Arcadia first gathering happened in 1996, a normal day, after school in the drummer's garage! After the first reharsing session, two years later, Arcadia recorded the very first demo tape (yes, the good old tapes) called "War of Silence", making the first gigs in the area to promote it. 

Back to '99 the band recorded a 3 track cd called "Trust" with a new line up and a new more personal direction. This let Arcadia obtain a contract with No Brain Records, an Italian indie label that allowed the band to record the first official full length, "Synth".

The album was a mix of modern industrial metal, monolithic riffs and rough vocals, they promoted it live in the whole nation, also supporting known Italian bands like Extrema, Raw Power and Crackdown.

In 2002 Arcadia recorded the first version of Net Realm, out for Emi Distribution, making gigs, interviews and reviews for the major magazines in Europe. Two years later the band had the opportunity to make some shows in America thanks to RG promotionz which brought the band to play with some icons like Obituary, Testament, Body Count, Henry Rollins, supporting them in the Sun and Steel Fest Tour. This experience was very important for the band, soon a decision was to be taken: who wants to be a musician in, all the others out.

So, after a break to reform a new and definitive line up, the band entered the Nadir Studio in Genoa to record "Fracture Concrete" and moved to Los Angeles for one year and a half, playing more than 250 shows in the whole continent!!!

In 2007 the band got back to Europe as the will to play in new countries was always growing up. As soon as Arcadia were back home, they started organizing their first European tour which brought them to play in UK and Eastern Europe for a couple of months. After a gig in Prague the band was contacted by Valery Records, which offered a deal to record their forthcoming album "Cold Cold Bodies"; back from the tour the band stopped for a while for the recording sessions, and as soon as the record was out, Arcadia was again on the road in Italy, central and eastern Europe and Asia!

While working on the new songs, the band found anyway the time to open for the Italian tour of Agnostic Front and to headline another European tour. Now the latest album "Roy Philip Nohl" is out and the band is being reviewed by the best magazines in the world. After a two week tour with Six Feet Under and Illdisposed and after having supported Napalm Death in their Italian tour; the band has been back to the East headlining a tour in Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy...the videoblog of the tour is on line on the official site, www.arcadiacrew.com, and after just some months the visits are are thousands and thousands! The band is always taking care of the fans and have recorded a song only available in digital download at the site, called “Chocolate & Heroin”!

So...stay tuned!!!

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