Poema Arcanus Explained

Poema Arcanus
Origin:	Santiago, Chile
Genre:	Doom/death metal
Years Active:	1991 onward
Label:	Picorocos Records, Rawforce Productions, Aftermath Music
Associated Acts:	Agiance, Atomic Noise Machine, Capilla Ardiente, Heretics, Mourners Lament, Procession, Trimegisto
Website:	http://www.poemaarcanus.cl/
Current Members:	Claudio Carrasco García - Vocals Juan Díaz - Bass Igor Leiva Benavides - Guitars Luis Moya - Drums
Past Members:	Pablo Tapia Italo Martinez Claudio Botarro Neira Roxana Espinoza Michel Leroy Eduardo Zenteno Alonso

Poema Arcanus is a Chilean death/doom metal band that was formed in the early 1990s and has six full-length studio albums under their name. The band was originally named Garbage; they later changed their name to Garbage Breed and eventually settled on their current name of Poema Arcanus.^[1] Influences of Poema Arcanus include, among others, Autopsy, Candlemass, Fields of the Nephilim, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Queensrÿche, Solitude Aeturnus, and Voivod.^[1] This band has been a live supporting act for bands such as Napalm Death, Moonspell, and Candlemass. They are currently signed to Transcending Obscurity Records.

Line-up

Current members

• Claudio Carrasco  - vocals (1991 onward)
• Juan Díaz - bass guitar (2018 onward)
• Igor Leiva  - guitars (1991 onward)
• Luis Moya  - drums (1999 onward)

Former members

• Michel Leroy  - keyboards^[1]
• Claudio Botarro  - bass guitar^[1]
• Pablo Tapia - bass guitar
• Juan Pablo Vallejos - bass guitar
• Igor Leiva  - guitars^[2]
• Eduardo Zenteno  - drums^[2]
• Roxana Espinoza  - keyboards^[2]
• Alonso  - drums^[3]

Discography

• Underdeveloped (under the moniker Garbage; demo, 1995)
• Innocent Shades (under the moniker Garbage Breed; demo, 1996)
• Promo Tape (demo, 1997)
• Southern Winds (demo, 1998)
• Arcane XIII (full-length, 1999)
• Iconoclast (full-length, 2002)
• Buried Songs: the Early Times (compilation, 2003)
• Telluric Manifesto (full-length, 2005)
• Timeline Symmetry^[4] (full-length, 2009)
• Transient Chronicles (2012)

External links

• Poema Arcanus Official Website

Notes and References

1. http://www.metalglory.de/interviews.php?nr=741 Poema Arcanus "Arcane Doom From Chile!" interview
2. http://www.collapse.cl/bandas/poema-arcanus Poema Arcanus Biography
3. http://www.eatingmetal.com/metalnacional/poemaarcanus.html Poema Arcanus biography
4. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=123286 Poema Arcanus to Release 'Timeline Symmetry' in September