AOSOTH — IV: An Arrow in Heart (review)

AOSOTH — IV: An Arrow in Heart album cover Album · 2013 · Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Kev Rowland
This is the fourth album from Aosoth, the name being taken from a goddess in the Pantheon of the Order of the Nine Angles. She represents passion and destruction and is depicted as having an arrow in her heart which she is not able to remove, otherwise death will occur. Originally formed as a side project for Antaeus, this trio have been working the Black Metal circuit for a number of years now with founding member MkM (vocals), BST (all instruments), and INRVI (originally on live guitars but now on bass). If I had been asked to pick where this band were from I certainly wouldn’t have said France, as what we have is a natural successor to Darkthrone with pure Norwegian evil pounding through the album from start to end.

While the music may be very much old school, thankfully the production isn’t and this allows the power and passion to come shining through (albeit in a very dark manner indeed). This is the sort of music that your mother warned you about, all Satan and growls but driven along by incredible heavy drumming and tight riffs. This is a focussed attack, yet they also understand the importance of slowing it down so that the heaviness is emphasised and not lost.

This is definitely worth of investigation for all those who enjoy their metal black and Satanic – Justin Bieber it ain’t.. www.agoniarecords.com
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