Arcana- Official website

° 2 April 2008:

Arcana will perform at Elfenfolk Festival III in Augsburg, Germany on November 22nd 2008.
More information will be added soon!

° 18 February 2008:

Arcana will play at Centrul Cultural Reduta in Brasov, Romania, on the 19th of April 2008...

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° 5 February 2008:

Now it is only 24 dys until the new album will be released.
In Europe the album will be released via Kalinkaland Records and in the USA by Projekt.
Any questions of promos, please adress this directly to either of above mentioned labels.

° 12 December 2007:

The new album RASPAIL will be released at February the 29th on Kalinkaland Records.
All questions about promo-album and pre-orders, please contact the people at http://www.kalinkaland.de

° 11 October 2007:

We would like to thank all of you who supported us during the two gigs we had in Holland and Belgium two weeks ago. We had a fantastic time and everyone was great. You can find photos from both gigs at our live-section.

The new album has been recorded. It will be released early next year, and in our own oppinion it will be the best one yet:)

° 2 September 2007:

It has been to long since an update. But here it is!
Arcana will perform live at W2 in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands on September 28th and at Botanique in Brussel, Belgium on September 29th.
This is the first performance in Belgium ever and we are really looking forward to it. And we really look forward to return to Holland once again.
For more information on tickets and further information, please write to:
frederic@lefantastique.net (Brussel gig)
or
rj.schoonwater@planet.nl (Hertogenbosch gig)

We also would like to tell you all that the new album is in progress. It will be release this year, as long as everything fits with recordlabel and time. Too bad is that the sisterrelease of Le Serpent Rouge will be delayed. But have patience, it will come!

° 16 April 2007:

ICETODIRON 2007 SE
On 02.06.2007 (saturday) Autarkeia proudly presents international industrial/ambient music festival ICETODIRON 2007 SE.
In festival will perform industrail/ambient megastars:
ARCANA (sweden),
BAD SECTOR (italy),
FROZEN FACES (sweden),
DONIS (lithuania),
ORO!ORO! (lithuania),
GUSTAF HILDEBRAND & PETER BJARGO (sweden).

Festival's location: "Rusu Dramos Teatras"
adress: Basanaviciaus str. 13,
Vilnius, Lithuania.

Concert starts 18.00. Ticket price 100 Lt / 30 EURO. Tickets are limited.
Soon will follow detail information about event and instruction of tickets pre-sale.
For more information: http://www.autarkeia.org/

° 11 March 2007:

ARCANA will perform live in September. A long time 'til then, but hey...now you have time to book tickets;)

° 2 January 2007:

A new year has begun. 2007......may it be a good year for us all!

DO NOT FORGET!!!
Arcana will perform live this Friday, the only livegig in Sweden for some time.
Information is to be found on http://www.rawbar.se or mail us at arcana@erebusodora.net .

° 5 December 2006:

We are very sorry to announce that our live performance in Prague, Czech Republik, on the 16th of
December is postponed until next year. Due to reasons we cannot do anything about, this gig is
impossible to carry through.

We hope this won't cause any problem to those of you already with tickets.
Please contact spektrum@neosfera.cz for further information.

We hope to give you some enlightment soon on when we will be in Prague.

/Arcana

° 23 November 2006:

A New Design...again. yeah!

° 8 November 2006:

A special Christmas treat........and a New Year treat!
Arcana will perform live at Klub Bordo in Prague, Czech Republik on December 16th
and then on January 5th at Raw Bar in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

° 3 July 2006:

ARCANA SIGNS TO KALINKALAND RECORDS

After a long time discussing the possibilities of signing to a label with a little different approach Arcana has decided to sign up for the next full-length album to German label Kalinkaland Records. Since 2003 Arcana has been under the wings of Peter Bjärgös' own label Erebus Odora, but lack of time and financial difficulties makes it hard to keep it up. While thinking of other possibilities Kalinkaland Records was the label that had the apporach Arcana was looking for. A 4 AD feeling with bands not only into the gothic and industrial scene. With artists like Jo Gabriel, Idaho, Unto Ashes, Soul withering somewhere and Harald Löwy's own Chandeen, Kalinkaland records is a good choice for Arcana.
http://www.kalinkaland.de

Further information will be added later on.
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About the sisterrelease for Le Serpent Rouge. This will NOT be released worldwide,
only the ones with the 100 limited boxversion will have the possiblity to buy this album
and only with their special code.
The album will be released via Erebus Odora.

° 29 May 2006:

A big thank you to all of you who attended the gig in Geneva on May 13th. A big thanks as well to the organizers who made it possible for us to visit this great city. We sure do hope to be back next year again=) Photos from the gig is to be found at the livesection.

° 2 April 2006:

The Arcana website has now an audiosection. There you can find 3-4 songs from each album and also some covers (only one at the moment). There will also be some compilation songs added later on. Feel free to download or just listen while you're here.

° 22 February 2006:

Arcana will perform in Geneva, Switzerland on May 13th 2006 at the "NOX INQUISITIONIS".
This is the first time in Switzerland and we are very happy to announce our performance there.

° 17 February 2006:

We have added two songs more on the discography section.
My cold sea from "Inner Pale Sun" and ...The last embrace from the album with the same title.

Arcana is at the moment doing absolutely nothing, and will continue to do nothing for some time. Well, nothing is maybe the wrong word, but when it come to the music of Arcana it is true. With work, studies, children and cold cold winter, there is no time for music at the moment. We will get back to you with more news when something actually happens.

° 30 Januray 2006:

Peter has just finished the recording of an exclusive song for German label Kalinkaland Records compilation cd Lightwaves II.
The song is entitled "Lost in Time", music, instruments and vocal by Peter Bjärgö and lyrics by Ia Bjärgö.

° 21 November 2005:

We are back again from our journey to Amsterdam, and THANK YOU for the great welcome and nice words.
We also would like to thank Raymunda who made it possible for us to come to Holland, you did you a great job:).
Once again, Thanks all of you who were there!!!

° 15 November 2005:

Well, time flies and it is allready November.
We have about 5°C and it is almost storm outside.
And what do you do when the weather is like that? You create a new website....Voila!

On Friday we are flying to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hopefully we will meet some of you there.
The site will be updated with news when we get back. Take care!

The LP and CD version of Le Serpent Rouge is out on Displeased records. T-shirts (longsleeve and shortsleeve) are also available. More information is to be found at www.displeasedrecords.com

Arcana have participated on a tributealbum for Dead can Dance, released on projekt. The album entitled "Summoning of the Muse - a tribute to Dead can Dance" is available from Projekt on september 6th, but Erebus odora have a few album right now for sale. More bands on this album are Dark Sanctuary, Autumn's grey Solace, Stoa, Chandeen, Black tape for a Blue Girl, Rajna and more.

Arcana will perform at the Triganda festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 19th. More infromation will come later.

The "Le Serpent Rouge" sisterrelease will be delayed due to Vendela Bjärgö's health condition. Peter and Ia Bjärgö's daughter is going through a difficult time that needs full attention from both of them. The album will be out later this year, hopefully before christmas, but nothing is promised.

Big thanks to all of you that made our performance at Club Metropolisso great. We really hope to be back another time, Denmark is a fantastic country.

The american and european license-press of
"Le serpent rouge" is out now. Displeased records will also release an LP version, later this summer.

Deals have now been set with three different labels for licensereleases in Russia, USA and Europe. Projekt will have the North-, Central- and Southamerica as territory, AMG will have Russia, the Baltic states and Ukraine as territory and Displeased records in the Europe area.
For distributions sales and other information please contact the label in the territory you live in.

In the future, Arcana will be released at Erebus Odora with the first 500 copies, and then be sold on license.

Arcana is at the moment recording in the studio. There are two coversongs for a compilationalbum in USA that will be released.
More information later on this album.

The new Arcana is about to be recorded as well. The first 100 copies will be the extra album in the box that was released for "Le Serpent Rouge". The next 400 will be a normal release, but with three songs less. Only to make the first 100 unique for the boxowners.

Arcana would like to thank all of you that made the trip to italy very special for us. We had a great time visiting, ones again, your beautiful country. Big thanks to Giulio and the other at Post Romantic Empire and big thanks to Alessandro and Elisabeth and the others at La Rose Noire. Photos will appear on the livesection further on. Feel free to send us photos if you got:)

The Le Serpent Rouge has got very nice reviews and we are very happy about this. You can find ome at these sites:

It is with mixed feelings we want to wish you all a Happy New Year. After the terrible disaster in Asia, where some of our friends lost parents and friends, it is hard to feel joy over a new year. We left the year of 2004 with grief but in the same time with hope of a better time to come. Yesterday swedish television held a benefitshow, and they raised over 330 million swedish kronor for the victims in Southeast Asia.

Erebus Odora has contributed with some of the money for the latest Arcana. This is money that we feel is more needed in the disaster area than in our paypalaccount.

We now hope that more of you out there will do their best in donating what ever they can to the Red Cross or Unicef.

The album Le Serpent Rouge has sold very well. We are now soon sold out of boxes, we will let you know when days go, if there are any left. For order, please go to www.erebusodora.net.

Photos from Radio Inferno Festival is to be found on the livepage. Photos taken by Vseleovod Krischenko.

We are proud to announce that the Arcana - Le Serpent Rouge is officially released. We will start to ship all the prepayed boxes and albums this week. Those who have not payed yet, can do so. Hopefully you will all get the album before christmas.

All the 100 boxes are ordered, but not all are payed for. We will let you know if there will be any boxes left in a few weeks.

We also would like to thank everyone in Russia that came to support us. And big thanks to all you guys who showed us around, and made it possible to come to your beautiful city. We sure hope to be back someday:)

We will have a little christmas-break after this weekend. All of you that have prepayed will have their albums sent, the other will have to wait. We will let you know when we are back in bussiness.

This is Arcana as you have never heard them before.
With melodies from the orient, feelings of the hot arabic landscape and beautiful sounds of instruments like the Duduk and the Hammered Dulcimer, Arcana has on this release moved abit further from the original sound that we have heard through out the years. Along with the fabulous art of Agnieszka Szuba, this album is a release you can't miss.

The first edition will be in 500 copies, each numbered by hand.

Pre-orders is to be taken soon!

Listen to the songs "Le Serpent Rouge" and "The Passage"
on "Le serpent rouge" link in discography.

On December 11th, Arcana will perform at the "Old house" in S:t Petersburg (if all goes as planned). It is the "Radio Inferno Festival" that will take place the weekend of the 10th and 11th. We really look forward to meet all the people in Russia, and to see the beautiful city that we have read so much about. Anyone with any suggestions on vegetarian foodrestaurants are free to mail us:)
More info will follow...

° 7 November 2004:
The greek goth/metal magazine Moonlight Shadow is at this time having a contest where you can win the Arcana album, "The new light" and a free issue of the next Moonlight Shadow. Flyers are being found everywhere in Athens. We must say, that the magazine called "Moonlight shadow" is one the finest magazines we have seen lately. It is nice to see a person put so much soul and energy in something and actually succeed in doing a faulous job. Check it out. More info you can find if you mail to deathcult55@hotmail.com.

We will next week put some samples from the forthcoming Arcana album, "Le serpent rouge" on this website. You will find them on the press-link.

° 10 October 2004:
A new webdesign again. Yes! This time with the touch of the forthcoming album which is under construction. The album will be called "Le Serpent Rouge" and the artwork of the album will be made by the polish artist Agnieszka Szuba. hopefully will this album be out within a few months.

° 16 September 2004:
After a great weekend in Finland, we can only say THANK YOU. We thank you all for great respons, wonderful conversation and lots of nice food and drinks. And most of all, thank you for your wonderful reviews after the gig. We hope to be back soon.

New photos can be found at the biography and press side. Photos taken in Turku, Finland by our friend john Björkman.

° 27 August 2004:
A big thanks to the wonderful people we met in Poland during the Castelparty gig. We have recieved alot of mails and we are grateful of your support. We hope to be back soon in oland for more performances.

° 25 July 2004:
We would like to congratulate Stefan Eriksson who got married yesterday to his lovely bride Linda. The wedding was beautiful and the party was great. We wish you both and your family a lucky and happy future:)

° 21 July 2004:
The Arcana album has arrived, and it looks great. A few spelling errors and and HUGE mistake on the website adress. But still, the album is here:))

You can order it directly from us, just write to order@erebusodora.net. Dont forget to take another look at our catalog at www.erebusodora.net. We have recieved alot of new albums from Projekt and Ad noiseam. More albums is on the way from Palace of Worms and we are still waiting for the DcD tribute from Black Lotus Records.

Well, it seems like the Arcana album will be out in time. So start to preorder. Send you name, adress and mailadress to order@erebusodora.net.
The price will be 14 USD / 12 EUROS / 110 SEK + postal costs.

We have had a major hardwarecrash on our computer, and we have lost the entire mailinglist. So please, do join the list again.

Erebus Odora in union with Canadian label Cyclic Law, are pround to announce the
up comming release of ARCANA's 10 year anniversary special album CD titled
"The New Light".

For this release Peter Bjärgö has put together work spanning 10 Years of his
work with Arcana. Lost songs from the early years, alternative recordings and new beautiful
work share the space on this anniversary album. These song are like nothing you heard before, as ten years have past, you can hear the music evolve from it's groping first steps to what it has become today. Arcana really stands for all things emotionally grandiose and this release
serves has a perfect commemoration to such a talented artist.

Arcana will proudly perform in Finland on the 11th of september at the venue
Klubi
Humalistonkatu/Humlegårdsgatan 8
Åbo

For more info, please contact
john@kuolleenmusiikinyhdistys.net
kimmo@kuolleenmusiikinyhdistys.net
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Dont forget the Castleparty festival in Bolkow, Poland on July 30th.
Other bands in Bolkow:

* Agressiva 69
* Arcana
* Armia
* BlutEngel
* Clan of Xymox
* Cool Kids of Death
* Daemonicium
* Deine Lakaien
* Desdemona
* Eva
* God's Bow
* Moonlight
* Naamah
* Project Pitchfork
* Suicide Commando
* Sui Generis Umbra
* The Unholy Guests

More info will be found at: http://www.castleparty.com
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Arcana will participate on the DcD tribute released by Blacklotus Records. Info as following:

Dead Can Dance Tribute
Title: The Lotus Eaters
Release date: 11/5/2004
Formats: Double CD

TRACKLISTING
Disk One
ARCANA - In the wake of adversity
PERSEPHONE - Spirit
DANNY LILKER (NUCLEAR ASSAULT) - Cantara
ATARAXIA - Bylar
FAITH AND THE MUSE - Mesmerism
TRAIL OF TEARS - The arcane
HORTUS ANIMAE (with Liv Kristine Espenaes ex- THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) - Windfall/ Summoning of the muse
AMBER ASYLUM - Cardinal sin
GRIDO - Rakim
ANATHEMA - How fortunate is the man with none
IMPERIA (HELENA IREN MICHAELSEN-ex TRAIL OF TEARS) - The lotus eaters
EPHEMERAL SUN - Avatar
SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA - The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Disk Two
BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL - Fortune present gifts not according to the book
JARBOE (ex SWANS) - American dreaming
ANTIMATTER - Black sun
THE GATHERING - In power we entrust the love advocated (*)
NIGHTFALL - The obiguitous Mr. lovegrove
DARKWELL - Anywhere out of the world
GREEN CARNATION - Cantara
ULVER - In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed are kings
AKRABU - Desert song
NOEKK (ex EMPYRIUM) - How fortunate is the man with none
IMPERIAL BLACK (new band of ex CRADLE OF FILTH bassist)- Enigma of the Absolute
SECRETS OF THE MOON& NOSTALGIA - The Protagonist
MONUMENTUM - Windfall
SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE - Summoning of the Muse (Deconstructed)

13.01.2004
We are proud to announce Arcanas first Poland performance ever at Castle Party in Bolkow, Poland on the 30th of july 2004.
More info at Castle party website.

17.10.2003
Two days ago we performed in Paris at la Locomotive. We are very happy for all the warm feelings and the welcome that we recieved. We met a lot of nice people and got the chance to see a lovely city. Hopefully, we can come back someday.
Photos is to be found at the livesection.

17.09.2003
Today was our daughter Vendelas first birthday. She has grown so big and beautiful. Big Congratulations to our little Innocent child.
At the same time we want to thank everybody that was at our wedding and all of you who sent us gratulations. Thanks for a wonderful day!

1.09.2003
Electric gathering Festival took place this weekend in Stockholm, and we are very satisfied with the crew, especially the soundengineers and a few backstage. We felt really glad that everything went so smoothly. And big thanks to all of you in the audience that made us feel very welcome.
Pictures can be found at the Livesection.

30.07.2003
The partnership between Arcana and Cold Meat Industry is no longer. From now on, you can find all information about Arcana on the Erebus Odora site or the Arcana website.
Old releases will still be avaiable at CMI but all new items will be bought directly from Erebus Odora.

23.07.2003
Peter and Ia is getting married, and at the same time Peter will change his surname. Pettersson is no more, new name will be Peter Bjärgö.

23.07.2003
Arcana will perform at la Locomotive, Paris, France on October 15th, along with Sophia and Louisa John Krol & Gor.
Don't forget the gig in Stockholm also at EGF, August 30th.

15.07.2003
The Arcana song "Innocent child" will be found on the new compilation cd from the American label Projekt. More info on Discography.

12.06.2003
Arcana would like to thank everyone of you that supported us at Werk II, at WGT this weekend.

12.06.2003
T-shirts are now avaliable directly from us. For purchase please e-mail us at order@erebusodora.net

01.05.2003
Arcana will write intstrumental pieces for the swedish metalband Centinex new album entitled "Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos"

02.04.2003
Arcana will play at the Electric Gathering Festival in Stockholm on August the 30:th.

22.02.2003
Arcana will perform at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, along with bands like In Slaughter Natives, Raison D'etre, ORE, Brighter Death Now, Deutsch Nepal and Coph Nia. The bands from
Cold Meat Industry will have their own stage at Werk II at June the 8th.

20.01.2003
New songs are being recorded, but it's to early to give information about any releases.
Next year Arcana has been excisting for 10 years, so this year will also include digging in archives looking for rare material.

22.12.2002
All pictures on this website is by Michael Prey http://www.fetish23.org

22.12.2002
From the 27th of December, and a few weeks ahead, we will have no internet access.
For orders of the new album, simply send 20 EURO (europe) or 20 USD (Outside europe), with name, adress and e-mailadress to:

This will include shipping and package cost. Ordinary E-mails will be answered as soon as possible.

18.12.2002
The box version of Inner Pale sun, has arrived. Mail for orders.
arcana@coldmeat.se

07.12.2002
The new Arcana album will be out in the stores at the earliest in January 2003. We have about 100 copies for sale right away.
E-mail us for instructions.
arcana@coldmeat.se

27.11.2002
Inner pale sun will be released at the 8th of December. The first edition will be in an ordinary jewelcase. On the 18th of December a boxversion will be released, wich will include a poster.

11.11.2002
The new album is out within two weeks. For cover and tracks check out the discography section.
If you like to purchase the album, mail to arcana@coldmeat.se or visit the Cold Meat Industry site.

03.10.2002
Arcana will take a rest from liveperformances for a while, due to the birth of Peter´s daughter.

29.08.2002
The new Arcana album is getting closer.
Peter put the last hand on it today, and it
will be released in the near month or so.

21.05.2002
Arcana would like to thank people for the great support they had on Wave Gotik Treffen this last weekend.

07.05.2002
Arcana will perform at the Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig, Germany. The gigs will take place at the
18th of May at Haus Leipzig, and on the 19th of May at Parkbühne.
For more information visit, WGT website.

13.04.2002
Arcana will perfrom their first live gig since 1999.
The performance will be at Vampyria, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Special guest; Sophia.
For more information, check out Vampyria homepage

01.03.2002
The mini-cd Body of Sin was released today.The 7" vinyl will be out next week.
For order, please contact Cold Meat Industry or mail to Peter Petterson

16.01.2002
The new single with Arcana is finished. It is going to be under the name "Body of Sin", and of course released on CMI.
Releasedate will be set later.

02.09.2001
Peter has just gone into the studio to make the new Arcana album. The new cd is planned to be released early next year.

Peter Pettersson is currently working fulltime with his other projekt, Sophia. Industrial / martial music with classical influences.