Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil are one of Italy’s most successful rock and roll exports, rising from a promising position in the heavy metal underground to international fame over the course of a twenty-plus-year career. First formed in Milan, in 1994, the band recorded a few demos using the name Sleep of Right, then changed that to Ethereal, and, finally, Lacuna Coil, shortly after signing to Germany’s Century Media label for the release of 1998’s Lacuna Coil EP. With help from in-house producer Waldemar Sorychta (Tiamat, Samael, Moonspell, etc.), Lacuna Coil developed a compelling gothic metal style on ensuing releases, In a Reverie (1999), the Halflife EP (2000), and Unleashed Memories (2001), until finally breaking through in America with 2002’s Comalies, which added electronic ingredients to the mix and soon became Century Media’s biggest seller ever. At least until the release of Lacuna Coil’s next long player, Karmacode, which amazingly cracked the U.S. top 30, elevated Lacuna Coil to rock radio and major festival darlings (Ozzfest, Download, etc.), and made a bona fide star of singer Cristina Scabbia. The band has since capitalized on this exposure with consistent touring behind well-received albums like 2009’s Shallow Life, 2012’s Dark Adrenaline and 2014’s Broken Crown Halo – all of which suggest that Lacuna Coil will not be slowing down anytime soon.

Selected Discography: Unleashed Memories (2001), Comalies (2002), Karmacode (2006)
Related Artists: The Gathering, Type O Negative, Moonspell, Linkin Park
Further Reading: Lacuna Coil’s Andrea Ferro Talks ‘Broken Crown Halo,’ Vocal Progression + More

Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia: '2013 Hasn't Been a Piece of Cake For Me'
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia: '2013 Hasn't Been a Piece of Cake For Me'
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia: '2013 Hasn't Been a Piece of Cake For Me'
Last week, it was revealed that Lacuna Coil had backed out of the 2014 ShipRocked Cruise. The band cited "very serious personal family matters" as the reason for pulling out, and in a new open letter posted today (Dec. 31) from vocalist Cristina Scabbia, we may have a better understanding as to why Lacuna Coil decided to skip the rock cruise.
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro Share Their Vocal Influences
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro Share Their Vocal Influences
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro Share Their Vocal Influences
Lacuna Coil are breaking from the studio to play some late year shows, but they earlier in the year they dropped by the Loudwire studio to talk about their music. During the course of the conversation, the band's co-vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro opened up about their vocal influences and you can find out which artists had an impact on their individual styles by checking out the video
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro Share Their Favorite Italian Curse Words
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro Share Their Favorite Italian Curse Words
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro Share Their Favorite Italian Curse Words
If you have ever wanted to learn Italian from Lacuna Coil, here’s your chance. The band's co-singers Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro dropped by and chatted it up with Loudwire during their visit to New York City while on tour. We wanted a little Italian lesson ourselves so we picked their brains to find out their favorite Italian swear words.
Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil Talk About the Rise of Women in Heavy Metal
Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil Talk About the Rise of Women in Heavy Metal
Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil Talk About the Rise of Women in Heavy Metal
If you have ever seen Lacuna Coil live, then you know singer Cristina Scabbia would give any frontman a run for his money. Lacuna Coil are just one of a number of female-fronted bands that have achieved success and we had the chance to pick the brains of both Cristina Scabbia and her co-singer Andrea Ferro about how much women have risen in heavy metal and hard rock in recent years.
Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil Talk Upcoming Album Plans + More
Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil Talk Upcoming Album Plans + More
Cristina Scabbia + Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil Talk Upcoming Album Plans + More
Ever since their latest album ‘Dark Adrenaline’ dropped, Lacuna Coil have been touring nonstop. Fans in the States were lucky enough to catch the Italian metalers on tour with Sevendust this spring. During their New York City stop, co-vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro stopped by the Loudwire studio for a video interview (watch below).

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