Lacuna Coil History
 There is no doubt
that one of the most anticipated new releases of 2009 is SHALLOW LIFE,
the eagerly awaited new studio album from Italian sensation LACUNA COIL.
Recorded with acclaimed producer Don Gilmore (Avril
Lavigne, Linkin Park,
Pearl Jam) at the famed NRG Studios in
Los Angeles, the first full-length studio album since the 2006 release
Karmacode is undeniably a huge step forward in the band’s musical
evolution, and promises to be well worth the wait.
Cristina Scabbia (vocals) states: “Shallow Life is a natural
metamorphosis from within the band; we explored different musical
territories while maintaining our own style. A mix of old and new, fast
and slow and light and dark. The album production is incredibly powerful
and has a beautiful purity to it. Hopefully listeners will feel the same
sort of connection that we have to these songs. Shallow Life has forced
us to challenge ourselves. It represents the way we see ourselves in the
days we live in through truth, love and lies.”
Fans eager to hear new material won’t have to wait long as the band
plans to debut new songs from the album starting on March 20th as Lacuna
Coil joins such hard rock titans as Disturbed and Killswitch Engage on
the “Music As A Weapon IV” tour. The 38-city tour crisscrosses the U.S.
before finishing May 16th and will mark the band’s first run of American
dates in almost 2 years.
The American breakthrough for LACUNA COIL -- whose moniker translates to
"empty spiral" in English, betraying the rich versatility of their music
-- began with 2001's Unleashed Memories album. However, it was the
runaway success of 2002's Comalies that became the foundation on which
the band’s success was built. The album was praised by the likes of
Entertainment Weekly, Revolver, Rolling Stone, Stuff and virtually every
hard rock/metal publication of note. Soon after the album’s release, the
group’s profile grew tenfold thanks to aggressive touring with the likes
of P.O.D., Opeth, Anthrax, Type O Negative and Danzig. With the success
of the album’s first single, “Heaven’s A Lie,” Billboard called the band
“one of the larger success stories in metal,” as MTV2 and Fuse put the
track’s video into heavy rotation and the song itself graced commercial
radio airwaves across the country and planted itself within the R&R
Active Rock Top 30 Chart. Prominent Boston station WAAF led the charge,
inviting LACUNA COIL to appear at its annual Locobazooka festival
(alongside such major acts as Staind and Sevendust) in addition to
performing acoustically on the air.
In early 2004, LACUNA COIL’s successes were validated with an invitation
to participate in that year’s Ozzfest, supporting such metal stalwarts
as Judas Priest, Slayer and
Ozzy himself. LACUNA COIL offered
something unique to the package that ultimately struck a chord with
fans, resulting in their being hailed as the year’s breakthrough artist.
Over the course of the massive two-month trek, the group also
SoundScanned more units per week than any other band on the bill second
only to the platinum-selling artist Slipknot. The radio success of
"Heaven's A Lie" waned only as the popularity of the second single,
"Swamped" increased at Active Rock and even found its way on to more
than a dozen Alternative stations as well.
The group kicked off the Karmacode album’s extensive touring cycle with
a high profile, sold-out six-week U.S. trek as direct support to Rob
Zombie, which was capped off with a performance on ABC-TV’s Jimmy Kimmel
Live! The summer of 2006 was spent on the main stage of Ozzfest playing
alongside such acclaimed acts as System Of A Down, Disturbed and Avenged
Sevenfold, as Scabbia became the first female front woman ever to grace
the fest’s main stage. LACUNA COIL also scored a Top 30 Active Rock hit
single with the track “Our Truth” in addition to being featured on the
covers of such esteemed publications as Revolver, Metal Edge,
Outburn and Decibel, among a slew of others. Subsequent
major tours with the likes of Active Rock giants Stone Sour alongside a
celebrated headlining run made 2007 will be LACUNA COIL’s most
successful year to date.
With five full-length albums and two EPs now to their credit, LACUNA
COIL have ensured that each offering further enunciates the subtle,
solemn beauty they create. Shallow Life takes that a step further,
seeing them further mature as musicians and songwriters to deliver what
may-well-be a career-defining album.
Biography courtesy of
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Listen to Music
Spellbound
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1. "Circle" 3:55
2. "Stately Lover" 4:52
3. "Honeymoon Suite" 4:31
4. "My Wings" 3:45
5. "To Myself I Turned" 4:24
6. "Cold" 4:19
7. "Reverie" 6:20
8. "Veins Of Glass" 5:13
9. "Falling Again" 5:07 |
"Heir Of A Dying Day" –
4:59
"To Live Is To Hide" – 4:34
"Purify" – 4:36
"Senzafine" – 3:53
"When A Dead Man Walks" – 5:54
"1:19" – 4:58
"Cold Heritage" – 5:23
"Distant Sun" – 5:29
"A Current Obsession" – 5:20
"Wave Of Anguish" – 4:40 |
1. "Swamped" 4:00
2. "Heaven's a Lie" 4:36
3. "Daylight Dancer" 3:50
4. "Humane" 4:12
5. "Self-Deception" 3:32
6. "Aeon" 1:56
7. "Tight Rope" 4:15
8. "The Ghost Woman and the Hunter" 4:09
9. "Unspoken" 3:37
10. "Entwined" 3:59
11. "The Prophet said" 4:32
12. "Angel's Punishment" 3:56
13. "Comalies" 4:59 |
"Fragile" – 4:26
"To the Edge" – 3:22
"Our Truth" ¹ – 4:03
"Within Me" – 3:39
"Devoted" – 3:52
"You Create" – 1:32
"What I See" – 3:41
"Fragments of Faith" – 4:10
"Closer" – 3:01
"In Visible Light" – 3:59
"The Game" – 3:32
"Without Fear" – 3:59
"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:05 |
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