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an death/doom metal band that was formed in the early 1990s and has four 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. Influences of Poema Arcanus include, among others, Autopsy

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, Candlemass

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, Fields of the Nephilim

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, My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

, Paradise Lost

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, Queensrÿche

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, Solitude Aeturnus

Solitude Aeturnus

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, and Voivod

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. This band has been a live supporting act for bands such as Napalm Death

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, Moonspell

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, and Candlemass. Their most recent album, a self-produced effort titled Timeline Symmetry, was released on September 1, 2009. They are currently signed to the Norwegian

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 label Aftermath Music

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Current members

• Claudio Carrasco – vocals (1991 onward)
• Igor Leiva – guitars (1991 onward)
• Juan Pablo Vallejos – bass (2006 onward)
• Luis Moya – drums (1999 onward)

Former members

• Michel Leroy – keyboards
• Claudio Botarro – bass guitar
• Igor Leiva – guitars
• Eduardo Zenteno – drums
• Roxana Espinoza – keyboards
• Alonso – drums

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 (full-length, 2009)

External links

• Poema Arcanus Official Website
• Poema Arcanus at Facebook
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• Poema Arcanus at Myspace
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• Poema Arcanus at Twitter
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