Be sure to tune in to Metal Express Radio today at 16:00 or 22:00 Finnish time (GMT +2) (that is 15:00 / 21:00 CET) for their special feature on new acts, including ARKADIA! More info here.
-MJJ
NEXT GATHERING: 26.3. Tampere, Music Bar Las Vegas 
4.3.2010
ARKADIA featured in Metal Express Radio's Young Artist's Arena
20.2.2010
Realization with images
To sum up 2009, with many thanks to all those who supported us during the year. Paskaa!
-MJJ
2.1.2010
New year, new guitarist
As the new decade begins, we're happy to announce that we have found a new guitarist to replace Aapo Iisakki Rikala. We've already had a couple of trainings and done some recordings with him, and the results are very promising. An ARKADIA "crewmember" for already a couple of years, Kimmo Akseli Keipinen has been following the band to gatherings and various other occasions as e.g. photographer and roadie with enthusiasm towards our way of melodic metal music. A good friend and a prominent guitarist with five years of experience in guitar playing, his joining the band is a logical step for ARKADIA, enabling us to continue working towards our dream. To read more about Kimmo Akseli, click here.
Since the last gigs in November 2009, the band has been on a bit of a break and no new gatherings are in sight at the moment. During the following months the band will be recording new material, targeting to release new songs during the Spring 2010.
-MJJ
18.10.2009
First music video released
It has come the time to release ARKADIA's first music video. The song that got the honor of being first is "My Life is Mine" off the EP "A Drop for the Past". Watch the video here.
-MJJ
6.10.2009
Nothing Lasts Forever
...not even ARKADIA's original line-up. Aapo Iisakki Rikala, rhythm guitarist of ARKADIA since its founding in 2003, has decided to leave the band. It was with great surprise and sorrow that we received his resignation letter last week. This is what he had to say:
Dear friends,
I am sad to announce that I have decided to leave ARKADIA for personal reasons. I feel I cannot give my 100 % attention to the band anymore, so this is the right thing to do. The three following gatherings that are booked will be the last ones I play with the band.
I would like to thank you for the last six years that I have been honored to play music with you. ARKADIA has been a big part of my life and I have a lot of unforgettable memories from this time.
I step aside as a guitarist of ARKADIA, but there is no need to say goodbye. I will be in touch, and one way or another participate the band's activities in the future to come!
-Aapo Iisakki Rikala-
I could not agree more to the last two sentences of his - there will always be a special place reserved for Aapo in ARKADIA. It seems unrealistic that a good friend and composer of our first song is gone from the band; however, constant change is part of life, in all the areas of life. It is quite ironic that last week Soundi, one of the largest music magazines in Finland, thanked our "original line-up for a coherent sound" in their review. (You can read the whole review here, along with some other new reviews.)
As a proper tune to Aapo's departure, we have today released the title track of our latest EP, A Drop for the Past, to our Myspace site. Feel free to commemorate the six and a half years Aapo served with us by visiting, or write a line to our address. Hopefully we also see as many of you as possible in the final three gatherings to be performed by the original line-up of ARKADIA in Riihimäki, Oulu and Raahe during the following month.
As for the future, we have already started looking for a replacement for Aapo - even when one cart falls, the wagon must continue.
-MJJ
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