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Biography

ArseA, formed in 2006. The members of ArseA, who had all come to the band following various experiences with other groups, immediately decided to begin writing their own songs. The first personal successes, arriving in September 2007 with the participation of the band at theMusic Village, an event that allows a select band throughout Italy to spend seven days incontact with those that are the reality of Italian music today. In 2007, guitarist Simone was forced to leave the group for work reasons and, after a month of searching, he was replaced by Alessio Di Clementi. In July 2008, ArseA was chosen from among over 300 Italian bands to represent Italy at one of the biggest metal festivals in Europe, METALCAMP, held in Tolmin, Slovenia. Between September and December 2008, the band played close to Rome at the concert of Brutal Truth + Cripple Bastard, and performed abroad again, this time in Budapest, at Nu Metal Community Vol. 2 where they were very well-received. 2009 got off to a good start, with two great shows at the Palarockness in Genzano di Roma and Sonar in Colle Val d'Elsa, as support band to O.D. SAXON. Three months after, the band finally found the long-awaited last member of its line-up, Ivan Fusco who, on keyboards and synth, added the final element to the band’s already tight sound.

In 2010 the band returned to tread the stages in Europe: two concerts in Amsterdam in April, and in July the participation in the prestigious European festival Magic Circle Festival IV° edition, where sees the bill bands like Manowar, Kamelot, Virgin Steele, Arch Enemy, ecc..
In 2011 is a new line-up change: at the voice, instead of Alessandro D’Arcangeli, Matteo Peluffo joined the band. Also in this year, ArseA begin work on the new album. In 2012 the band returned to Metalcamp in Slovenia for the ninth edition, with the new line-up!
In 2013 the band returned in Slovenia on the main stage of Metaldays Festival, sharing the stage with In Flames, Overkill, Ensiferum, Soilwork and more.
2014 is dedicated to recording the first studio album, A New Dawn; it will be out in Feb 2015 with label Revalve Records!

The album promotion, which began in the middle of the same year, continues to see the band sharing the stage with big names in the metal scene. In fact, among others, ArseA participate in More Than Fest in Slovakia in 2016 alongside bands such as Stratovarius, Children of Bodom, Dragonforce etc. and at Maximum Rock Festival in Romania, where they also share the scene with Kamelot and Moonspell.
At the beginning of 2017 they open the scene, again in Romania, for PAIN. In the summer of the same year they went on the main stage of the important HILLS OF ROCK festival in Bulgaria, where they had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Evanescence, Guano Apes, Three Days Grace, Epica, and more.

In 2018 the band start to work on a New Album. In the meantime ArseA played in some important event like July Morning in Tutrakan alongside musician such as John Lawton(Uriah Heep), and at Enigma Rock 2 again in Bulgaria, sharing the stage also with Infected Rain.
In 2020 ArseA started the recording sessions of the album Order of Mantis; due the covid pandemia, these recording sessions ended in december 2021! The new album ORDER OF MANTIS as been release in July, 29th 2022, and it as been presented the day after on the amazing mainstage of the biggest metal festival in Portugal, VAGOS METAL FEST alongside bands such as Testament, D.R.I., Emperor etc. Please, stay tuned on our Social Instagram and Facebook!

Source: Official website