Country of origin: Canada Location: Longueuil, Quebec Status: Active Formed in: 2003 Genre: Progressive/Doom Metal/Hard Rock Themes: Learning, Futility of war, Interpersonal relations Current label: Blackhouse Records Years active: 2003-present Founded by Jerry Fielden. The band is named after the Ara Pacis (Latin for "altar of peace"), an altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace. AraPacis is a metal band from Montreal, Canada. Formed in 2003 by guitarist Jerry Fielden, and fronted by Scots singer Shelle Macpherson, and powered by the keyboards of ex-Rainbow member David Stone, their main goal is to re-create some of the original aspects of 1970's Hard Rock and Prog Rock and fuse it together with 21st Century Prog Metal, Doom & Metalcore to make an interesting metal hybrid.