The band's name combines the Greek words "argo" (fortress) and "slent" (slave). The band's website has a picture of a
slave ship as its primary icon. Arghoslent shares members with Virginia
black metal band
Grand Belial's Key, which formed in 1992. The band's lyrics often deal with the
transatlantic slave trade. In a 2005 interview, the band said it was interested in the topic because Virginia was "built on the sweaty backs of imported slaves ... the history behind this reality is rooted in the trade of human cargo and imperial servitude. It serves our purpose well to capture these feelings of conquering savage lands. We hope to capture, through our music, the essence of combat, encourage and facilitate violence." While Arghoslent does not play black metal, the band relates to the
National Socialist black metal (NSBM) scene, stating: "We identify with certain points of the so-called NSBM scene, that's obvious. The real question is: do they identify with ours? We pre-date most of this NSBM stuff by a few years." Shortly after the release of
Incorrigible Bigotry, then bassist Kommando lost the tip of one of his fingers and could no longer play bass, he left the band shortly thereafter. Shortly after the release of the band's third album
Hornets of the Pogrom in 2008, guitarist Pogrom said in an interview, "Where I don’t see much contribution of any sort with anything other than brute force and servitude is in
sub-Saharan Africa." Regarding the
2008 United States presidential election, Pogrom said, "Shame forced me to vote this year in an attempt to react to the embarrassment of having to be governed by a
mulatto." He claimed that multiple metal magazines, including
Zero Tolerance, rejected paid advertisements and press coverage opportunities because Arghoslent "is threatening to liberal pinko pseudo-extreme metal queers", with underground metal being led by "
synagogue labels". Arghoslent finished recording and mixing the songs for their fourth studio album,
Resuscitation of the Revanchists, published on September 21, 2023. Tracking was delayed due to the travel restrictions caused by the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, until 2022. == Members ==