Arghoslent hail from Virginia, and this is their second full-length CD which was originally intended to be their first album. Arghoslent play a very melodic and triumphant form of death metal completely in its own league. There are some NWOBHM influences in the melodies, but this is just one of the most proud, triumphant and warmongering death metal atmospheres I’ve ever heard. Arghoslent are masters of their craft.

The production here is rather demo quality but one is able to hear everything that is going on without a problem. The final 3 tracks are from their 1994 demo and have slightly worse production, but they are very good tracks nonetheless. I am completely blown away by the originality and atmosphere of Arghoslent, and I think that they are hands down the best melodic death metal band ever. Stunning riffage!

The vocals are a rather standard death metal growl, and work fine within the music. The lyrics have a definite white pride slant to them, and seem to deal with bits of history as well as descriptions of war and conquest. This may put many people off, but the music of Arghoslent is much too good and enjoyable to overlook. They are certainly in their own league.

The ruling: Absolutely great melodic death metal. Just pure metal!

For the record, I would like to state that I am an apolitical metal reviewing entity.

Review bySodomy-Kommando