Although a touch tepid; 'Diary of a Soldier' is a nice, watery dose of melodic metal that came out of Sweden at seemingly the right time only for the band to disappear immediately afterwards. We get four tracks; the best probably being the opening title plod with its nice and tidy musicianship and subtle yet no thrills vocal performance from Mattias Höijer. There's certainly nothing heavy about Arrow and tracks such as 'Straight to your Heart' have a certain obscure charm and pop-laced quality; but it's all over so quickly that it's no wonder Arrow became so very quickly forgotten.
6/10
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