Poema Arcanus is a Chilean

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Line-up

Current members

*Claudio Carrasco – vocals (1991 onward) *Juan Díaz - bass guitar (2018 onward) *Igor Leiva – guitars (1991 onward) *Luis Moya – drums (1999 onward)

Former members

*Michel Leroy – keyboards *Claudio Botarro – bass guitar *Pablo Tapia - bass guitar *Juan Pablo Vallejos - bass guitar *Igor Leiva – guitarsPoema Arcanus Biography
collapse.cl. 2010-01-26. Retrieved on 2010-06-14. Spanish *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''Poema Arcanus to Release 'Timeline Symmetry' in September
blabbermouth.net. 2009-07-08. Retrieved on 2010-06-07. (full-length, 2009) *''Transient Chronicles'' (2012)

References

External links

Poema Arcanus Official Website
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