Lacuna Coil at their best!
Jamie Martin | Atlanta, GA | 07/11/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Evanescence who? Lacuna Coil has been rocking the world with their melodies for six straight cd's now and you are looking at my favorite one. Some of the bands best songs are featured on this cd as well as a couple extras to keep your ears in rock music heaven for a while."
Lacuna Coil Rocks
HvR | Kansas City, KS USA | 10/02/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I often see, "If you like the Coil, you will like Nightwish"...Lacuna Coil Rocks! They are a much more polished band than Nightwish. I just read Rolling Stone this month in Sept 04 indicating that Lacuna Coil is in the top 10 new bands to watch - put them at the top! Thanks for turning me onto these guys Aaron!!! I cannot get enough - highly recommend! Distant Sun, Wave of Anguish and Heir of a Dying Die are worth the price of this disk alone - their albums really flow as a related work and do not come across disconnected from one song to the next - you will enjoy all of it. If you were to try one Coil album to see if you like them you can't go wrong with this one."
One of these days
Mr D. | Cave Creek, Az United States | 01/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Yes, one of these days you're going to hear a song on the radio and you're going to wonder who made that song. then a day or two later you'll hear it again and you'll say to yourself, Wow I really like that song, I wonder who made it. Well their's a good chance it's Heaven's a Lie by Lacuna Coil, from their current album Comalies.
So why am I reviewing Unleashed Memories? Why not, if you buy any Lacuna Coil album, you can't lose. They're all five star but if you're interested I've already reviewed Comalies and In a Reverie. Lacuna Coil is one of the few bands around that don't / can't improve on each new album. All their albums are superlative.
Lacuna Coil's strongpoint is the lovely sultry singer named Cristina Scabbia. She is joined in the singing duties by the clean male vocals of Andrea Ferro. Their music, which has been classified as Gothic Metal, actually has a slight progressive edge to it. If their is any negative to Lacuna Coil's music, it might be a lack of diversification. They rarely do ballads and they never (that I can recall) play faster than a medium slow to medium tempo. Although each song can stand on it's own, it is a homogenous sound that may sound a little redundant to some listeners.
Unleashed Memories is Lacuna Coil's second full-length album. It successfully combines the backbone of metal with the ethereal trappings of goth. This special-edition release includes the band's Halflife EP as an added bonus and is quite a value with fifteen top notch songs clocking in at in excess of seventy minutes. Here is a description of my favorite songs:
"Purify" one of Lacuna Coil's few ballads is one of my favorite of all Lacuna Coil songs. This an inspiring song both musically and lyrically about one who has overcame dejection and depression and become reborn. The music is a rock ballad with a very catchy melody and Cristina singing double on the glorious choruses.
"When a Dead Man Walks" is a medium slow number that has a slight variation in tempo. The verses are sung by Christina but the speeded up choruses belong to Andrea. As the title implies the song is about someone sentenced or about to be sentenced to die.
"Cold Heritage" is another medium paced song of dual intensities, as with most songs, highlighting Cristina's remarkable talent. Cold Heritage is apparently about a woman who is unable to have normal feelings and reciprocate her lover's love and is sung entirely by Christina.
Conclusion
This band, which hails from Milan Italy, is in a class by itself and and would most likely appeal to fans of Evanescence, Garbage or even Poe. With eleven four and a half to five stars songs, it is easily one of the best Femme Metal values available."
Track Listings (10) - Disc #1