esteemed Berklee College of Music where he has been the metal/ shred guitar specialist for the last 28 years. His new solo record Diabolical Ferocity was released by Finnish Label Lion Music on September 17th of 2021.
