Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL will hit the road as a quintet later this month as part of "The Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock Tour" following the departures of guitarist Cris "Pizza" Migliore and drummer Cristiano "Criz" Mozzati. Marco "Maus" Biazzi will handle all guitar duties on the trek while drummer Ryan Blake Folden will once again sit behind the kit for the tour. The band states: "Fans will already be familiar with Ryan, as he performed live with LACUNA COIL on the majority of the 2012 and 2013 'Dark Legacy' and 'Dark Adrenaline' tours."Regarding the departures of Migliore and Mozzati, LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia said: "I know it feels weird the fact that we chose Valentine's Day [February 14] to release the news that Chris 'Pizza' Migliore and Cristiano 'Criz' Mozzati decided to leave the LACUNA COIL family. But it all makes sense when at the base of this choice there is still a huge amount of love. Love for us six as a strong group of good friends, love for what we have been able to achieve in so many years together. Love for LACUNA COIL."I believe this being the most friendly split (I cannot even call it so, cause it sounds bad) happened to a band. Not a fight, no ego problems, no anger: a decision taken in the most serene way from Criz and Pizza and fully accepted from the rest of LACUNA COIL."No, you will not read any angry articles on Blabbermouth, sorry 
)"We know we left some of you heartbroken with the news and surely Andi [singer Andrea Ferro], Maki [bassist Marco Coti Zelati], Maus and I are gonna MISS THE HELL out of our brothers (even though we will still see each other off stage ))!!) , but don't take this all as a sad news because Criz and Pizza are serene in their decisions and the rest of us are absolutely, completely, totally determined to bring you guys the most sincere and great album we did so far, 'Broken Crown Halo', and keep the LACUNA COIL legacy going."Are you ready? We definitely are and have NO intention to stop."Are you with us?"NOTHING STANDS IN OUR WAY."The Revolver-magazine-presented "The Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock Tour kicks off 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, North Carolina, and runs through March 20 in Anaheim, California. Visit www.hottestchickstour.com for additional details and VIP packages.LACUNA COIL will release its new studio album, "Broken Crown Halo", in North America on April 1 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded Italy by producer Jay Baumgardner (P.O.D., SEVENDUST, EVANESCENCE, PAPA ROACH) and engineer Kyle Hoffmann (P.O.D., BUSH, ZEBRAHEAD). The effort was mastered by Howie Weinberg, whose credits include RAMMSTEIN, SOUNDGARDEN, NIRVANA, DEFTONES and SHERYL CROW."Broken Crown Halo" is LACUNA COIL'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, MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT and SEVENDUST after debuting at No. 15 on The Billboard 200 album chart."Broken Crown Halo" track listing:01. Nothing Stands In Our Way02. 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 You10. In The End I Feel Alive11. One Cold DayThe song "Nothing Stands In Our Way" can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below."Nothing Stands In Our Way" audio stream:
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)"We know we left some of you heartbroken with the news and surely Andi [singer Andrea Ferro], Maki [bassist Marco Coti Zelati], Maus and I are gonna MISS THE HELL out of our brothers (even though we will still see each other off stage ))!!) , but don't take this all as a sad news because Criz and Pizza are serene in their decisions and the rest of us are absolutely, completely, totally determined to bring you guys the most sincere and great album we did so far, 'Broken Crown Halo', and keep the LACUNA COIL legacy going."Are you ready? We definitely are and have NO intention to stop."Are you with us?"NOTHING STANDS IN OUR WAY."The Revolver-magazine-presented "The Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock Tour kicks off 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, North Carolina, and runs through March 20 in Anaheim, California. Visit www.hottestchickstour.com for additional details and VIP packages.LACUNA COIL will release its new studio album, "Broken Crown Halo", in North America on April 1 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded Italy by producer Jay Baumgardner (P.O.D., SEVENDUST, EVANESCENCE, PAPA ROACH) and engineer Kyle Hoffmann (P.O.D., BUSH, ZEBRAHEAD). The effort was mastered by Howie Weinberg, whose credits include RAMMSTEIN, SOUNDGARDEN, NIRVANA, DEFTONES and SHERYL CROW."Broken Crown Halo" is LACUNA COIL'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, MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT and SEVENDUST after debuting at No. 15 on The Billboard 200 album chart."Broken Crown Halo" track listing:01. Nothing Stands In Our Way02. 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 You10. In The End I Feel Alive11. One Cold DayThe song "Nothing Stands In Our Way" can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below."Nothing Stands In Our Way" audio stream:
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