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There are 2 groups that use the name Arkaine Arkaine is a new upcoming artist group from the Netherlands, with the 2 brothers Casper & Koen Pijnenburg and Jim Craane. In November 2009, they created their first track together. After that many followed and with success. Late 2010, the guys signed at X-Bone Records, the new record label for upcoming hardstyle artists, to show their creations to the world. First, Casper only loved trance music. But when he heard hardstyle music for the first time, he started experimenting with this style. Koen joined him in hardstyle. Jim was already familiar with the harder styles, and already had produced some tracks of his own. When he heard the music of Casper & Koen, he decided to team up with them. Arkaine was born. Their music consists of euphoric melodies, hard kicks and an experimental sound. With their music, they’re trying to reach the top, and they want to give their own twist to the hardstyle scene. Arkaine are Rock Fusion Quartet from the English North. They are: Angelis La Vantae - Guitars and Vocals Tom Woolsgrove - Violin Anthony Camm - Drums Samuel Wheeldon - Bass They makes songs of magic love and legend and have diverse influences from punk and grunge to metal, folk and classical symphony. Arkaine began as an acoustic songwriting collaboration between Tom Woolsgrove and Angelis La Vantae inspired by Canadian singer songwriter Jeff Martin of The Tea Party and The Armada. They later recruited Anthony Camm to drum to make it an electric project with Samuel Wheeldon completing the line up later in 2010 Another group also uses this name. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.