Metallic Hammer has teamed with Lacuna Coil to supply an unique journal cowl and signed artwork print.
To have fun the discharge of recent album Sleepless Empire on Friday (February 14), the Italian goth metallic maestros have been placed on the quilt of Metallic Hammer’s new challenge, for a bumper version that may solely be discovered now within the Louder retailer. On high of that, the bundle comes with an artwork card signed by vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro.
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Cristina is interviewed contained in the journal, speaking about not simply Sleepless Empire, but in addition Lacuna Coil’s whirlwind rise from the Italian underground to metallic’s mainstream. It was a journey fraught with arduous work, overzealous followers and even the involvement of the FBI!
“I did have precise stalkers that had been probably harmful and would comply with me round,” she tells Hammer journalist Paul Travers. “I bear in mind them sending me bizarre photos of me lined in blood or sending me photos of a foetus.
“I reported it, and for one full tour I had an FBI agent in each city checking on me. It was not solely disturbing, it was additionally boring for me as a result of I needed to be confined on a tour bus each day.”
As if that weren’t sufficient, the brand new Hammer additionally options an in depth interview with Canadian metallic’s fashionable greats, Spiritbox. Contemporary off a nomination for Grammy Award For Greatest Metallic Efficiency, singer Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer talk about every thing to do with their long-awaited second album, Tsunami Sea.
Different options embody a deep dive into Limp Bizkit’s surprising 2020s comeback – or the “Durstnaissance” – in addition to the story of Parkway Drive’s transformative metalcore anthem Vice Grip, a day within the lifetime of Match For An Post-mortem, and gardening in a London graveyard with Wardruna.
There’s additionally a stacked opinions part, that includes a critique of Sleepless Empire. Lacuna Coil’s tenth album will get a glowing eight-out-of-10 from author Holly Wright. “With Sleepless Empire, Lacuna Coil dive headfirst into their heavier facet – and it really works,” she declares. “It is a band that’s unafraid to evolve, to experiment and to hit arduous. Gothic metallic’s crown isn’t going wherever anytime quickly.”
