What a review, Sleeping Dragon! Congrats, man! I really enjoyed reading it. Lacuna Coil is one of my favourite bands and "Comalies" is my favourite piece by them. I'm still not quite sure whether it's their best album or not, but that doesn't change the fact I love every single song on it and can even relate many of them to myself. If it comes to melodies, LC have always been good at writing beautiful music. Some of their songs remind me a bit of typical Italian music (they're Italians, after all) . As for Cristina's voice, I find it distinct and sort of unique. She's definitely among my favourite female singers and she sounds different compared with many others. Having her in the band is a huge advantage for the music itself. However, I don't consider Andrea Ferro to be a good vocal. The combination between Cristina's and Andrea's voices works pretty well but I still hope that one day, Lacuna Coil will get a better male vocal. Andrea doesn't actually sound that bad in the studio. According to many live videos of the band I've seen, however, he doesn't really do such a good job at concerts. Otherwise, I find him a nice and sympathetic guy.

Lacuna Coil is probably not a metal band and that's another part of their uniqueness - their style is not easily defined. Back in the day, Lacuna's music sounded beautiful and poetic. Money was seemingly still not the biggest issue in their career. On the other hand, "Comalies" is very well made production-wise which alone gives a clue of a "mainstream-ish" perspective for the band. If nowadays somebody listens firstly to their last two records and goes back to their previous ones afterwards, they'll definitely be amazed by the astonishing and dramatical change of the music.

"Comalies" highlights: "Aeon" (mainly because of Cristina's unique performance on it) , "Humane" (definitely one of the best tracks off the record) and "Angel's Punishment" (the choir suits the dramatic aura of the song pretty well) .

Written by Elodie Artour on 13.08.2010 at 23:35

What a review, Sleeping Dragon! Congrats, man! I really enjoyed reading it. Lacuna Coil is one of my favourite bands and "Comalies" is my favourite piece by them. I'm still not quite sure whether it's their best album or not, but that doesn't change the fact I love every single song on it and can even relate many of them to myself. If it comes to melodies, LC have always been good at writing beautiful music. Some of their songs remind me a bit of typical Italian music (they're Italians, after all) . As for Cristina's voice, I find it distinct and sort of unique. She's definitely among my favourite female singers and she sounds different compared with many others. Having her in the band is a huge advantage for the music itself. However, I don't consider Andrea Ferro to be a good vocal. The combination between Cristina's and Andrea's voices works pretty well but I still hope that one day, Lacuna Coil will get a better male vocal. Andrea doesn't actually sound that bad in the studio. According to many live videos of the band I've seen, however, he doesn't really do such a good job at concerts. Otherwise, I find him a nice and sympathetic guy.

Lacuna Coil is probably not a metal band and that's another part of their uniqueness - their style is not easily defined. Back in the day, Lacuna's music sounded beautiful and poetic. Money was seemingly still not the biggest issue in their career. On the other hand, "Comalies" is very well made production-wise which alone gives a clue of a "mainstream-ish" perspective for the band. If nowadays somebody listens firstly to their last two records and goes back to their previous ones afterwards, they'll definitely be amazed by the astonishing and dramatical change of the music.

"Comalies" highlights: "Aeon" (mainly because of Cristina's unique performance on it) , "Humane" (definitely one of the best tracks off the record) and "Angel's Punishment" (the choir suits the dramatic aura of the song pretty well) .

Holy hell, that's some inhuman fascination with a rock band.

Good review though, I liked your style, but after I got Shallow Life, I completely gave up on listening to anything else by them.

I must say this is my favorite album by them. I think its the darkest one they have released. While you are on the topic of shallow life does anyone think the guitar tone is similar to linkin park. BTW dont listen to linkin park anyone coz they suck

@VezzyRattlehead: Thanks a lot, man! I sincerely hope it doesn't sound subjective. I guess the only releases I'm good at making reviews of are the ones by female fronted bands.

Written by Elodie Artour on 13.08.2010 at 23:35

What a review, Sleeping Dragon! Congrats, man! I really enjoyed reading it. Lacuna Coil is one of my favourite bands and "Comalies" is my favourite piece by them. I'm still not quite sure whether it's their best album or not, but that doesn't change the fact I love every single song on it and can even relate many of them to myself. If it comes to melodies, LC have always been good at writing beautiful music. Some of their songs remind me a bit of typical Italian music (they're Italians, after all) . As for Cristina's voice, I find it distinct and sort of unique. She's definitely among my favourite female singers and she sounds different compared with many others. Having her in the band is a huge advantage for the music itself. However, I don't consider Andrea Ferro to be a good vocal. The combination between Cristina's and Andrea's voices works pretty well but I still hope that one day, Lacuna Coil will get a better male vocal. Andrea doesn't actually sound that bad in the studio. According to many live videos of the band I've seen, however, he doesn't really do such a good job at concerts. Otherwise, I find him a nice and sympathetic guy.

Lacuna Coil is probably not a metal band and that's another part of their uniqueness - their style is not easily defined. Back in the day, Lacuna's music sounded beautiful and poetic. Money was seemingly still not the biggest issue in their career. On the other hand, "Comalies" is very well made production-wise which alone gives a clue of a "mainstream-ish" perspective for the band. If nowadays somebody listens firstly to their last two records and goes back to their previous ones afterwards, they'll definitely be amazed by the astonishing and dramatical change of the music.

"Comalies" highlights: "Aeon" (mainly because of Cristina's unique performance on it) , "Humane" (definitely one of the best tracks off the record) and "Angel's Punishment" (the choir suits the dramatic aura of the song pretty well) .

Thanks for the positive feedback. :] I don't really mind if particular music "sounds" mainstreamish, provided that it's well-written and well-composed. Actually, "Swamped" is occasionally played on a local hard rock station here.

And speaking of here (where I live), Lacuna Coil has a habit of coming and playing at various places quite often in my city (usually once a year). I'm not a frequent concert-goer, but perhaps next time they're in town I'll go see them live...

Written by [user id=41104] on 14.08.2010 at 12:08

I must say this is my favorite album by them. I think its the darkest one they have released. While you are on the topic of shallow life does anyone think the guitar tone is similar to linkin park. BTW dont listen to linkin park anyone coz they suck

It does sound a bit similar. Their songwriting isn't getting any better, either (I think they can be a bit more poetic and creative than having a song title named "I Like It").

Due to the fact that I grew up listening to Linkin Park, I have some emotional/nostalgic connections with their music... and although I've certainly moved on in regards to my music tastes and preferences, I honestly do not think their music is too bad. (Hybrid Theory and Meteora anyway.)

Or you can simply say my mind was ruthlessly indoctrinated as a child, since I was ten when Hybrid Theory was released. Your call. :p

Well the first two albums LP released were good but after that they went shit. I grew up with them two but i dont really listen to them anymore

I think this album is their best, I enjoyed it. Well done on the review!