Arcana (band)

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For bands with a similar name see Arcana (jazz) or Arkarna.

Arcana
Origin	Sweden
Genre(s)	Neoclassical
Years active	1994 – present
Label(s)	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
Former members
Ida Bengtsson

Arcana is Swedish neoclassical band formed in 1994 and was originally signed to the Cold Meat Industry label.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 As Arcana
- 2.2 As Bjärgö/Hildebrand
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

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.

2008 will see the release of "Raspail"^[1] on Kalinkaland Records.

Peter also has a martial industrial side-project called Sophia and has also recorded one collaborative album with Gustaf Hildebrand.

[edit] Discography

[edit] As Arcana

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 (Compilation)	11 track CD / EREBUS.
2004	Le Serpent Rouge	9 track CD / Projekt / EREBUS.
2008	Raspail	10 track CD / Kalinkaland Records / Projekt