Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 8, 2016
Lacuna Coil have kind of been in a sort of limbo for their last few albums. After the early 2000’s goth-rock success of Evanescence (who they predated), the band’s last several albums have found them chasing active rock success, with varied results. Cristina Scabbia is a fantastic singer, but the material wasn’t always there. The band’s […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 16, 2015
We knew last month that the all-star Metal Allegiance was expanding from a one-off jam on a boat or on land to a full-fledged album. Today, the album release date and track lineup has been released and wow, it’s a doozy. Dropping September 18 on Nuclear Blast, the scope of artists involved and the collaborations […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on August 6, 2014
Lacuna Coil has announced that they will be back in North America this fall for a full US and Canada tour. According to a post on Cristina Scabbia’s Facebook page, the tour will take place during September and October, with main support coming from Devil You Know for the entire tour. Additional support will come […]
Posted by Matt Brown on January 13, 2014
Been missing the sight of Cristina Scabbia’s face everywhere? Fret not. Lacuna Coil will soon be back at it with album number seven, Broken Crown Halo, which the band has announced will be released on April 1 on Century Media Records. On the subject of the new album: “What conflict could run so deep that it […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 23, 2013
For the past decade or so, Jeremy Saffer has staked out a claim as one of the best metal photographers in the business. Having shot countless acts, from up and comers to the biggest in the business, he’s as close to a household name in photography as there is. Saffer was gracious enough to share […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 4, 2013
While it was confirmed earlier this week that Device and Disturbed frontman David Draiman stopped by the studio to help Megadeth out with writing, Draiman went out of his way to say that there were no actual guest vocals on the album. However, Mustaine just disputed that via Twitter: “David Draiman ended up singing on Super […]
Posted by Nathan Katsiaficas on February 21, 2013
I was fortunate to have the chance to catch Sevendust on tour in support of their upcoming record, Black Out the Sun, as they rolled through Marathon Music Works in Nashville, TN on February 10. Rounding out the lineup were Lacuna Coil and Avatar. If you haven’t heard of the latter of those two, Avatar […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 17, 2013
Guitarist Claudio Leo of Cayne and former guitarist of Lacuna Coil has passed away following a struggle with an undisclosed “serious disease.” Leo was 40. Italian site Soundsblog reported that health reasons had kept him from attending the release party of Cayne’s album, which was set to come out on February 14th. The guitarist was in […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 12, 2012
Italian metal group Lacuna Coil kicked off 2012 with a stint on Gigantour with Megadeth, Motorhead and Volbeat. However, fans disappointed that the band’s set on the tour was too short will be pleased to hear about their upcoming tour plans. Not only do Lacuna Coil plan to play two hours on each date of […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 27, 2012
Last night (January 26), Gigantour kicked off at the Susquahana Bank Arena, in Camden, NJ. The start of the first Gigantour in the States since 2008 also proved to include some special highlights. First up, Megadeth were joined by Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia for a rendition of “A Tout Le Monde.” Though it originally appeared […]
