Lacuna Coil
Encyclopedia
Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal
band from Milan
. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music. The members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of prominent guitar lines and contrasting dual female/male vocal harmonies to help create a melodic, detached sound. Much of the band's recent material, however, sees a heavier and more down-tuned style, featuring a more distinct bass line and a higher mixing of the guitars within the songs.
The band's 2006 release, Karmacode
, peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200
. Their latest release, Shallow Life
, debuted at number 16 on the Billboard charts. The album marks the band diverging their sound from gothic metal
to straightforward alternative metal
. As of August 2010, Lacuna Coil has sold nearly 2 million records.
, a friend, to sing background vocals briefly, which led to her officially joining Sleep of Right. Soon after, the band changed their name to Ethereal, and signed to Century Media at the end of 1997. Finding that the name Ethereal was already taken by a Greek band, they changed their name to Lacuna Coil, which means empty spiral.
Lacuna Coil released a self-titled EP through Century Media in 1998. Shortly after, there came the departure of bandmates Raffael Zagaria, Claudio Leo, and Leonardo Forti. As a result, guitarist Cristiano Migliore and drummer Cristiano Mozzati were recruited officially. At this point, the band was touring with Moonspell
after the release of the Lacuna Coil (EP)
.
, and added second guitarist Marco Biazzi. The band supported the album with another European tour, co-headlining with Skyclad
. Allmusic rated the album 4 stars, saying it was "a fine debut by a band that bears watching." The band toured much more, participating in Milan's Rolling Stone magazine-sponsored venue, plus as a show headlined by a German band.
was released in 2000 with five songs, entitled "Half Life", "Hyperfast", "Stars", (A cover of a Dubstar
single), "Trance Awake", and a demo version of a future song, "Senzafine." "Senzafine" was added onto the band's next big project: their 2001 album Unleashed Memories
. The studio album only had ten songs on it, but a future release included the five songs from the Halflife EP.
The band was in for a change for the better when its breakthrough album, Comalies
was released in 2002; it received high reviews from certain corners of the metal
world. A significant player on Europe's metal scene for nearly a decade at this point, the band was virtually unknown in the U.S.A. until it began touring there. Uranium
gave the band some of its earliest U.S. exposure; over a year later, the first single from Comalies, "Heaven's a Lie
", began to receive radio and media attention, pulling the band into North America's musical mainstream. Networks such as Fuse played the song's video, for example. In early 2005, "Heaven's a Lie" won in The 4th Annual Independent Music Awards
for Best Hard Rock/Metal Song. The beginning of this song was also used as the introduction music for the audio podcast novel, The Rookie, by Scott Sigler
. The second single, "Swamped", was played in heavy rotation and used in the video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
. It also appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse
. Music video
s were filmed for both songs and broadcast on MTV2
's Headbanger's Ball, which also had the band perform a live, acoustic
rendition of "Heaven's a Lie".
By 2004, Comalies had become the best-selling CD in Century Media's history. The band appeared at Ozzfest
in between headlining club tours in the U.S.A. and Europe. A bonus, extended version of Comalies was released both in stores and on iTunes. This version consisted of both live and acoustic versions of the songs "Heaven's A Lie", "Swamped", "Unspoken", "Aeon", and "Senzafine" from Unleashed Memories.
, to early 2006. According to the band's website, this made it possible for more time to be spent on production, and to avoid the crowded summer 2005 release schedule for metal albums. On December 23, 2005 the band announced on their web site that all recording, mixing, and mastering on Karmacode had been completed. It was then announced that Karmacode would be released in the USA on April 4, 2006.
During their 2005 European Tour, Lacuna Coil debuted two new songs from Karmacode at selected concerts: "Our Truth" and "Fragile" under the working titles "Antonio" and "A2" respectively.
Karmacode debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Charts. Considered by Billboard
to be "the biggest album in the history of Century Media Records", it was acclaimed by music critics and magazines. Corresponding with the release of the new album, Lacuna Coil toured with Rob Zombie
throughout North America in early 2006. After their tour with Zombie, they performed main stage at Ozzfest
2006 along with System of a Down
, Ozzy Osbourne
, and Hatebreed
becoming the first female-fronted band to co-headline the heavy metal festival. That summer they also played on the main stage of the Download Festival
(a three-day music festival in England's Donington Park
), which was headlined by Metallica
, Tool
, and Guns N' Roses
. That December, Lacuna Coil teamed up with In Flames, The Sword and Seemless for a U.S. Tour, as well as The Blackest of the Black 2006 Tour.
Four singles were officially released from Karmacode: "Our Truth
", "Closer", "Within Me
", and a cover of Depeche Mode
's "Enjoy the Silence." "Our Truth
" was the first single released, and had a music video produced for it. The song was featured in the Underworld: Evolution
soundtrack and entered the top forty on the U.S. Mainstream Rock charts.
The band toured extensively to support the album throughout 2007. This included the Jägermeister Music Tour
, The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007
Loudpark Festival
'07 in Saitama City's Saitama Super Arena
, and the Australian leg of Megadeth's Gigantour
.
Lacuna Coil's first live DVD was released in November 2008, entitled Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)
. The CD/DVD is a retrospective of all things from the band's "Karmacode
" album cycle. The set list features concerts filmed at Germany's Wacken Festival and at the Japanese Loudpark Festival
in 2007.
In 2008, it was announced that Lacuna Coil's fifth studio album would be produced by Don Gilmore, and would have some Arabic influences. Cristina Scabbia
announced to the magazine Rock Sound
, "It's different, but it's our style. We haven't done anything absolutely different from our style, because that wouldn't be natural, that would be weird - it wouldn't be us. The songs are definitely more powerful, more complete, more intense, more straight-to-the-point". Andrea Ferro said, "We've put more attention on the real meaning of the songs, so the vocals are a bit more prominent. We've worked a lot with Don Gilmore on the pronunciation of the words in English, so people really understand the meanings of the words. There are strong choruses, where people can relate and really understand what we mean".
On December 13, 2008, it was revealed that the new album would be titled Shallow Life
. The album was released in Europe on April 20, 2009 and in the United States on April 21, 2009. It debuted at number 16 on the Billboard
Top 200 Album Chart, and became Lacuna Coil's first Top 20 album in the U.S. It has sold nearly 70,000 copies in the United States.
In February and March 2009, Lacuna Coil played at the Australian music festival Soundwave alongside metal acts including DevilDriver
, In Flames
, Lamb of God
, and Nine Inch Nails
. The festival spanned five capital cities, at which they performed their single "Spellbound
", from Shallow Life for the first time. Early June saw them play in the UK at Download Festival. Their set was scheduled for the opening day, where they would play on the second stage just before Opeth and later Mötley Crüe. Later in July 2009, Lacuna Coil embarked on the American Spellbound Tour, alongside Kill Hannah
, Seventh Void
, and Dommin
. This was Lacuna Coil's first U.S. headlining run in over two years, and the first tour the band has been on since the Music as a Weapon Tour IV alongside Disturbed, Killswitch Engage
, and Chimaira
in early 2009. During Early 2010 (Jan/Feb) the band came to the United Kingdom to do a Headline "Shallow Life" tour with their support acts Dommin
and Dirty Little Rabbits
. They then returned to the UK again in September/October 2010 Headling the "Survive" tour, this time at more intimate/VIP venues. With the support act Slaves to Gravity
.
Former members
Live members
EPs
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band from Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music. The members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of prominent guitar lines and contrasting dual female/male vocal harmonies to help create a melodic, detached sound. Much of the band's recent material, however, sees a heavier and more down-tuned style, featuring a more distinct bass line and a higher mixing of the guitars within the songs.
The band's 2006 release, Karmacode
Karmacode
Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 31 March 2006 in several countries in Europe, 3 April in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and 5 April in several other European countries...
, peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. Their latest release, Shallow Life
Shallow Life
Shallow Life is the fifth album by Italian band Lacuna Coil. The album was released on April 20, 2009 in Europe and April 21 in North America. As of September, 2009, it has sold over 75,000 copies in the U.S. and 225,000 worldwide.-Background:...
, debuted at number 16 on the Billboard charts. The album marks the band diverging their sound from gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
to straightforward alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
. As of August 2010, Lacuna Coil has sold nearly 2 million records.
Formation and EP (1994–98)
Vocalist Andrea Ferro and bassist/composer Marco Coti Zelati formed Sleep of Right in Milan, Italy, 1994, and recruited Raffaele Zagaria on guitars, and Michaelangelo on the drums. After releasing two demos, Bleeding Souls and Noise of Bolgia, Claudio Leo became the band's second guitarist, and Leonardo Forti replaced Michaelangelo on the drums after his departure. The band asked Cristina ScabbiaCristina Scabbia
Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia is an Italian singer, best known as one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. She also writes an advice column in the popular rock magazine Revolver, alongside musician Vinnie Paul. Scabbia is featured in a Megadeth song, "À Tout le...
, a friend, to sing background vocals briefly, which led to her officially joining Sleep of Right. Soon after, the band changed their name to Ethereal, and signed to Century Media at the end of 1997. Finding that the name Ethereal was already taken by a Greek band, they changed their name to Lacuna Coil, which means empty spiral.
Lacuna Coil released a self-titled EP through Century Media in 1998. Shortly after, there came the departure of bandmates Raffael Zagaria, Claudio Leo, and Leonardo Forti. As a result, guitarist Cristiano Migliore and drummer Cristiano Mozzati were recruited officially. At this point, the band was touring with Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
after the release of the Lacuna Coil (EP)
Lacuna Coil (EP)
Lacuna Coil is an EP by the Italian alternative metal band Lacuna Coil, released on April 7, 1998, by Century Media.-Track listing:# "No Need to Explain" – 3:37# "The Secret..." – 4:16# "This Is My Dream" – 4:06# "Soul into Hades" – 4:52...
.
In a Reverie (1998–2000)
Following a second European tour, the band recorded their debut full-length album, In a ReverieIn a Reverie
In a Reverie, is the debut album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released in 1999. The album was released through Century Media. In 2005, the album was re-released with new artwork and a new cover.-Track listing:All arrangements by Lacuna Coil...
, and added second guitarist Marco Biazzi. The band supported the album with another European tour, co-headlining with Skyclad
Skyclad (band)
Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music. They are considered one of the pioneers of folk metal. The etymology behind the term "skyclad" comes from a pagan/wiccan term for ritual nudity, in which rituals are performed with the participants metaphorically clad...
. Allmusic rated the album 4 stars, saying it was "a fine debut by a band that bears watching." The band toured much more, participating in Milan's Rolling Stone magazine-sponsored venue, plus as a show headlined by a German band.
Halflife EP-Unleashed Memories (2000–02)
Following the debut, In A Reverie, Half-LifeHalflife (EP)
Halflife is an EP by the Italian rock band Lacuna Coil, released in 2000 by Century Media. The EP contains 5 tracks. A slightly altered version of the track Senzafine would later appear on international releases of their 2001 full-length album, Unleashed Memories, while the entire HALFLife EP was...
was released in 2000 with five songs, entitled "Half Life", "Hyperfast", "Stars", (A cover of a Dubstar
Dubstar
Dubstar are an English band, performing mostly dream pop and indie dance music, as well as occasional pop ballads and, on later releases, guitar-heavy rock with an industrial influence. The group was formed in 1992 by Steve Hillier and Chris Wilkie in Newcastle-upon-Tyne...
single), "Trance Awake", and a demo version of a future song, "Senzafine." "Senzafine" was added onto the band's next big project: their 2001 album Unleashed Memories
Unleashed Memories
Unleashed Memories is the second album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. The album was released through Century Media. American releases append the Halflife EP to this album.-Track listing:...
. The studio album only had ten songs on it, but a future release included the five songs from the Halflife EP.
Comalies (2002–06)
Comalies
- Ozzfest Edition Bonus Disc :- Release history :- Charts :Album - Billboard...
was released in 2002; it received high reviews from certain corners of the metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
world. A significant player on Europe's metal scene for nearly a decade at this point, the band was virtually unknown in the U.S.A. until it began touring there. Uranium
Uranium (TV series)
Uranium is an American television program about heavy metal which aired on Fuse TV in the early 2000s. After establishing herself as the host of MMUSA's Tastemakers program, Juliya Chernetsky, along with network producers, created Uranium as an outlet for the broad range of heavy metal subgenres...
gave the band some of its earliest U.S. exposure; over a year later, the first single from Comalies, "Heaven's a Lie
Heaven's A Lie
Heaven's a Lie is the first single by Lacuna Coil off their album Comalies. Although frequently labeled as an anti-religion song, such an interpretation is mistaken. In an interview with HighWireDaze.com, leading vocalist Cristina Scabbia explained the meaning of the song; the word "heaven" is a...
", began to receive radio and media attention, pulling the band into North America's musical mainstream. Networks such as Fuse played the song's video, for example. In early 2005, "Heaven's a Lie" won in The 4th Annual Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
for Best Hard Rock/Metal Song. The beginning of this song was also used as the introduction music for the audio podcast novel, The Rookie, by Scott Sigler
Scott Sigler
Scott Carl Sigler is a contemporary American author of science fiction and horror as well as an avid podcaster. Originally from Michigan he now resides in San Francisco, California with his wife and their dog, Emma.-Biography:...
. The second single, "Swamped", was played in heavy rotation and used in the video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, abbreviated as Bloodlines or VTMB, is a computer role-playing game for Windows developed by Troika Games in 2004...
. It also appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson...
. Music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s were filmed for both songs and broadcast on MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
's Headbanger's Ball, which also had the band perform a live, acoustic
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
rendition of "Heaven's a Lie".
By 2004, Comalies had become the best-selling CD in Century Media's history. The band appeared at Ozzfest
Ozzfest
Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne...
in between headlining club tours in the U.S.A. and Europe. A bonus, extended version of Comalies was released both in stores and on iTunes. This version consisted of both live and acoustic versions of the songs "Heaven's A Lie", "Swamped", "Unspoken", "Aeon", and "Senzafine" from Unleashed Memories.
Karmacode (2006–08)
The band and label postponed the release of their follow-up to Comalies, KarmacodeKarmacode
Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 31 March 2006 in several countries in Europe, 3 April in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and 5 April in several other European countries...
, to early 2006. According to the band's website, this made it possible for more time to be spent on production, and to avoid the crowded summer 2005 release schedule for metal albums. On December 23, 2005 the band announced on their web site that all recording, mixing, and mastering on Karmacode had been completed. It was then announced that Karmacode would be released in the USA on April 4, 2006.
During their 2005 European Tour, Lacuna Coil debuted two new songs from Karmacode at selected concerts: "Our Truth" and "Fragile" under the working titles "Antonio" and "A2" respectively.
Karmacode debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Charts. Considered by Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
to be "the biggest album in the history of Century Media Records", it was acclaimed by music critics and magazines. Corresponding with the release of the new album, Lacuna Coil toured with Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
throughout North America in early 2006. After their tour with Zombie, they performed main stage at Ozzfest
Ozzfest
Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne...
2006 along with System of a Down
System of a Down
System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...
, Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
, and Hatebreed
Hatebreed
- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...
becoming the first female-fronted band to co-headline the heavy metal festival. That summer they also played on the main stage of the Download Festival
Download Festival
The Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England . It usually takes place in June...
(a three-day music festival in England's Donington Park
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...
), which was headlined by Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
, Tool
Tool (band)
Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Since 1995, Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour...
, and Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
. That December, Lacuna Coil teamed up with In Flames, The Sword and Seemless for a U.S. Tour, as well as The Blackest of the Black 2006 Tour.
Four singles were officially released from Karmacode: "Our Truth
Our Truth
"Our Truth EP" is the first single by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil from the album Karmacode. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to Underworld: Evolution. It was a Top 30 Active Rock single on the Billboard Charts...
", "Closer", "Within Me
Within Me
"Within Me" is a song by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, the song is released as a single from their fourth album Karmacode.It was announced as the fourth single from the album in 2007 by the Century Media site. The song is the first power ballad of Lacuna Coil to be a single.The song is...
", and a cover of Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
's "Enjoy the Silence." "Our Truth
Our Truth
"Our Truth EP" is the first single by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil from the album Karmacode. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to Underworld: Evolution. It was a Top 30 Active Rock single on the Billboard Charts...
" was the first single released, and had a music video produced for it. The song was featured in the Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution is the second installment in the Underworld series, following Underworld in 2003...
soundtrack and entered the top forty on the U.S. Mainstream Rock charts.
The band toured extensively to support the album throughout 2007. This included the Jägermeister Music Tour
Jägermeister Music Tour
The Jägermeister Music Tour is a hard rock, hardcore punk, and heavy metal music tour that has been held twice a year in the United States since 2002. It is owned by the American importer of Jägermeister, Sidney Frank Importing.-History:...
, The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007
The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007
The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007 was a concert tour to support Lacuna Coil's album Karmacode in North America.Within Temptation and The Gathering were the main opening acts. The other support bands were In this Moment, Stolen Babies and Kylesa....
Loudpark Festival
Loudpark Festival
Loud Park Festival is a heavy metal festival held annually at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City or Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Japan. It is one of the biggest festivals in Japan....
'07 in Saitama City's Saitama Super Arena
Saitama Super Arena
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and...
, and the Australian leg of Megadeth's Gigantour
Gigantour
Gigantour is the name of a sporadically organised traveling heavy metal music festival organized by Megadeth's Dave Mustaine. The tour was founded in 2005 with dates across North America, and the 2006 and 2007 line-ups also traveled to Australia...
.
Lacuna Coil's first live DVD was released in November 2008, entitled Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)
Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)
Visual Karma is the first live album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, that was released in November 2008. The DVD is retrospective of all things from the band’s “Karmacode” album cycle, the set features concerts filmed at Germany's Wacken Festival and at the Japanese Loudpark Festival on...
. The CD/DVD is a retrospective of all things from the band's "Karmacode
Karmacode
Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 31 March 2006 in several countries in Europe, 3 April in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and 5 April in several other European countries...
" album cycle. The set list features concerts filmed at Germany's Wacken Festival and at the Japanese Loudpark Festival
Loudpark Festival
Loud Park Festival is a heavy metal festival held annually at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City or Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Japan. It is one of the biggest festivals in Japan....
in 2007.
Shallow Life (2008–10)
Cristina Scabbia
Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia is an Italian singer, best known as one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. She also writes an advice column in the popular rock magazine Revolver, alongside musician Vinnie Paul. Scabbia is featured in a Megadeth song, "À Tout le...
announced to the magazine Rock Sound
Rock Sound
Rock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, whilst also giving coverage to more well known acts.-History:...
, "It's different, but it's our style. We haven't done anything absolutely different from our style, because that wouldn't be natural, that would be weird - it wouldn't be us. The songs are definitely more powerful, more complete, more intense, more straight-to-the-point". Andrea Ferro said, "We've put more attention on the real meaning of the songs, so the vocals are a bit more prominent. We've worked a lot with Don Gilmore on the pronunciation of the words in English, so people really understand the meanings of the words. There are strong choruses, where people can relate and really understand what we mean".
On December 13, 2008, it was revealed that the new album would be titled Shallow Life
Shallow Life
Shallow Life is the fifth album by Italian band Lacuna Coil. The album was released on April 20, 2009 in Europe and April 21 in North America. As of September, 2009, it has sold over 75,000 copies in the U.S. and 225,000 worldwide.-Background:...
. The album was released in Europe on April 20, 2009 and in the United States on April 21, 2009. It debuted at number 16 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top 200 Album Chart, and became Lacuna Coil's first Top 20 album in the U.S. It has sold nearly 70,000 copies in the United States.
In February and March 2009, Lacuna Coil played at the Australian music festival Soundwave alongside metal acts including DevilDriver
DevilDriver
DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002. The band was originally named Deathride, however, due to copyright issues and the name being taken by several bands, Deathride changed its name to DevilDriver, which refers to bells Italian witches used to...
, In Flames
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
, Lamb of God
Lamb of God (band)
Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994, the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler...
, and Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
. The festival spanned five capital cities, at which they performed their single "Spellbound
Spellbound (Lacuna Coil song)
"Spellbound" is the first single released by Lacuna Coil's fifth studio album, Shallow Life. The song is their first chart entry on the U.S. Billboard charts since "Our Truth" in 2006. It debuted at #36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and has become their first Top 30 single...
", from Shallow Life for the first time. Early June saw them play in the UK at Download Festival. Their set was scheduled for the opening day, where they would play on the second stage just before Opeth and later Mötley Crüe. Later in July 2009, Lacuna Coil embarked on the American Spellbound Tour, alongside Kill Hannah
Kill Hannah
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, Seventh Void
Seventh Void
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, and Dommin
Dommin
Dommin is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, consisting of Kristofer Dommin on vocals and guitar, Billy James on bass, Konstantine on keyboards, and Cameron Morris on drums...
. This was Lacuna Coil's first U.S. headlining run in over two years, and the first tour the band has been on since the Music as a Weapon Tour IV alongside Disturbed, Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
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, and Chimaira
Chimaira
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in early 2009. During Early 2010 (Jan/Feb) the band came to the United Kingdom to do a Headline "Shallow Life" tour with their support acts Dommin
Dommin
Dommin is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, consisting of Kristofer Dommin on vocals and guitar, Billy James on bass, Konstantine on keyboards, and Cameron Morris on drums...
and Dirty Little Rabbits
Dirty Little Rabbits
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. They then returned to the UK again in September/October 2010 Headling the "Survive" tour, this time at more intimate/VIP venues. With the support act Slaves to Gravity
Slaves to Gravity
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Dark Adrenaline (2011-present)
A new album that was in the works since the first quarter of 2011 was confirmed with its title later being revealed as Dark Adrenaline. On September 2, 2011, it was announced that the first single from the record, titled "Trip the Darkness", will be released digitally on October 17, 2011, with the album's release following on January 24, 2012.Band members
Current members- Cristina ScabbiaCristina ScabbiaCristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia is an Italian singer, best known as one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. She also writes an advice column in the popular rock magazine Revolver, alongside musician Vinnie Paul. Scabbia is featured in a Megadeth song, "À Tout le...
— vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, primary lyricist - Andrea Ferro — vocals
- Cristiano "Pizza" Migliore — guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Marco "Maus" Biazzi — guitar
- Marco Coti Zelati — bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, primary composer - Cristiano "Criz" Mozzati — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Former members
- Raffaele Zagaria — guitar (cayne)
- Claudio Leo — guitar (cayne)
- Leonardo Forti — drums, percussion
Live members
- Steve Minelli — guitar (March/April 1998) (Node, Death SS)
- Alice Chiarelli — keyboards (March/April 1998) (Alice in Darkland)
Discography
Studio albums- In a ReverieIn a ReverieIn a Reverie, is the debut album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released in 1999. The album was released through Century Media. In 2005, the album was re-released with new artwork and a new cover.-Track listing:All arrangements by Lacuna Coil...
(1999) - Unleashed MemoriesUnleashed MemoriesUnleashed Memories is the second album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. The album was released through Century Media. American releases append the Halflife EP to this album.-Track listing:...
(2001) - ComaliesComalies- Ozzfest Edition Bonus Disc :- Release history :- Charts :Album - Billboard...
(2002) - KarmacodeKarmacodeKarmacode is the fourth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 31 March 2006 in several countries in Europe, 3 April in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and 5 April in several other European countries...
(2006) - Shallow LifeShallow LifeShallow Life is the fifth album by Italian band Lacuna Coil. The album was released on April 20, 2009 in Europe and April 21 in North America. As of September, 2009, it has sold over 75,000 copies in the U.S. and 225,000 worldwide.-Background:...
(2009) - Dark AdrenalineDark AdrenalineDark Adrenaline is the upcoming sixth studio album by Italian metal band Lacuna Coil. The album is being produced by Don Gilmore .-Track listing:...
(2012)
EPs
- Lacuna Coil (EP)Lacuna Coil (EP)Lacuna Coil is an EP by the Italian alternative metal band Lacuna Coil, released on April 7, 1998, by Century Media.-Track listing:# "No Need to Explain" – 3:37# "The Secret..." – 4:16# "This Is My Dream" – 4:06# "Soul into Hades" – 4:52...
(1998) - Halflife (EP)Halflife (EP)Halflife is an EP by the Italian rock band Lacuna Coil, released in 2000 by Century Media. The EP contains 5 tracks. A slightly altered version of the track Senzafine would later appear on international releases of their 2001 full-length album, Unleashed Memories, while the entire HALFLife EP was...
(2000)