With the blending of two metal genres, traditional and power, one Kelowna band will be bringing its flare to the Metal Fest stage.

This will be the second time ArkenFire performs at the Armstrong Metal Fest, being held July 14 and 15 this year.

The metal band is composed of lead-vocalist Jacob LeBlanc, guitarists Randy Peterson and Ian McCall, bassist Milan Bertucci and drummer Netto Figueiredo. They recently released their first EP, Celestial Beasts, on May 12.

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ArkenFire was created in 2015, after what began as a power-metal project for Peterson and Figueiredo.

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