Arcana (band)

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Arcana
Country	Sweden
Years active	1994 – present
Genres	Neoclassical
Labels	Cold Meat Industry (1996 – 2003) Erebus Odora (2003 – 2006) Kalinkaland Records (2006 – present)
Members	Peter Bjärgö Ann-Mari Thim Stefan Eriksson Ia Bjärgö Mattias Borgh

Arcana is Swedish neoclassical band formed in 1994 and was originally signed to the Cold Meat Industry label. The original band consisted of founder Peter Bjärgö , then Peter Pettersson, and vocalist Ida Bengtsson. Since 2002, Arcana has changed line-up and now consists of Peter Bjärgö, Stefan Eriksson, Ann-Mari Thim, Ia Bjärgö and Mattias Borgh.

Often largely instrumental, the band describes its music as inspired by medieval music or the middle age's more romantic aspects. The last album Le Serpent Rouge had a more oriental feeling to it, with instruments like hammered dulcimer, finger cymbals, duduk and other oriental/arabic instruments.

Since 2006, Arcana is signed to Kalinkaland Records in Germany.

[edit] Partial Discography

Year	Title	Format, Label & Notes
1996	Dark Age of Reason	10 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
1997	Lizabeth	3 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
1997	Cantar de Procella	12 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
1999	Isabel	3 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
2000	...The Last Embrace	10 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
2002	Body of Sin	2 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
2002	Inner Pale Sun	8 track CD / Cold Meat Industry.
2004	The New Light	11 track CD / EREBUS.
2004	Le Serpent Rouge	9 track CD / EREBUS.