Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Since their formation in 1994, the group has had two name changes, being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, and they have recorded nine studio albums, two extended plays, two live albums, two compilation albums, one video album, and sixteen singles and music videos. ⭐️♫metal4ever♫⭐️ LACUNA COIL 2019 - Black Anima (Hi-Res FLAC 24bit-44,1 kHz).rar. Manifesto Of Lacuna Coil (Best Of). Visual Karma (Body, Mind And Soul). Shallow Life (2 CD Deluxe Edition). CD & Digital Download. Shallow Life, an Album by Lacuna Coil. Released 21 April 2009 on Century Media (catalog no. CMR 8580-2; CD). Genres: Alternative Metal. Rated #1411 in the best albums of 2009. The discography of Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil consists of nine studio albums, two extended plays, two live albums, two compilation albums, one video album, sixteen singles and sixteen music videos.
Let's be honest people, our favorite bands have had one or two or even had many bad albums in any point of a band's career. I'm sure not everyone was impressed when Metallica abandoned they're black album sound for a more commercial sound and hasn't had anything as memorable as even the black album. Celtic Frost even made the notorious 'Cold Lake' to which even Tom Warrior found extremely ridiculous. For me, I'm not afraid nor reluctant to say that one of my favorite bands Lacuna Coil has had a bad sounding album. That is the case with 'Shallow Life', an album released after the success of 'Karmacode' which included the band's most well-known song 'Our Truth.' Lacuna Coil's fifth album has since been my least listened to albums in the entirety of Lacuna Coil's discography, for good reasons.
First things first is at least discuss the good things on the album. I did really enjoy the songs 'The Last Goodbye', and 'Not Enough' I think that they sounded simple and atmospheric in terms of guitar. The melody and Cristina Scabbia's singing in these are incredibly catchy and a little sad, but not depressing. 'Spellbound' was also good, though the guitar intro of the song should have been more catchy. 'Spellbound' even had a kick ass guitar solo that was also pretty catchy. Sure the lyrics are only passable on these three songs, but that is practically the only highlights on the album. Unless if you did not listen to the deluxe version of the album, then you only have 'Not Enough' to enjoy. Unfortunately, the good things I have mentioned on this album is not enough! Pun intended.
There were a lot of issues I have with 'Shallow Life', but the biggest problem with the album is how most of the singing in the album sounds in the album. The issue is not with Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro's singing, I think they are great singers, but the main issue is the way they are singing in some of the songs. Either they toned down their power in one song, or they were singing in a key that made the song so bad on another. 'Survive', 'I'm Not Afraid', 'The Pain', and of course the infamous 'I Like It' have fallen victim by vocal approaches of singing different keys than what is meant to be. Not to mention the electronic songs that plagued songs like 'The Pain', 'I Like It.' Even the album's heaviest songs don't sound right and just sounds too stale.
'I Like It' is practically the worst Song in the album, and probably the worst Song Lacuna Coil ever wrote. To add insult to injury, the structure of the song, the lyrics, and the vocals that Cristina Scabbia presents in this song is one big fucking mess. This was one of those songs that showed that Lacuna Coil sold out because it sounds too commercial. What I don't get is why was this song a single and not 'Not Enough', so that you can show us your music video for that song, which looks pretty fucking dumb? Honestly, as a fan of Lacuna Coil, 'I Like It' felt like it shouldn't have been made. A verdict for this song is where I would change the title of the song to 'I Hate It.'
The last issue I had with 'Shallow Life' is the lyrical content. The lyrics are too simplistic, and it almost sounds like it was trying to reach for a commercial, radio friendly sound. It's almost as if the band wanted to write catchy tunes to get into the radio or something. Repeating the same things, and having non creative lyrical structure is another thing that hindered this album. The songs are short enough to be on radio too. The longest Song being four minutes song, which makes more sense if the band was trying to go for getting a song on the radio. They would succeed if they wanted to get on a pop radio station, not so much for rock radio, and sure as hell won't make it to metal stations unless it was the songs I mentioned earlier that were good.
Now 'Shallow Life' is far from being the worst metal album I have ever heard, but it is definitely one of the most disappointing albums to listen to. I think Lacuna Coil is a terrific band and they are one of two band's where I have listened to an entire discography, and even the Lacuna Coil fan inside my head says to avoid 'Shallow Life' unless you want to listen to 'Not Enough', 'Spellbound', or 'Wide Awake'. The album is too commercial, too simple, and feels watered down. You know that album titles are so bad that you make so many puns about the album. Heres an example: I won't tell you that while I was wide awake, I listened to this album again like an underdog. I'm not afraid to be trapped in a maze filled with musical insanity. I survived and said I did not like it, I was not spellbound, it was not enough and it gave me pain. Get it? Ten songs in just three sentences turned into ten puns. To top it all off, it doesn't even feel like a gothic metal record either, it's more of a fringe album for mall rats. You're better off listening to other Lacuna Coil albums, like 'Comalies', 'Unleased Memories', 'Broken Crown Halo', and 'Delirium.' This is tragically Shallow.
Favorite Tracks: 'Not Enough', 'Wide Awake', 'The Last Goodbye'
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Metal Wani's Matthew Powers recently conducted an interview with vocalist Cristina Scabbia of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).
On LACUNA COIL's 2016 album 'Delirium':
Cristina: 'I think that everything went amazingly, because our old-school fans are happy; we got a lot of new fans coming to the gigs and are complimenting us on the record, which is always something amazing, even though we don't write music to please other people. You can only be honest, do what you like and then in a way, just wait for reactions. But I think that the new songs are killer, they work really well, especially on a live perspective, and it's always cool to see people singing the songs and going nuts during the shows. I couldn't be happier. Also, the fact that we have a new lineup made a big difference because there was a new energy and a new vibe in the band that everybody is seeing. Nobody is complaining about it; everybody is actually saying, 'Wow, it's great!'
On whether LACUNA COIL ever experienced disagreements over musical direction with members who are now no longer in the band:
Cristina: 'I think it was more of a technical problem. As I said, not that I'm saying the previous drummer wasn't as good as Ryan [Folden], but simply he had a different style that didn't really combine what we wanted to do. So now that we can do it, obviously, there are more chances for us to explore.'
On whether LACUNA COIL will continue in the heavier direction of 'Delirium' and whether the band would consider touring with more 'extreme' bands as a result:
Cristina: 'Why not? We love, speaking of bills, during shows, we love when every band is doing something different. We don't want to put together packages where every band is playing the same thing over and over because from our side it's more interesting if you can see bands that are doing something different and maybe find out something new. About the future, I don't know because the inspiration for 'Delirium' came from real life and experiences that we were living, so the music came natural because of what we were living in those years. I can't tell what the future will bring. We will write about the experiences that we will have in the moment when we start songwriting. Who knows?'
On avoiding stagnation:
Cristina: 'Some people don't appreciate [change], because they want the same formula over and over. They like one thing and they want to produce the same feeling over and over. For example, you have a favorite record, but it might be your favorite record because you also associate a song to a specific moment of your life. That happens to me. I have some favorite records that are not recorded well where the singer is singing completely out of tune and the quality of the recording sucks, but they are my favorite record because I remember when I was doing this and that at that period of my life, I was free of thought, I had no problems and I was going with my friends. I feel connected with all of that. I don't understand why someone wants the same thing over and over from bands. Obviously, if you are a metal band and then you put out a techno record, then it's wrong because that's too much.'
On 2009's 'Shallow Life', which received criticism for its streamlined direction:
Cristina: 'I think there are some very good songs on 'Shallow Life', but I also understand why some people didn't like it. I also think that we made a big mistake in delivering the image of that record because the purpose of this record was kind of to make fun of a more superficial world, but a lot of people didn't understand the pictures. For example, me and Andrea [Ferro, vocals] are dressed as a pop princess and a rap guy, and everybody thought that we changed our image. We thought we were being too complicated in delivering, at least the visuals. Of course, we will not change the songwriting, but at least we can deliver an image in the proper way, maybe the message will be clearer. I think that was a bad mistake, more than musically.'
On her approach to her image on social media:
Cristina: 'I deeply, deeply, deeply hate lies and I think it's really important to show your real self, especially nowadays that everybody is so influenced on social media. They always see you perfect or see you happy, but that's not how it is. That's not how it always is. I want to show, let's call it the 'perfect side' when I post a picture from a photo shoot when your skin is shining and there are no defects and you look stunning with a wig on. But I also want to show a picture with no makeup and stuff I do every day. Because that's how you are; you're not perfect, but you're perfect with your imperfections because every single human is unique and there is no one else just like you. Because of that, you're fucking special.'
Scabbia and Ferro revealed to the Brazilian metal channel Heavy Talk earlier in the year that they were planning 'something special' to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut EP.
LACUNA COIL will join Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA on the North American leg of the band's 'The Ultimate Principle' tour. The month-long September trek marks the band's first U.S. tour dates in over a year, as they continue to support 'Delirium'. Joining LACUNA COIL and EPICA on 'The Ultimate Principle' tour are INSOMNIUM and ELANTRIS.
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LACUNA COIL in December released a new song called 'Naughty Christmas'. The front cover and font were all created by bassist Marco 'Maki' Coti-Zelati.
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'Delirium' entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 33 with first-week sales of just over 13,000 units — nearly all from pure album sales. The set followed the No. 27-peaking 'Broken Crown Halo', which also opened with around 13,000 copies back in 2014.