[Dean's World] Shay: On Lacuna Coil

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Posted by Shay:
On Lacuna Coil
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154887279.shtml


   [1]Lacuna [2]Coil - which means "empty spiral" in Italian - is an
   ambient/goth metal band from Milan, Italy. Formed in 1996, the group
   combines male (Andrea Ferro)/female (Cristina Scabbia) vocals in order
   to create a heavy but melodic, melancholic, and ethereal effect. Their
   most recent CD ("Karmacode", which was released in the spring and is
   their fourth CD) sounds Kornesque, which they state that they did in
   order to sound harder. This is in contrast to their earlier sound,
   which was apparently more goth-metal. Ms. Scabbia said the musical
   direction of "Karmacode" was influenced in part by Lacuna Coil's
   extensive touring over the past two years in the United States, where
   bands generally play a more aggressive style of metal than their
   European counterparts. "American music, it's really in your face," she
   told The Record (New Jersey). "That's what we wanted to have yet at
   the same time retain our European sound."

   Lacuna Coil came up through the European rock festival scene and are
   currently playing on the main stage at Ozzfest (created by icon Ozzy
   Osbourne). Click [3]here to listen to their music for free, and
   [4]Disturbed from my hometown of Chicago. I will check out their
   earlier stuff (which I hear is arguably even better) too.

References

   1. http://www.lacunacoil.it/
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacuna_Coil
   3. http://www.mp3.com/lacuna-coil/artists/262349/summary.html
   4. http://www.disturbed1.com/