Circle (the Finnish band) and other music that sounds like that supplemental sandbox thread

Here is a link to Pharaoh Overlord #2 -- the whole thing is great, "August" is my personal fave but it's a satisfying album from start to finish. http://grooveshark.com/album/+number+2/3956501

Only PO I'm really familiar with is the live record "Battle of the Axehammer." It is of the "unrelenting riffage" variety. I listened to #3 earlier today and was pleasantly surprised by its difference from that pattern. The bass and drums were very locked in, but the guitars were all over the place. It was actually kind of mellow.

You would like #2, I'd put money on it.

I'm sure I would! There haven't been many records from this camp that I don't enjoy on some level.

Some friends of mine saw them at the Empty bottle a few years ago. One of them walked out! I was surprised by that. He said "it didn't sound like any Circle I'd ever heard before." I watched some youtube videos from that tour and didn't really understand his comment. I think he was freaked out by the way they looked more than anything. Pretty funny.

that's lame. if i had known i liked them this much, i would have gone to that show myself. oh well.

Yeah, it is lame. He enjoyed Endless Boogie's set, at least.
Digging #2, thanks for the link.

to be fair i love circle plenty but i saw em live in london whenever years ago, and they were not on fire or in the zone - nowhere close - i had no qualms about leaving early for the last tube home.
aavikko guy was wearing a zorro mask tho which kinda made up for the whole thing.