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LACUNA COIL Releases Music Video For 'Save Me'

Italian metallers LACUNA COIL have released an official music video for the single "Save Me". Recorded on their last European tour, the clip — directed by Isabella D'Alessandro — shows powerful moments on stage and some intimate insights behind it. LACUNA COIL vocalist Andrea Ferro said: "'Save Me'...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA: Italy 'Didn't Create Coronavirus; We Are Fighting It'

Cristina Scabbia of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL says that she and her bandmates are "doing well" and are continuing to live their lives despite the fact that their country has reported the most deaths from the new coronavirus outside of China, where the virus emerged in December. On Thursday,...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Plays Down Coronavirus Impact On Her Life In Italy: 'We Fear Nothing'

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia says that she is going about her "regular life", despite the fact that Italy is struggling with the worst flare-up of coronavirus cases in Europe. Italy is now the third worst-hit country in the world after China and South Korea, with 220 cases reported and seven...

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LACUNA COIL 'Struggled To Start The Songwriting Process' For 'Black Anima' Album

In a recent interview with Genre Is Dead! magazine, LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia said that it wasn't the band's intention to make a concept album when it started working on this year's "Black Anima" LP. "In the beginning, we had a lot of ideas but they weren't focused on one big picture, so t...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Says SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Would Make A Good SANTA CLAUS

GHOST's Tobias Forge and LACUNA COIL's Cristina Scabbia recently answered a number of fan-submitted Christmas-related questions for the viewers of France's Heavy1 TV YouTube channel. Asked which rock musician would make a "cool" Santa Claus, Forge said (see video below): "Just based on looks, I thin...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Releases Cover Of GARY NUMAN's 'Films'

Wednesday 13 has debuted an previously unreleased cover of Gary Numan's song "Films", from Numan's debut solo album, "The Pleasure Principle", which just turned 40 this past September. The track is taken from the sessions for Wednesday 13's recent album, "Necrophaze", and features guest vocals from...

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Watch LACUNA COIL's Entire Performance In Sacramento

Capital Chaos TV has uploaded video footage of LACUNA COIL's entire October 3 performance in Sacramento, California. Check it out below. LACUNA COIL's latest album, "Black Anima", was released on October 11. The deluxe edition of "Black Anima" comes with a limited-edition custom deck, created with t...

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MARCO COTI ZELATI Wanted To Take LACUNA COIL In A More 'Metal' Direction on 'Black Anima'

Allie Jorgensen of LA Metal Media recently conducted an interview with frontwoman Cristina Scabbia and bassist Marco Coti Zelati of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the title of LACUNA COIL's new studi...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA: 'I Think We're All Forgetting What Real Life Is'

In a recent interview with official LACUNA COIL online community Empty Spiral, vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro delved into the lyrical concepts behind their new "Black Anima" studio album. Released last month via Century Media, the band's ninth disc was described by the LACUNA members as...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Is 'Happy' About Increase In Number Of Female Heavy Metal Musicians

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia spoke to Spain's Metalovisión about the increase in the number of female musicians in the heavy metal genre in recent years. She said: "When I started with LACUNA COIL, [which] was more than 20 years ago, there were very, very few bands with a female in the lineup...

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LACUNA COIL Struggled To Make Dual Vocals Work On First Three Albums

Andrea Ferro has admitted that LACUNA COIL's most distinct and dominant feature — the dual vocals of Ferro and Cristina Scabbia — did not come naturally upon the band's formation. "Especially in the beginning, I would say on the first three records, we [were] struggling to understand where to go exa...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Says She 'Was Always Treated With Respect' In Male-Dominated Music Industry

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia was asked in a recent interview with PitCam.TV if she ever had any bad experiences being a female in a male-dominated industry, especially before the #MeToo movement went viral two years ago. "No," she responded (see video below). "To be honest, I always felt a pa...

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Watch LACUNA COIL Perform In Baltimore

Fan-filmed video footage of LACUNA COIL's October 19 performance at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland can be seen below (courtesy of Anthony Serafino III). LACUNA COIL's latest album, "Black Anima", was released on October 11. Singer Cristina Scabbia described the LP's musical direction as "heav...

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New Spider Species Named After Members Of IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, DEF LEPPARD And ANGRA

According to Public Radio International, a Brazilian biologist who happens to be a heavy metal fan has named four new spider species after members of from IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, DEF LEPPARD and ANGRA. Cristina Rheims, a researcher at Sao Paulo'a biological research center Instituto Butantan, named...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA: 'I Wish That There Was More Respect For Music'

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia spoke to Capital Chaos about the differences in the way music is treated in the streaming age compared to how it was when her band was formed out 25 years ago. She said: "Well, things definitely changed. Back when we started, of course, it was all about physical c...