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Arena
Group · United Kingdom · United Kingdom · formed 1995
British progressive rock band
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Also known as アリーナ (バンド)
Timeline
37 events+ Member joins 15▣ Album 10− Member leaves 10◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1
1990s
· Member joins
Cliff Orsi joins the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Clive Nolan joins the band
keyboard,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
John Carson joins the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Keith More joins the band
guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Mick Pointer joins the band
drums (drum set),original
source: musicbrainz
· Debut release
Debut release: Songs From the Lion’s Cage
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
John Carson leaves the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
John Jowitt joins the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Paul Wrightson joins the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Cliff Orsi leaves the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Keith More leaves the band
guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
John Mitchell joins the band
guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
John Jowitt leaves the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Paul Wrightson leaves the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Ian Salmon joins the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Rob Sowden joins the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
2000s
2010s
· Member leaves
Ian Salmon leaves the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Rob Sowden leaves the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
John Jowitt joins the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Paul Manzi joins the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
John Jowitt leaves the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Kylan Amos joins the band
bass guitar
source: musicbrainz
2020s
· Member leaves
Paul Manzi leaves the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Damian Wilson joins the band
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Damian Wilson leaves the band
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Paul Manzi joins the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography445 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1356907511
Biography
Arena are an English neo-prog band founded in 1995. Their style ranges from symphonic to hard rock.
History
Arena was founded in 1995 by Clive Nolan keyboardist of Pendragon and Shadowland, and Mick Pointer, the original drummer of Marillion, whose tenure lasting from 1979 until 1983. The other founding members of the band were guitarist Keith More, vocalist John Carson, and bassist Cliff Orsi. Orsi was replaced by John Jowitt (of IQ) in the band's inaugural year, whilst Carson and More left the band in 1996 and 1997, and were replaced by Paul Wrightson and John Mitchell (of Frost*) respectively.
Both Jowitt and Wrightson left the band in 1998, to be replaced by Ian Salmon and Rob Sowden, creating the band's most stable lineup to date (from 1998 until 2010). This lineup came to an end with Paul Manzi replacing Sowden in 2010. In 2011, Jowitt rejoined the band to replace the departing Salmon, leaving again in 2014 and being replaced by Kylan Amos. In July 2020, Manzi was replaced by Damian Wilson. At the end of 2026, Wilson will in turn be succeeded by Manzi.
Most of the band's lyrics are written by Nolan, though Pointer contributed lyrics to Sirens and other tracks on the first two albums.
Musically the band's style ranges from symphonic to hard rock. While in the beginning the band sounded like Fish-era Marillion, some of their recent albums have a similar sound to Nolan's earlier band, Shadowland.
AllMusic called them one of the dominant neo-prog groups of the 1990s.
Personnel
Current members
Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals (1995–present)
Mick Pointer – drums (1995–present)
John Mitchell – guitars, backing vocals (1997–present)
Kylan Amos – bass, backing vocals (2014–present)
Damian Wilson – lead vocals (2020–present)
Former members
John Carson – lead vocals (1995–1996)
Cliff Orsi – bass (1995–1996)
Keith More – guitars, backing vocals (1995–1997)
John Jowitt – bass, backing vocals (1996–1999, 2010–2014)
Paul Wrightson – lead vocals (1996–1999)
Ian Salmon – bass, acoustic guitar (1999–2010)
Rob Sowden – lead vocals (1999–2010)
Paul Manzi – lead vocals (2010–2020)
Studio
Songs from the Lion's Cage (1995)
Pride (1996)
The Visitor (1998)
Immortal? (2000)
Contagion (2003)
Pepper's Ghost (2005)
The Seventh Degree of Separation (2011)
The Unquiet Sky (2015)
Double Vision (2018)
The Theory of Molecular Inheritance (2022)
Live
Welcome to the Stage (1997)
Breakfast in Biarritz (2001)
Live & Life (2004)
Arena: Live (2013)
Arena: XX (2016)
Lifian (2023)
EP
Edits (1996)
The Cry (1997)
Contagious (2003)
Contagium (2003)
Videos/DVDs
Caught in the Act (2003) (live)
Smoke & Mirrors (2006) (live)
Rapture (2011) (live)
Arena: XX (2016) (live)
Re-Visited (2018) (live)
Fanclub releases
Welcome Back! To the Stage (1997)
The Visitor Revisited (1999)
Unlocking the Cage (2000)
Radiance (2003)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 31 | 90.7th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 37 | 97.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 28 | 62th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (31 release groups · 10 studio albums)
Albums · 10
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 58:25
1Out of the Wilderness8:032Crying for Help I1:233Valley of the Kings10:114Crying for Help II3:105Jericho6:516Crying for Help III4:257Midas Vision4:378Crying for Help IV5:069Solomon14:391996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 55:26
1Welcome to the Cage.....4:162Crying for Help V2:333Empire of a Thousand Days9:354Crying for Help VI2:545Medusa4:316Crying for Help VII3:067Fool’s Gold9:378Crying for Help VIII5:129Sirens13:421998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:01:43
1A Crack in the Ice7:252Pins and Needles2:463Double Vision4:254Elea2:365The Hanging Tree7:106A State of Grace3:267Blood Red Room1:478In the Blink of an Eye5:299(Don’t Forget to) Breathe3:4010Serenity2:1011Tears in the Rain5:4412Enemy Without5:0613Running From Damascus3:4514The Visitor6:142000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:17
1Chosen6:222Waiting for the Flood5:543The Butterfly Man8:564Ghost in the Firewall4:555Climbing the Net4:406Moviedrome19:467Friday's Dream4:442003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 58:48
1Witch Hunt4:172An Angel Falls1:143Painted Man4:414This Way Madness Lies3:365Spectre at the Feast5:346Never Ending Night3:247Skin Game4:438Salamander4:009On the Box2:4010Tsunami2:3811Bitter Harvest2:5212The City of Lanterns1:2313Riding the Tide4:2914Mea Culpa3:4615Cutting the Cards4:5716Ascension4:342005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 52:34
1Bedlam Fayre6:062Smoke and Mirrors4:443The Shattered Room9:464The Eyes of Lara Moon4:325Tantalus6:526Purgatory Road7:277Opera Fanatica13:07The Seventh Degree of Separation
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:04
1The Great Escape4:382Rapture4:233One Last Au Revoir4:354The Ghost Walks3:195Thief of Souls3:526Close Your Eyes3:267Echoes of the Fall2:278Bed of Nails4:399What If?4:3610Trebuchet3:4011Burning Down4:2912Catching the Bullet7:4313The Tinder Box4:172015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:30
1The Demon Strikes5:372How Did It Come to This?4:303The Bishop of Lufford5:244Oblivious to the Night2:475No Chance Encounter4:306Markings on a Parchment2:197The Unquiet Sky5:298What Happened Before4:559Time Runs Out4:3910Returning the Curse3:4811Unexpected Dawn3:5212Traveller Beware7:402018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 57:01
1Zhivago Wolf4:482The Mirror Lies6:583Scars5:174Paradise of Thieves6:105Red Eyes6:416Poisoned4:287The Legend of Elijah Shade22:39The Theory of Molecular Inheritance
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:44:16
Disc 11Time Capsule5:312The Equation (The Science of Magic)6:293Twenty‐One Grams6:344Confession2:205The Heiligenstadt Legacy5:436Field of Sinners6:287Pure of Heart6:188Under the Microscope6:529Integration4:4910Part of You5:5511Life Goes On5:12Disc 21Vindication4:242The Equation (acoustic version)5:223Pure of Heart (acoustic version)4:414The Heiligenstadt Legacy (acoustic version)5:315Life Goes On (acoustic version)3:076Twenty‐One Grams (acoustic version)6:327Field of Sinners (acoustic version)6:328Part of You (acoustic version)5:56
EP · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | EditsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 22:531Welcome to the Cage (edit)2:59 2Medusa (edit)3:55 3Fool’s Gold (edit)4:21 4Sirens (edit)2:55 5Empire of a Thousand Days (sing‐a‐long)8:43 | Remix | 1996 | |
| 1997 | Welcome Back! to the StageSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 25:521Empire of a Thousand Days9:26 2Fool’s Gold9:40 3Crying for Help IV6:46 | Live | 1997 | |
| 1997 | The CrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 35:471Theme0:56 2The Cry3:10 3The Offering2:33 4Problem Line4:02 5Isolation1:59 6Fallen Idols4:12 7Guidance5:09 8Only Child5:03 9Stolen Promise2:58 10The Healer5:45 | 14 April 1997 | ||
| 2003 | ContagiousSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 21:161Vanishing Act4:14 2The Hour Glass6:08 3Contagious4:24 4I Spy2:45 5Witch Hunt (remix by Richard West)3:45 | July 2003 | ||
| 2004 | ContagiumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 23:361On the Edge of Despair5:44 2The March of Time7:31 3Confrontation5:34 4Salamander (special remix)4:47 | 2004 |
Album · 16
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Welcome to the StageSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:13:281William Tell Overture3:11 2Valley of the Kings10:07 3Out of the Wilderness6:46 4Midas Vision4:45 5The Healer4:51 6Sirens13:57 7Medusa4:22 8Welcome to the Cage4:33 9Jericho7:01 10Solomon13:55 | Live | November 1997 | |
| 1999 | The Visitor: RevisitedSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 58:551Medusa4:26 2Pins and Needles2:44 3(Don’t Forget to) Breathe3:54 4Tears in the Rain4:36 5Crying for Help IV3:33 6Double Vision4:30 7Elea2:32 8The Hanging Tree7:16 9Jericho7:23 10Solomon12:51 11Enemy Without5:10 | Live | 1999 | |
| 2001 | Breakfast in BiarritzSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:54:10Disc 1 1Moviedrome21:57 2Crack in the Ice4:26 3Double Vision4:27 4Midas Vision5:17 5Serenity2:01 6The Butterfly Man9:44 7The Hanging Tree8:27 8A State of Grace3:10 9Enemy Without4:53 10Crying for Help VII5:11 Disc 21Chosen6:33 2Elea2:38 3Friday’s Dream4:37 4Arena Documentary30:49 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Unlocking the Cage 1995 – 2000Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 48:121Enter (The Moviedrome)4:23 2Encore Medley7:10 3Crying for Help IV (acoustic)5:19 4Jericho (acoustic)7:26 5The Visitor (ghost vocal)6:10 6(Don’t Forget to) Breathe (live)5:53 7State of Grace (acoustic)3:06 8Tears in the Rain (acoustic)3:59 9Friday’s Dream (acoustic)4:46 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2003 | RadianceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 54:151(Don’t Forget to) Breathe3:54 2A State of Grace3:31 3An Angel Falls1:14 4Spectre at the Feast5:51 5Skin Game4:07 6Bitter Harvest2:43 7The City of Lanterns1:46 8Mea Culpa3:43 9Ascension4:15 10Crying for Help IV3:42 11The Butterfly Man7:49 12Jericho7:55 13Crying for Help VII3:45 | Live | 2003 | |
| 2003 | Caught in the ActSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks1Witch Hunt 2An Angel Falls 3Painted Man 4This Way Madness Lies 5Spectre at the Feast 6Skin Game 7Salamander 8Bitter Harvest 9City of Lanterns 10Riding the Tide 11Cutting the Cards 12Ascension 13Serenity 14Chosen 15Double Vision 16Hanging Tree 17Breathe 18The Butterfly Man 19Enemy Without 20Solomon 21Jericho 22Crying for Help VII | Live | 2003 | |
| 2004 | The Cry / Cantagious / ContagiumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:11:511Theme0:55 2The Cry3:10 3The Offering2:32 4Problem Line4:02 5Isolation1:59 6Fallen Idols4:12 7Guidance5:09 8Only Child5:03 9Stolen Promise2:57 10The Healer5:44 11Vanishing Act4:13 12The Hour Glass6:07 13Contagious4:22 14I Spy2:44 15On the Edge of Despair5:42 16The March of Time7:28 17Confrontation5:32 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | Live & LifeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:51:12Disc 1 1Witch Hunt4:15 2An Angel Falls1:12 3Painted Man4:23 4This Way Madness Lies3:44 5Spectre at the Feast6:11 6Skin Game4:27 7Salamander3:35 8Bitter Harvest1:17 9City of Lanterns1:32 10Riding the Tide4:24 11Cutting the Cards5:19 12Ascension5:47 Disc 21Serenity2:28 2Chosen6:39 3Double Vision4:17 4The Hanging Tree7:13 5(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:24 6The Butterfly Man9:06 7Enemy Without5:37 8Solomon13:47 9Jericho6:42 10Crying for Help VII3:53 | Live | 1 November 2004 | |
| 2006 | Smoke & MirrorsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 37 tracks · 2:14:32Disc 1 1Bedlam Fayre5:39 2A Crack in the Ice4:32 3Midas Vision5:10 4Elea2:37 5The Hanging Tree7:24 6A State of Grace3:27 7(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:40 8Smoke and Mirrors4:41 9Purgatory Road7:04 10Waiting for the Floods6:27 11Medusa4:33 12The Shattered Room10:02 13Chosen 14Skin Game 15Witch Hunt 16Enemy Without 17Solomon 18Friday’s Dream 19Crying for Help VII 20A Crack in the Ice 21Elea 22The Hanging Tree 23A State of Grace 24Medusa 25Crying for Help VII Disc 21Bedlam Fayre5:39 2A Crack in the Ice4:32 3Midas Vision5:10 4Elea2:37 5The Hanging Tree7:24 6A State of Grace3:27 7(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:40 8Smoke and Mirrors4:41 9Purgatory Road7:04 10Waiting for the Floods6:27 11Medusa4:33 12The Shattered Room10:02 | Live | 2006 | |
| 2006 | Ten Years On: 1995–2005Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:11:081Smoke and Mirrors4:43 2Skin Game4:44 3The Hanging Tree7:10 4The Butterfly Man8:56 5Chosen (live)7:25 6Empire of Thousand Days8:42 7Crack in the Ice5:11 8Salamander3:54 9Bedlam Fayre5:44 10Solomon14:39 | Compilation | 30 October 2006 | |
| 2013 | Arena: LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:50:02Disc 1 1The Great Escape4:36 2Bedlam Fayre6:04 3Crack in the Ice4:43 4(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:07 5Rapture4:30 6The Ghost Walks3:18 7One Last Au Revoir5:14 8What If4:11 9Burning Down4:29 10Serenity2:21 11Ascension5:18 Disc 21Valley of the Kings10:22 2The Eyes of Lara Moon4:33 3Ghost in the Firewall4:03 4Crying for Help IV5:51 5The City of Lanterns1:26 6Riding the Tide4:34 7The Tinder Box3:51 8Solomon13:55 9Crying for Help VII4:32 10The Visitor7:04 | Live | 31 May 2013 | |
| 2014 | Contagion MaxSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:33:14Disc 1 1Witch Hunt4:14 2An Angel Falls1:13 3Painted Man4:39 4Vanishing Act4:11 5This Way Madness Lies3:31 6The Hour Glass5:58 7Bitter Harvest2:51 8I Spy2:33 9Never Ending Night3:23 10Spectre at the Feast5:33 11Skin Game4:42 Disc 21Salamander3:55 2On the Box2:38 3Tsunami2:36 4On the Edge of Despair5:40 5City of Lanterns1:21 6Riding the Tide4:26 7Contagious4:07 8March of Time7:29 9Mea Culpa3:43 10Cutting the Cards4:55 11Confrontation5:05 12Ascension4:31 | Compilation | 2014 | |
| 2016 | XXSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:50:03Disc 1 1The Demon Strikes5:25 2Rapture4:31 3Double Vision4:26 4Crack in the Ice6:04 5Moviedrome18:59 6How Did It Come to This?4:26 7Salamander3:59 8Bedlam Fayre5:46 Disc 21Serenity2:15 2The Unquiet Sky5:40 3Traveller Beware7:04 4The City of Lanterns1:46 5Riding the Tide4:24 6Hanging Tree7:20 7The Tinder Box3:42 8Solomon13:37 9Don’t Forget to Breathe5:12 10Crying for Help 75:27 | Live | 12 February 2016 | |
| 2019 | Re-Visited: Live!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:57:33Disc 1 1A Crack in the Ice7:25 2Pins and Needles2:46 3Double Vision4:33 4Elea2:59 5The Hanging Tree7:31 6A State of Grace3:42 7Blood Red Room1:22 8In the Blink of an Eye5:22 9(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:25 10Serenity2:52 11Tears in the Rain5:03 12Enemy Without5:06 13Running From Damascus4:17 14The Visitor7:12 Disc 21Poisoned5:05 2Jericho7:39 3Mirror Lies8:44 4Tinder Box4:01 5Solomon15:05 6Ascension5:12 7Crying for Help VII6:12 | Live | 20 April 2019 | |
| 2020 | From the Beginning: A Photographic History of the First 25 Years!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:36:15Disc 1 1Welcome to the Cage4:41 2A Crack in the Ice4:52 3Chosen6:46 4Witch Hunt3:34 5Skin Game5:35 6The Legend of Elijah Shade22:35 Disc 21The Mirror Lies7:47 2Poisoned4:44 3Friday’s Dream4:40 4The Tinder Box4:20 5(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:43 6Solomon15:11 7Crying for Help VII5:47 | Live | 27 November 2020 | |
| 2023 | Lifian Tour MMXXIISearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:55:26Disc 1 1Time Capsule7:17 2Rapture4:28 3Bedlam Fayre6:16 4How Did It Come to This?4:28 5The Butterfly Man9:32 6Paradise of Thieves5:22 7The Equation6:55 8A Crack in the Ice4:42 9Salamander4:11 10A State of Grace3:52 11The Ghost Walks3:56 12Life Goes On5:28 Disc 21(Don’t Forget to) Breathe5:57 2The Tinder Box5:28 3The Visitor7:41 4Serenity2:52 5Solomon14:54 6Enemy Without4:52 7Crying for Help VII7:15 | Live | 20 October 2023 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Arena head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 31 | 90.7th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 37 | 97.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 28 | 62th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Orsi | 1995 | May 1996 | bass guitar |
| Clive Nolan | 1995 | present | keyboard,original |
| John Carson | 1995 | September 1995 | lead vocals |
| Keith More | 1995 | 1997 | guitar |
| Mick Pointer | 1995 | present | drums (drum set),original |
| John Jowitt | 1996 | 1999 | bass guitar |
| Paul Wrightson | 1996 | 1999 | lead vocals |
| John Mitchell | 1997 | present | guitar |
| Ian Salmon | 1999 | 2011 | bass guitar |
| Rob Sowden | 1999 | 2011 | lead vocals |
| John Jowitt | 2011 | 24 July 2014 | bass guitar |
| Paul Manzi | 2011 | July 2020 | lead vocals |
| Kylan Amos | 2015 | present | bass guitar |
| Damian Wilson | July 2020 | 30 November 2026 | |
| Paul Manzi | 1 January 2027 | present | lead vocals |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0b6a3ee-ec0e-4d15-95b4-4d45c2bb3d89discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0b6a3ee-ec0e-4d15-95b4-4d45c2bb3d89core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240892genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Image: Steve Knight · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q240892 · MusicBrainz: c0b6a3ee-ec0e-4d15-95b4-4d45c2bb3d89
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