History

In Arkadia was born with the fusion of two French heavy metal bands, Catalyst and Lunarmony, in 2005. Lead by the heavy and melodic voice of Jocelyn, the bands quickly turns into a mix of heavy metal with a touch of thrash metal. As soon as early 2005, In Arkadia releases the first demo 'Shadows in Vein'. Having gotten a record deal promise with the newly created label Metallic Records, In Arkadia began writing the music of their first album.

The record deal promise having not been respected by the label, In Arkadia decided to produce their album themselves, named 'Release the Shadow'. Around the end of 2005, Jocelyn leaves the band for personal reasons and Théo replaces him as a lead singer/rhythm guitarist/songwriter with a death/thrash metal voice succeeding to Jocelyn's clean voice.

The album was released in August 2006, thanks to more than 100 presales in France and Switzerland, granting the band of a budget big enough to start the printing of the album. The album was a success and was very well received by the critics.

In Arkadia started the shooting of the music video of the song 'Delirium Tremens'. Thanks to the excellent work from the F.K. Studio, that produced the music video, it's another success for the band. 'Delirium Tremens' is downloaded all over the world thanks to the internet.

After a succession of live shows, In Arkadia wrote and recorded their sophomore album 'Blind Oppression'. It will be released February 2008 on Another Sphere Records (run by vocalist Théo Dumont).

(source: the official In Arkadia website, December 2007, edited by AM)