After two weeks my house is finally no longer filled with smoke. Let’s talk about the new Ihsahn. Pharos came out on September 11 of this year, and is a moody prog-rock EP with two very not-metal covers in the roster. And I really dig it. One of the highlights for me is actually the cover of A-ha’s “Manhattan Skyline,” though it doesn’t do much different from the original other than beefing up the arrangement a little and adding some slightly moodier elements. Only 3 out of 5 songs on Pharos are originals, all of them at the front of … Continue reading REVIEW: Ihsahn – Pharos