Lacuna Coil - Broken Crown Halo [320kbps] (2014) [Gorgatz]

Lacuna Coil - Broken Crown Halo [320kbps] (2014) [Gorgatz]'



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At this point in the game, the only people who are actively looking forward to a new Lacuna Coil album are the fans. After their breakout album, Karmacode, in 2006 — I distinctly remember the video for “Our Truth” being played on MTV2 and a few singles appearing on the radio — it’s hard to imagine the band gaining further ground in popularity. Lacuna Coil have found their sound, and follow a sturdy “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality. To that end, the band’s seventh full-length, Broken Crown Halo, is exactly the album you’d expect to hear.

Lacuna Coil have always offered reasonably catchy pop metal with just enough thinly-veiled “gothic” aesthetic to keep things somewhat mysterious, and there are no major new developments heard on Broken Crown Halo. Perhaps the nu-metal grooves on “Zombie,” “In The End I Feel Alive,” and the infectious “Die & Rise” (which does a pretty spot-on Korn impression) cater to those looking for something a bit more substantial to chew on than your standard ballad fare, but this is once again largely easily digestible (and for the lack of a better word, decent enough) for those bridging the gap between metal and more mainstream sensibilities

For the rest of us though, Broken Crown Halo is an underwhelming addition to Lacuna Coil’s increasingly homogenous discography. It isn’t exactly offensive — aside from the heavier “alternative metal” moments that make the aforementioned tracks, the band have shown that they can still come up with a few earworms, with “I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget You)” in particular being a strong single fit for radio success — but it’s clear that the band are content with just going through the motions and playing it safe.

Broken Crown Halo isn’t bad, it’s just boring. That’s what makes it so frustrating; the band have some classics under their belts and have potential to create something epic and powerful, but have instead chosen to paint themselves into a corner. Cristina Scabbia’s choruses are no longer enough to make up for uninspired songwriting. It won’t be long before the band run out of ideas, and what’s worse, it won’t be long before listeners out of patience.

LACUNA COIL are proud to announce the April 1, 2014 release of their new studio album 'BROKEN CROWN HALO' in North America (March 31 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand). The album is the band's seventh studio effort, and the highly-anticipated follow-up to 'Dark Adrenaline', which was released in January 2012 and saw the band tour with acts including Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat and Sevendust after debuting at No. 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

The band will return to the road to introduce North America to 'BROKEN CROWN HALO' as part of the REVOLVER HOTTEST CHICKS IN HARD ROCK TOUR, which launches February 20 and features LACUNA COIL sharing a stage with SICK PUPPIES, Century Media Records labelmates EYES SET TO KILL, and CILVER. The tour launches in Wilmington, NC, and runs through March 20 in Anaheim, CA. See complete itinerary below, and visit www.hottestchickstour.com for additional details and VIP packages.

LACUNA COIL have this to say about 'BROKEN CROWN HALO':

"What conflict could run so deep that it takes you to the deepest corners of your inner world? Today we are surrounded by a lot of lies, aliases, and people acting like they are wearing an invisible crown - but you better have thick skin if you want to wear this crown! 'BROKEN CROWN HALO' is a cinematic album that could be the soundtrack of our days - it is a dark vision of a near future when survival is second nature, and failure is not something to be avoided, but rather cultivated with lessons learned along the way.

We set the bar pretty high with 'Dark Adrenaline' and it hasn't been easy bringing our sound to the next level, but we have lived, learned and grown through a year full of personal issues and changes. We learned to be strong and get stronger, and we felt an inner vibe in this band that we haven't felt before. We locked ourselves in an age-old studio in Milan, Italy, where history was strong and the past met with our future, vintage gear and the influence of classic Italian horror movies and bands like Goblin meeting the fresh and rough sounds of the modern world with unique and invigorating results. 'BROKEN CROWN HALO' is Lacuna Coil introducing a new order, and letting nothing stand in our way..."

- T R A C K L I S T -

01. Nothing Stands In Our Way
02. Zombies
03. Hostage To The Light
04. Victims
05. Die & Rise
06. I Forgive (But I Won't Forget Your Name)
07. Cybersleep
08. Infection
09. I Burn In You
10. In The End I Feel Alive
11. One Cold Day

Format: Mp3, CBR 320 kbps (Transcoded)
Genre: Alt. Metal / Female & Male Vocal
Size: 109.12 MB