RFI Ep. 314: Grand Belial's Key & Arghoslent 

hitting your PR to The Purging Fires of War is a transcendental experience

Gelal is a total Metal Riff genius. He should go down in History as such. He is untouchable

Your OG Arghoslent video is what introduced me to RFI and The HateBus haha, listen every week. I've been into GBK/Arghoslent for about 10 years (so since I was 14, RIP LOSER YOU WERENT BORN IN THE 80S) and their fanbase has absolutely exploded since about 2018 imo. Tons of new pages, previously unreleased videos of live sets/rehearsals, and just a huge rebirth of people tabbing and covering their songs online. Not sure why that is, but I'm not complaining. The new albums are good but definitely do not represent the peak of either of the bands' discography for me.

Gotta quell that MF simian surge

There should be a function on the metal archives that allows ppl to indicate whether they found a review "helpful" or not. It would diminish the impact of clearly biased reviews.

Correction: there’s no way Kohanic Charmers came out 2019; I believe it was 2021.

Yuh! Your videos got me into these bands! Hope to see a Svolder and Blood Libel one, one day. Maybe a Seeds of Iblis video! 🤘

They are my favorite bands for riffs

Some lunatic has managed to isolate most of the lyrics for the Arghoslent album. Check it out on their archives page. Pretty sick shit, some of their finest imo.

When I first saw the cover of that Arghoslent album, I was convinced it was fake for a while because of that god awful font choice.

Hangover and RFI: Grand Belial's Key AND Arghoslent pops up in my subscribtions. Thank you, Jesus.

man im glad you finally covered these, and had something good to say about the new arghoslent. i was losing my mind thinking i was the only person that actually enjoyed that album. id love it if you went back and revisited the older stuff from these bands too, your original episodes were great but im curious to hear if/how/why your thoughts have changed all these years later. and hopefully some day we can get that crucifier episode lol. either way, thanks for all you do brother. best channel on yt

Based

Mocking the philanthropist/judeobeast are the two best BM albums ever and as far as melodic DM goes I still haven’t found anything as good as Arghoslent. Eternal Gelal worship over here, hail the riff lord.

I'm sure Arghoslent got bad press purely for musical merits and has nothing to do with AFA crybabies pouting because a band they want to hate wrote another masterpiece.

I love the second half of Hyenas Of The Aurunci.

Globo-Shlomo won't be too happy about this one...

Those pinch harmonics on the GBK albums make a brotha NUDD!

lol the scuffed realtor clip took me by surprise

It’s cool man but to me GBK “Kohanic Charmers” Is better than “Resuscitation of the Revanchists”. It’s not just the production on the album but Ulfhedinn’s vocal sound low. Like he’s whispering . The 2009 split was so much better.

I also thought new Arghoslent was pretty solid. I agree with people saying that the production isn't as good as Incorrigible or Hornets, but it's not a dealbreaker since I listen to tons of stuff with worse production. Lots of high points on the album for me, like the second half of Terra Nullius and the second half of Hyenas of the Arunci. Frangrance of the Octaroon and Hemic Shabbat are great. So yeah it doesn't live up to their best albums but I like it.

I like the new Grand Belial's Key, but the new Arghoslent and Crucifier albums steal the show for me. I would also like to say I appreciate how fearless you guys are with your channel in terms of the bands you review.

Hell yeah, two of your best videos reduxx

Both bands are among my favorites. Awesome as always, Jiub.

Oh yeah yeah

New Argh is fucking great. I think new music is always judged too harshly, in 10 years we'll all be happy with it

Yes yes yes that is THE riff from the new album. Exact same experience

My two takeaways from this are I want to relisten to treasure island and newest arghoslent isn't as bad as people say

Two of my favorites. Respect ✊

YESSSS

You ever listen to Kaevum? I just got into them a few months ago. They have a new album from last year that's really good, but their old stuff, especially Natur, is some of the best black metal I've ever heard.

Love usbm, I just saw profanatica last night

6:08 i love that part 😭

LESSS GOOOOO

My favourite song on the new GBK is one I've never seen anybody single out, The Door is Marked with Sheep's Blood. That bit at the end where Unhold screeches the title, the drums do a thundering fill and then the main riff comes back but completely as harmonics is basically the black metal equivalent of the vocals and guitars doing Halford-esque high notes and I love it. Plus the bass drum doing a steady kick pattern underneath. Also the new Argho is good and a good part of the seeming negativity towards it is because a good chunk of the metal community were ready to hate it due to *certain reasons*, and then it teed itself up for them with that production job.

"AW SHIT DUDE" - me seeing this

The production kinda reminds me of their earlier stuff like arsenal of glory so I love it.btw have you checked out hearse Gelals in there too.

The complaint is about the drum sound not the playing, though it seems kinda sloppy sometimes but it's hard to tell if it's the timing or production, the rest of the album just lacks most of the epic notable moments the other albums had, and it sounds tired. Hornets and Arsenal are the GOAT

Great episode.Still waiting on that Kingcobrajfs Disc ranking.

Great video as always man. I gotta say when the new gbk and argho came out it was easy to see who actually understood the music and who didn't. It took me a couple listens of that new gbk album to start really getting into it, however with the new argho album, as soon as that riff from terra nullius kicked in I grabbed my guitar and learned it. They are very good at utilizing octave chords without sounding pretentious either if that makes sense. Probably because they don't play the full chord, but fragments of it and then piece it together, yet not in a swedish melodeath kind of way. Whatever it's good shit is what I'm saying. Also is it just me, or did the record have a different recording of the album than the youtube video? P.S. I think a video on Endless Dismal Moan would be cool, I'm missing the visual kei stuff.

Yes same I don't get why they hate the Arghoslent album. I think it was the best album of last year and same tier as their previous albums. I just don't get the hate. The worst part is not include the lyrics but thats it. I wanna sing along these racist lyrics god damn it!

I had been waiting for you to talk about both of these albums pretty much since they came out. Especially the new Arghoslent since the spergs on Metal Fartchives seemed to have nothing good to say about it, which I also didn't understand. I also happened to notice that you included a song from the newest Crucifier EP for the intro track, which ruled by the way. Are you at all excited for their new album coming out this spring? They tend to release stuff pretty sporadically, but they always maintain a consistent musical quality, so I'm pretty psyched for it. Either way, great episode as always!

Eeeeeeeee

❤❤❤❤❤❤ hell yeah dood, this is killer!!!

Very good analysis on the new Arghoslent and GBK albums. I'll have to give Kohanic Charmers a relisten as I was unsure about the quality of the music when I first listened to it but did recall moments when the album kicked ass and hearing parts of the album again has confirmed how kick ass it sounds. I haven't listened to the new Arghoslent but will definitely get to it after this. Also massive bonus points for the Star Wars KOTOR reference. I had no idea that was why Darth Revan was called Revan. Star Wars KOTOR is my favorite RPG and Star Wars Game/Media. Glad to run into a guy who understands the genius of both Underground Metal and Star Wars KOTOR.

You came through per usual lil homie; I thought the newest Arghoslent album was mid and not on the level of their classic material, but it didn't 🌬🍑either. However, the latest GBK not only holds up to the classic material, it actually exceeds many of their previous entries. Only Mocking the Philanthropist tops the newest album which speaks volumes about how awesome GBK still is. Keep 'em coming famalam.

Yeah totally agree with the arghoslent take. Bunch of pink panty canoes crying about production and the "quality" of the riffs, the album is amazing especially songs like Terra Nullius and Hemic Shabba. Do wish The Genocider stayed he was a nutty vocalist

Instead of bashing the bible like all the rest they get down with bashing the authors. Makes sense and very entertaining.

I totally agree with you on the new Arghoslent. Seeing podcasts and comment sections rip it apart got me thinking like I had my ears screwed on wrong, or I had hit my head hard somewhere, because everytime I listened to it, I just kept enjoying it more and more. Also, 19:04 never would’ve expected a Dice Clay clip to be used in any video nowadays, that definitely surprised me, he disappeared pretty quickly from what I heard.

Best metal channel on RU-vid. Would you ever do episodes on inverted or xenomorph? Two of my favorite classic death metal bands

GBK playing in Finland this autumn! Hype!!

But when will they play live?

Can I petition to have RFI review fucking Sigrblot already?

I don't know bro the newest Arghoslent album wasn't bad but for me it just doesn't hit as hard as Hornets, or frankly any of the earlier material. Is it a solid album? For sure, but I think it was a step down in quality compared to their other albums. Where as Kohanic Charmers for me fit right in with the GBK discography and actually reminded me of some of the stuff off of Mocking and Judeobeast where I was originally expecting it to some more like Kosherat. Totally agree on the "atmospheric" sections on Kohanic being ass though, you didn't mention it but that instrumental track before Turbans Nailed to Their Head is pretty lame the album would've been better without an instrumental at all. And I usually like GBK's instrumental tracks. Anyways, great episode! Maybe we'll get that Crucifier episode at some point?

Wolfnacht video when?

You should talk about Negative Plane

Are you familiar with Dungeon Serpent?

Been into GBK and Arghoslent for well over 20 years at this point. Both of the new albums are fucking great, in my opinion. It seems neither band can do wrong.

Love the vids man 100%. Nobody talks about Warloghe. To this very day they have killer stuff but goes totally under the radar. A total fucking crime.

9:01 that section is actually a rendition of the Snowman's I'm walking in the air, which makes it's placement even more bizarre, it was the very last thing I ever expected to hear on a GBK record, it is a beautiful piece of music though

Love to hear your thoughts on Vallendusk, the only good thing from Indonesia. Lots of their songs are similar to fragrance of the octaroon. I like matching ballad

New Arghoslent album is a killer!!!! Two amazing bands! Kosherat is my fav but fu*k it I love all their releases!!!

Nice BTAS reference. I knew we were on the same team

Based GBK takes. Dunno about the argho takes.. Never been this dissappointed with an album. They need to bring back Von Demonicus and their old drummer and go back to playing faster. The riffs do not kick ass like Hornets of the Pogrom or Incorigible Bigotry. My vinyl came with nothing included even lyrics, because Gelal is going soft now trying to wash his past. I've been liking GBK a lot more, theyre the better band right now. Maybe Gelal has lost his greatness. Will be waiting for the new Absurd to find out. The new Crucifier album gives me hope.

16:03 hell yeah

The best thing about making meatballs is…

Boooh for not mentioning the opening riff of The Nubian Archer as a moment that just sticks with you from the start. JK, and early Running Wild just awesome heavy metal/speed metal.

Such is the bloodlust of these bearded hustlers

I didn't get the grudge against the new Arghoslent album neither. I confess I still think, in comparison to their other albums, the sound is a little muddy. But overall I think it is what it was supposed to be, a good Arghoslent album. My theory: there are two kinds of haters, first those who would love to like them, but those have a problem with the bands philosophical views on the biological and cultural textures of the human species, so to say. Instead they listen to House of Atreus, but it's not same, so they become frustrated. And then you have those Metal-Archives dumbos who get triggered by calling the band "Death Metal", because variety within a subgenre is an intellectual challenge to them.

Dude I can’t find that lucifugum album anywhere. Anyway you can help me?

Both bands kick ass and have their unique sound, sometimes it's even hard to believe they both feature the same musicians. Also, about the production complaint on _Resuscitation Of The Revanchists,_ I might add that it's probably because a band like House Of Atreus kinda plays similar heavy/melodic death metal with a more " modern " and sharper production, so I guess people probably expected Arghoslent to emulate that on their latest effort... Personally, the production of this new album doesn't bother me at all, as this type of sound is also part of Arghoslent musical identity.

Where does one find the Arghoslent album available for purchase?

No comment on the Kohanic Charmers drum sound? That was the biggest complaint when it came out lol

Thanks 🤘🏼

Who played drums on tbe new GBK album ?

Bro have you seen the descriptions of Lucifugum releases on tour de garde? Lmfao its great

What’s comical about the hate on the new Arghoslent album is they are an easy band to hate from this generation’s wimpy fans. I always see, “love their riffs and hate their ideology”blah blah. I heavily enjoyed both albums, great description as expected. The Arghoslent album sounds like Arghoslent. Their 3 classic Rotting Christ albums meets US power metal tendencies were still there in full, nothing out of the ordinary. The memorable parts stood out, the production didn’t bother me, my only guess is the forum fairies hyped it so much that it led to too much high expectations. GBK and Arghoslent are the modern day PMRC bands that Reddit nerds and Liturgy basement virgins love to hate. That’s the funderground for you of modern times.

Use more sopanos clips please

My complaints about Arghoslent: 1. Production. I am not againt raw sound, but I feel like the first three demos have better production than this. It lacks sharpness because of this. 2. Vocals are not as punching as on the previous album. I feel like they would suit GBK that Arghoslent. They muffle the riffs a lot: for example, on the Fragrance of the Octaroon 2nd part. This album is good overall but I can not imagine someone saying this is his favourite.

Ah great the hillbilys of metal

The compositions on the Arghoslent album are as great as anything they did but the production does not make it enjoyable to listen to in any way. I'm totally for d**s**t production if it serves the music in some way. But here it just doesn't. If it had Hornets' sound (or even the sound of the recent Crucifier and Hearse stuff, which also featured Gelal) it would have been immense.

Both albums are just underwhelming - they could never live up to the hype of their past and near (arguably) flawless releases. Everybody who is saying that the new GBK (which admittedly is better than the new Arghoslent but not too good compared to past GBK albums) and the mess that is the new Arghoslent are among their great albums are just coping fanboys. If you listen to both objectively, you can hear how uninspired and slow/tired a lot of it sounds, especially the Arghoslent which is a mess and having a bad production didn't help either.

You really know your shit, I heard your original arghoslent video looking for an interview of them many moons ago. That being said, what the fuck is with the weeb stuff? I’m genuinely curious what the hell is going on you’ve been doing it for years 😂 you a K pop fan as well or something?

Yeah, song 1 and scent of the octaroon are ok songs but the rest of the album was crap

Resuscitation of the Revanchists has 0/10 production. It's borderline unlistenable. Your argument is painfully tonedeaf and dishonest. I love Akitsa, Folkfuck Folie, whatever. Lofi production doesn't mean BAD production. Bad production means BAD prodution. It means the music is produced in a way where it's not enjoyable to listen to. Why is the new album not enjoyable to listen to? The vocals - barely audible, squished in the mix. Arghoslent vocals are typically very, very good and easy to discern which adds to the music. The vocals are so pathetically weak and muffled. Absolutely flat. The drums - you're going on a tangent but let me stop you here - I think they're programmed. Also the sound of the drums is shit. The cymbals sound weird and the kick is weird and not really dominant at all. I have to focus to take in the kick drums, it's that bad. The guitars - good riffs but somewhat sloppy playing, trash guitar tone, too much treble. This album, the style and the music isn't the kind of music you'd want if you want to listen to intentionally bad production. Hell, Galloping over the Battleruins has pretty low production but it sounds the best to me. Their demos sound really good too. It's a thoroughly unenjoyable experience. If you're the kind of person that eats 10 days old bread with a cheap ham and mustard and stale tap water and doesn't mind it, go for it. The production is extremely bad. It's fucking embarassing. I cannot name one band that has worse production. Some of the distorted barre chord riffs are tough to recognize. Have you tried listening to it on a phone?

Fiscus Judaicus has shot into my top 10 GBK songs of all time within a month of hearing it. Also speaking of the lack of a lyric sheet, I’m morbidly curious as to what they’re saying in Turbans Nailed to Their Heads, cuz with a title like that it’s probably bad even for GBK standards

@radiofreeinnsmouth1337 off subject i know but im curious on your thoughts on Mavorim

Forget what the Meynard riding prog snobs and avant-garde babies have to say About the new arghoslent, Its catchy melo-death infused with first wave black metal.