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THE REVIEW
This is one of the worst metal works I have ever heard. The last album by Lacuna Coil already featured more immediate and commercial sounds, but I never thought they could fall so low. And surely that "good" producer Don Gilmore would have contributed to this musical shift.
The band had presented the record almost as if it were the masterpiece of the decade: a mix of different genres, experimentation, openness to rock and electronics. The truth? The album consists of very simple songs that are more like teen pop metal than open to rock, and the electronic experimentations are a hodgepodge of unpleasant sounds thrown here and there in some songs. And as if that weren't enough, Cristina Scabbia's voice is put in the background for almost the entire duration of the album...
There's very little to salvage... The ballad "Wide Awake" where Cristina sings alone is, in my opinion, the best song on the album, but the rest is trash... What a pity.
I hope it's not the end of this group from an artistic point of view, otherwise we would lose one of the representative bands of metal Made in Italy. The first thing I advise Lacuna Coil to do is to get rid of Don Gilmore.
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The review harshly criticizes Lacuna Coil's album Shallow Life, labeling it one of the worst metal works heard. The album is called simplistic with poor electronic experiments, and Cristina Scabbia's vocals are overshadowed. Only the ballad 'Wide Awake' is considered somewhat redeeming. The reviewer expresses hope for the band's artistic future if they move away from producer Don Gilmore.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil are an Italian metal band from Milan, formed in 1994. Known for the dual-vocal approach of Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro, they emerged with late-1990s/early-2000s releases and gained wider international visibility with Comalies (2002). Reviews describe a later shift toward a heavier, darker sound (notably from Delirium onward), culminating in releases like Comalies XX (2022) and Sleepless Empire (2025).24 Reviews
