Italian metal legends, Lacuna Coil, will release their new album, Sleepless Empire, this Friday, February 14, via Century Media Records.
In a new interview with Sonic Perspectives, Cristina Scabbia reflects on how Comalies XX influenced Sleepless Empire, offering insight into the band’s songwriting process and the deeper meaning behind the album’s themes.
She also discusses Lacuna Coil’s relentless touring schedule, including their upcoming Latin American run and their massive North American trek with Machine Head, In Flames, and Unearth. She also discusses the metal scene in Italy and the process of making some of the band’s videos.
Watch below:
Sleepless Empire marks the 10th studio album of Lacuna Coil and is the first full-length release after their remake album Comalies XX, which came out in 2022.
The band shares about Sleepless Empire: “Sleepless Empire captures, through our eyes, the chaos of a generation trapped in a digital world that never stops, where social media consumes identity and every day pushes us one step closer to becoming soulless zombies. We find ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the modern one, confronting the evolution and searching for a true meaning of it all. Throughout every song, the journey is an undercurrent of rebellion, a desperate cry to reclaim oneself in an era that seems to have lost its sense of time and reality.”
The new album is comprised of 11 tracks; each one is a richly textured soundtrack to a specific time and place. With Sleepless Empire, that place is dark, cinematic, and unmistakably true to the unique characteristics that have given Lacuna Coil such a celebrated entry in the annals of heavy music.
Sleepless Empire can be pre-ordered now here, where the album is available in the following formats:
– Ltd. Deluxe CD Box Set with symbolic dice oracle
– Ltd. CD Digipak
– Ltd. CD Digipak (US version)
– black LP & LP-Booklet
– black LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Ltd. white LP & LP-Booklet
– Ltd. deep blood red LP & LP-Booklet (exclusive Sony Music Entertainment Italy version)
– Ltd. Sparkle Rainbow LP & LP-Booklet
– Ltd. transp. glow in the dark LP & LP-Booklet (exclusive band version)
– black LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Ltd. ultra clear LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Ltd. silver LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Digital album
Sleepless Empire tracklisting
“The Siege”
“Oxygen”
“Scarecrow”
“Gravity”
“I Wish You Were Dead”
“Hosting The Shadow” (feat. Randy Blythe)
“In Nomine Patris”
“Sleepless Empire”
“Sleep Paralysis”
“In The Mean Time” (feat. Ash Costello)
“Never Dawn”
“Gravity” video:
“Oxygen” video:
“Hosting The Shadow”:
“In The Mean Time” video:
“Never Dawn” lyric video:
Find Lacuna Coil’s complete tour itinerary here.
Lacuna Coil lineup:
Cristina Scabbia – Vocals
Andrea Ferro – Vocals
Marco Coti Zelati – Bass, Guitars, Synths
Richard Meiz – Drums
(Photo by Cunene)
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In a new interview with Sonic Perspectives, Cristina Scabbia reflects on how Comalies XX influenced Sleepless Empire, offering insight into the band’s songwriting process and the deeper meaning behind the album’s themes.
She also discusses Lacuna Coil’s relentless touring schedule, including their upcoming Latin American run and their massive North American trek with Machine Head, In Flames, and Unearth. She also discusses the metal scene in Italy and the process of making some of the band’s videos.
Watch below:
Sleepless Empire marks the 10th studio album of Lacuna Coil and is the first full-length release after their remake album Comalies XX, which came out in 2022.
The band shares about Sleepless Empire: “Sleepless Empire captures, through our eyes, the chaos of a generation trapped in a digital world that never stops, where social media consumes identity and every day pushes us one step closer to becoming soulless zombies. We find ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the modern one, confronting the evolution and searching for a true meaning of it all. Throughout every song, the journey is an undercurrent of rebellion, a desperate cry to reclaim oneself in an era that seems to have lost its sense of time and reality.”
The new album is comprised of 11 tracks; each one is a richly textured soundtrack to a specific time and place. With Sleepless Empire, that place is dark, cinematic, and unmistakably true to the unique characteristics that have given Lacuna Coil such a celebrated entry in the annals of heavy music.
Sleepless Empire can be pre-ordered now here, where the album is available in the following formats:
– Ltd. Deluxe CD Box Set with symbolic dice oracle
– Ltd. CD Digipak
– Ltd. CD Digipak (US version)
– black LP & LP-Booklet
– black LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Ltd. white LP & LP-Booklet
– Ltd. deep blood red LP & LP-Booklet (exclusive Sony Music Entertainment Italy version)
– Ltd. Sparkle Rainbow LP & LP-Booklet
– Ltd. transp. glow in the dark LP & LP-Booklet (exclusive band version)
– black LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Ltd. ultra clear LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Ltd. silver LP & LP-Booklet (US version)
– Digital album
Sleepless Empire tracklisting
“The Siege”
“Oxygen”
“Scarecrow”
“Gravity”
“I Wish You Were Dead”
“Hosting The Shadow” (feat. Randy Blythe)
“In Nomine Patris”
“Sleepless Empire”
“Sleep Paralysis”
“In The Mean Time” (feat. Ash Costello)
“Never Dawn”
“Gravity” video:
“Oxygen” video:
“Hosting The Shadow”:
“In The Mean Time” video:
“Never Dawn” lyric video:
Find Lacuna Coil’s complete tour itinerary here.
Lacuna Coil lineup:
Cristina Scabbia – Vocals
Andrea Ferro – Vocals
Marco Coti Zelati – Bass, Guitars, Synths
Richard Meiz – Drums
(Photo by Cunene)
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