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Lacuna Coil and digitalmusician.net have launched an exclusive remix competition with the possibility of a release and prizes from Line6!
digitalmusician.net is the online platform for musicians and producers created by the founders of the Steinberg company Manfred Rürup and Charly Steinberg. Following the success of the last remix competition with electro band Camouflage, Lacuna Coil have also made one of their songs available.
"Be Heard" is the motto of this competition and the winner has the chance that the band will release the remix and along with the 4 runners-up will also receive top quality prizes from Line6 and digitalmusician.net.
To enter the competition candidates must create a (free of charge) personal profile on digitalmusician.net before downloading the remix material.
"Our site offers ideal opportunities for online collaboration and a convenient virtual meeting place. Whether the remixer makes use of these features is up to them. The mix can also be made entirely in their own production environment.", says Digital Musician GmbH Managing Director Hans-Jörg Bordin. "Our remix competitions offer the participants a platform to get heard and to establish a general awareness of working together on the internet."
The main prize is:
- The possibility that the remix is released by Lacuna Coil
- A one-year digitalmusician.net Pro-Account
- A Line6 HD147 Half Stack guitar amplifier with a value of 2.500 euro
The winner doesn't take it all – the runners-up can also win a Line6 Floor POD Plus and a Tonecore Echo Park pedal. Further details can be found on the digitalmusician.net website when the competition is launched.
The remix competition runs from 15th September 2007 until 31 st October 2007.
More information can be found at www.digitalmusician.net

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Lacuna Coils 'Closer' to appear on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock





In a press release today, Activision have revealed the Lacuna Coil's 'Closer' will be a number of songs from International artists to appear on the upcoming 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock' console game.
Other songs on the game include:
Minus Celsius (by Backyard Babies)
Hier Kommt Alex (by Die Toten Hosen)
In the Belly of a Shark (by Gallows)
I'm in the Band (by The Hellacopters)
Avalancha (by Heroes Del Silencio)
Take This Life (by In Flames)
Ruby (by Kaiser Chiefs)
Generation Rock (by Revolverheld)
Mauvais Garcon (by NAAST)
Radio Song (by Superbus)

Cristina completes video with Apocalyptica





In a blog on her myspace Cristina Scabbia has confirmed that she has completed the video shoot for an Apocalyptica song in which she is the guest vocalist.
The video was shot in Vilnius, Lithuania for the song 'SOS' which appears on the “Worlds Collide” album.
You can listen to the song Here

tour dates:
Bloodstock Festival 2007


Aug 17th, Derbyshire, UK

Pukkelpop Festival


Aug 18th, Hassell, Belgium

Lowlands Festival 2007


Aug 19th, Biddinghuizen, Holland

Loudpark Festival


Oct 20-21s, Saitama City, Japan@ Saitama Super Arena

Gigantour 2007


With Megadeth, Static X, Devildriver
Nov 10th, Perth @ Metro City
Nov 12th, Adelaide @ The barton Theatre
Nov 13th, Melbourne @ Festival Hall
Nov 15th, Sydney @ Luna Park Big Top
Nov 16th, Sydney @ Luna Park Big Top
Nov 18th, Brisbane @ Riverstage

wonderfull song, I love it , thanks Jaana !

SOS[Anything but love] Lyrics:

Bound to your side
And trapped in silence
Just a possession
Is this sex our only violence
That feeds your obsession
You send me to a broken state
Where I can't take the pain just long enough
Then I am numb
Then I just disappear

So go on and fuck me
Go and scare me to death
Tell me I asked for it
Tell me I'll never forget
You could give me anything but love
Anything but love

Does it feel good tonight
Hurt me with nothing
Some sort of sick satisfaction you get from my fucking
Oh stripped down to my naked core
The darkest corners of my mind are yours
That's where you live
That's where you breathe

So go on and fuck me
Go on and scare me to death
Tell me to leave you
Tell me I'll never forget
You could give me anything but love
Anything but love

Without anything
Without any light
Can't tell me to live
Can't tell me to lie
Inside I am pinned

So go on and fuck me
Go on and scare me to death
I'll be your victim
You'll be the voice in my head
You could give me anything but love
Anything but love

amazing combination, i found this song when i was looking for some new stuff  on myspace, the first thing that came in my mind was that cristina's voice fits perfect in this song, and also it would be so great if they'll do a featuring with sharon den adel.

I agree!!!!!! Cristina Scabbia and Sharon den Adel... that would be just amazing

i got a myspace bulletin from LAcuna that sounded something like this.

LACUNA COIL will be making an appearance at JB HI-FI!
Village Centre Shop LG 1-2, 206 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000

Tuesday November, 13 @ 3PM!

Hooroo!

way to go, lucky ones

and an interview...or two

Andrea Ferro

INSIDE_OUT666: [Laughs] Have you got any working titles that you can share with us.



ANDREA FERRO: No basically it's a lot of musical ideas but very rough. We are trying to change the way we have been writing. In the past we have always written the music using a computer program. We were sharing it with everybody and everyone would add vocals or lyrics, but this time we want some songs to be created more naturally. This way we can have some more spontaneous songs created from the jamming room. We would like the next album to be a bit different and fresh. When you listen to it you will go "oh is this Lacuna Coil"? But not in a bad way [laughs]. I think its time for us to grow with a more mature album!



INSIDE_OUT666: I do want to congratulate you on the massive success you have received since the release of 'Karmacode', it's a fantastic album. Looking back on the recording process now, is there anything you would have changed?



ANDREA FERRO: Ah, we would have worked more on the production side. We would have spent a little more time on the recording and the sound. Not so much on the songs themselves, but in general on the production. Some songs could have been a little more direct probably? I think an album is a picture of the moment, and for that moment it was perfect. 'Karmacode' was a very weird album, we were coming off a big success with 'Comalies' and we didn't know which direction to take. It was very hard for us to be 100% satisfied with everything cause we were under pressure to decide what we wanted to do. We were very happy with 'Karmacode', it bought us to different levels in terms of popularity, but I think we still have time to improve as a band and make an even better album.









INSIDE_OUT666: Andrea, it has been a little over ten years since you released the first lacuna coil demos. Looking back at it now, did you ever imagine that by the end of 2007 just over a decade later you would be touring Australia and playing to loyal and devoted fans all across the world?



ANDREA FERRO: No, no never in a million years. When we started we just did the demo for ourselves and tried to send it out for a laugh to the labels and the magazines [laughs].



INSIDE_OUT666: [Laughs]



ANDREA FERRO: We never expected to become professional musicians or this to become our job. We were just a bunch of friends that were hanging out in the same metal pubs. There was no history of other bands from Italy doing the same thing, making a career out of playing metal. We were really the first example of this kind. It really was a unique experience and we never ever thought we would push it to this level, never in a million years!



INSIDE_OUT666: It's funny, when you say that you did the demo as a joke! I guess, when you then sign on with Century Media, it must really hit home. I would imagine that it would be a strange feeling to have gone from just hanging out in pubs to "boom", this is now your full time job!



ANDREA FERRO: Most of the time especially in rock history, a lot of the bands never expected what had happened to them. I have been to the rock 'n' roll museum in Cleveland, Ohio and there was this letter from a record label. The label was refusing this band, saying that they were not commercial enough, that they were not good enough and the band was U2. Can you imagine being the label that didn't sign U2 [laughs].



> INSIDE_OUT666: [Laughs] Yeah dude that's insane [laughs]. Andrea, over the years you have shared the stage with so many great bands such as In flames, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Megadeth to name just a few. Who have you enjoyed touring with the most and can you share a funny story from the road with us?



ANDREA FERRO: Luckily we always have very good experiences and keep good relationships with all the bands, well most of the bands that we have toured with. I think that the tour we did with Rob Zombie was one of the best in the United States. He's a legend, and he was treating us so nicely. At the end of the tour everyone didn't want to leave. We cooked some Italian pasta for him and the crew at the last gig, and we got dressed up like zombies and walked on stage during one of the songs.



INSIDE_OUT666: [laughs]



ANDREA FERRO: Rob was very friendly; he grabbed us during the song and threw us on the floor. We filmed everything, it was great! Ozzfest is very cool too. It's like a summer camp for metal bands. There is a lot of hanging out, a lot of drinking and smoking together. It's a big party travelling around America. Ozzfest is always a very funny experience.









INSIDE_OUT666: Andrea, I want to talk to you for a moment about the Guitar Hero game. I know that you're a very big fan of computer games and at this stage not too many bands have been able to submit songs on Guitar Hero. You must be thrilled that Lacuna Coil are a part of Guitar Hero 3.



ANDREA FERRO: Yeah, yeah sure! I'm a game addict. It's always a pleasure to be apart of something like this. We loved the game before we were even contacted to be a part of it. It's always weird to see your song on a game that you know so well. It's going to be a really good way to promote us and it's going to be funny to play along to our own songs.

Spiritech: What kept you from touring here for so long; was it a money thing, or was it just too far to travel?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Hmmm, no I guess we've just been too busy doing something else.
Andrea: We've been playing a lot in the States and Europe, so it was really impossible to go anywhere else.


Spiritech: Have you had much chance to look around Sydney?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: No, not yet because yesterday we had like a band meeting and we went out for dinner and we spent the night out, so we didn't really see much. The weather's been awesome though, and tomorrow we're going to go sightseeing.


Spiritech: What's the overall touring experience been like in Australia compared to elsewhere?
Lacuna Coil: Andrea: Usually, most of our tours are with a tour bus not with a plane; only here because of the distances we have to fly to every show. This is the first time we do something like that, usually we only go with a tour bus and then travel around, so there is even more time to kill.
Cristina: We travel almost every day, especially when we tour in America, you can travel for like 17 or 18 hours. Although there is a driver, so in the meantime we're sleeping. So in a way it's more relaxing because you have like a moving house and you don't have to wake up to go catch a flight (laughs). You can sleep in the meantime, so it's not that hard once you get used to it.


Spiritech: Cristina, you're performing 'A Tout Le Monde' live with Megadeth every night of this tour. How has that experience been?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: It's amazing of course. I'm singing a song with a historical band you know, and they're great people; this is amazing because you can mix up everything: great musicians, great people and it's a good song.


Spiritech: When you recorded the song, did you ever see yourself performing it live anywhere, let alone in Australia?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: I didn't really think about Australia when I recorded it. But I was sure that somewhere we would probably have the chance to sing it together, 'cause it happens quite a lot that you meet other bands during festivals or they are just passing by your town when you're home, so I was expecting somewhere, sometime to do that.


Spiritech: But not in Australia!
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: I wasn't expecting Australia, no! (laughs)


Spiritech: Pretty much at the bottom of the list?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Yeah, just like wow! (laughs)


Spiritech: You guys stand out a lot from the other bands on this tour. Do you find the fans react differently to Lacuna Coil than they do bands like DevilDriver or Static-X?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: It's amazing to see that most of the time they like every band on the Gigantour, and this is great. It shows there are no more barriers, there's not any more fans that are, "I like this and that and that's it" because the other stuff is not cool, which is something I hate, because I think you should be open and like every kind of music.
But it happens very, very often that fans with a DevilDriver T-shirt or a Megadeth T-shirt are coming to us, or people in Lacuna Coil T-shirts are getting their skin signed by DevilDriver and getting it tattooed and I think it's awesome. It shows that it's a big family.


Spiritech: Indeed. Moving on, what's the reaction to 'Karmacode' been like?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: It's doing good.


Spiritech: In what ways do you think it's an improvement on past releases?
Lacuna Coil: Andrea: I think because after 'Comalies' we've been touring so much in the States and Europe and everywhere, so we felt the live energy was missing a bit on the CD, so we wanted to have something groovier and heavier, especially to play live after the release. It's something we searched for on 'Karmacode', that power.
Cristina: It's definitely the best CD that we've done. And that's why you release records, because you're trying to improve yourself, and I think we definitely did it. It's obvious to say that we're more mature, but we definitely had an evolution; a good one! (laughs)


Spiritech: So where do you go from here: is it more touring? Because obviously that's an important way for band such as yourselves to maintain your fan base.
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Well, touring is important to promote yourself and keep yourself in shape with your vocals and your instruments, but at the same time now we feel we have to stop for a while to write some more music, some new music. 'Cause after a while, you can't help it, you love your songs, but you getting tired of playing the same songs over and over... I'm just hungry for something new.


Spiritech: Will we see a headlining tour from Lacuna Coil for the next album?
Lacuna Coil: Andrea: Yeah, definitely. The next album is the next step.
Cristina: Yeah, I mean it makes sense to come back and do something then.
Andrea: Now we have to go back, write the album, and then we can tour again! (both laugh) We don't want to wait too much because between 'Comalies' and 'Karmacode' it was almost four years because of all the touring and then the writing process.


Spiritech: We waited for a while.
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: (laughs) Yeah.
Andrea: We don't want that to happen again, and this time around we started touring straight from day one of the release. We've been touring with Rob Zombie, we did Ozzfest, we did huge festivals and headlining tours in Europe, we co-headlined with In Flames in the States, we did Mexico and then finished with the Jagermeister tour with Stone Sour and Shadows Fall.
Cristina: Then the headlining tour: we toured forever! (laughs).


Spiritech: Wow. With the next album, do you have any idea when that will be written and recorded?
Lacuna Coil: Andrea: Writing, yes. The writing has to start straight after this tour, although there may be a little break in between.
Cristina: No, it's too early to start talking about recording really. We definitely have some material though.


Spiritech: So no idea what the next album will sound like then?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Hmmm, no! (laughs) It's gonna be a blood Thrash album with Rap, Dance, Techno and Funk influences. And Reggae! (laughs) No, all we know is it's going to rock, that's for sure.


Spiritech: A few years ago you guys were doing the acoustic set followed by the electric set afterwards. Is that something you're going to do again in the near future?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Who knows? It was something special so we want to keep it this way because it makes no sense to do it all the time, or people are going to say, "Yeah okay, that's boring". It's cool if it stays something intimate and special. But who knows, maybe yes, 'cause we like it.


Spiritech: Maybe you could even bring it here. I really like the acoustic version of 'Heaven's A Lie'.
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Thank you! Next time maybe.


Spiritech: Here's hoping. Now, the band's popularity has gone through the roof in the last few years. What would you attribute that to; just good old fashioned hard work?
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: Working, definitely. I think it's a combination of different things; working hard, and as I said before, trying to be open to other influences and not staying closed in a cliché. I don't know. A lot of things.


Spiritech: The increased popularity of female-fronted bands like Nightwish, Evanescence and Leaves Eyes has probably helped as well.
Lacuna Coil: Cristina: That's true, but if you think about it, first of all we have two singers and this is something they don't have, so we can definitely do...
Andrea: Well not Nightwish, they do now.
Cristina: They do now (laughs), but they didn't have, and we're not playing the Beauty and the Beast. No offence to anyone at all, but sometimes he sings in a more melodic way or I can be more aggressive, so it's a completely different thing. I mean, there's a lot of bands with a male singer but no one's comparing those bands! (laughs)
Andrea: I think it's through that it's become popular... if you have a girl in the band, but not always the bands are really good I think.


Spiritech: Is this the last tour for 'Karmacode'?
Lacuna Coil: Andrea: Yeah. We have a few shows in Italy, but that's more an intimate thing, like we have a birthday party for an Italian TV channel called Rock TV, which only plays Rock music all day. And then another event connected to 'Guitar Hero III', since we have a song that's one of the bonus tracks on the game, so we're playing at the release party. So we can drink and have fun.


Spiritech: Any last words for pyromusic.net readers?
Lacuna Coil: Andrea: To the Australians fans in particular we have to say thanks for the patience, because they've been waiting like ten years to see us or five years for the newer fans, so we promise we're going to try with the next album to come and include Australia in the normal touring schedule.
Cristina: I love you all! (laughs) Rock 'n' Roll! No, thank you! The last words are thank you.

Remember that Cristina Scabbia collaborated with Apocalyptica?
This is the video :

SOS (Anything But Love

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and the making of

Thanks for posting that vid. I had actually forgotten about that collaboration.

You're welcome. Wow, how could anyone forget
it's a great song, and I love the message it sends. SOOOOO goth

UK rock magazine Kerrang! has spoken to Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia in their 'New Noise - Albums for 2008' article in issue 1191.
The magazine writes:
"HELL YEAH!" shrieks a clearly excited Cristina Scabbia. "After Japan and the craziness, after Australia and all the parties with Megadeth, we are so ready to begining writing material for our new album after so much touring!" Easy there, girl. It's still early days for the follow-up to 2006's Karmacode, with the band still piecing the songs together and seeking the right producer. But the sound, according to Little Miss Excited, will "leave you with your mouths open. We want to experiment, wewant to try something completely different, something that will rock your faces more than ever while still being Lacuna Coil"
The article has the, as yet untitled album, due for release in September.
Kerrang! is out now.

Big cheese readers'poll



way to go Cristina! i was expecting it just not second place....

a scan to prove my point

on the right it's Cristina too?

nope, sorry Errat

It's Marta from Bleeding Through.

thank you darling for solving the big mystery..

thank you for telling us
she has a heartagram on her abdomen

it's really nice
but hey, this is Cristina's spotlight she's stealing here

first of all, a word on Cristina's myspace page:

31 Dec 2007

100.000!!! 100.000. It might seems just a number... but it's a lot more. When I started all this I just thought it would have been cool to let you know more about me, who I am, entertain you for few minutes a day, with new pictures, videos, backstages. I personally took care of this page from the beginning until today, like a little baby that needs to be fed every day. I didn't listen to stupid business rules that are saying something like "Hey Cristina, you should keep your distance from you fans cause in this way they'll not see you as a rockstar anymore but they'll look at you as a "normal" person". Reality is, every rockstar, every actor, every entertainer, has a REAL life, and that's pretty similar to... YOUR every day life reality. With this little page I want you all to remember every day you have the potential, you can do it if you want. You can be able to succeed if you are able to let your individuality to come out and win over all. I think it's awesome a lot of you guys met each other here, and formed this little..let's call it community. I know some of you by name , I met you at the concerts, I knew more about you all. I just wanted to thank you for been so loyal to me and Lacuna coil and most of all I thank you cause you understood the spirit of this page , that means a lot to me, and I hope, for some of you as well. Thank you for being here, with me. Happy beginning of 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

these days i've come upon Cristina Scabbia's journal down at myspace.com. i've subscribed to her channel.if there's a question you might want to ask her you can do it at her myspace profile, just send her a message. she's a terrific person, to say so. i'm very proud she's my "model"
and now, the answers :

17 Feb 2008

YOUR QUESTIONS...ANSWERED!
Here they are....keep on writing me!
XXXXXX
C no H

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Which flower is your favorite? by Black rose
** Uhm...I like green plants over blossomed flowers, to be honest. I'd say the Aloe vera. there you go .

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1. you are so gorgeous, and I am sure you know you are attractive, or atleast feel it. =P
was there ever a time in your life when you had really low self esteem, why or how come?
2. have you ever dyed your hair? what color?
I strayed away from asking...when are you coming back to spokane, washington?! haha.
just because I am sure you'll get alot of those.
I am sure you know how bad I want you guys back here though!
by Jaded
**1) I have low self esteem pretty often, especially when I'm bored, tired, I've nothing else to think about or it's a grey day.
What do I do when it happens? I take a shower, I try to relax a bit, then I call my friends to go out and hang out and put on a cute dress and some nice make up...then the low self esteem goes away.
2) I used a lot of colours on my hair. From blue, to green, to pink, to red, to purple, to blonde. Then I got stucked with the black. Which is basically my color.
I dunno when we'll be back to Spokane...hopefully VERY soon! Ciao!

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Do you color your hair and have you ever been to Louisiana
Don't think you do color(i can't belive I am asking YOU this)
Ok--Am I kissable to you.lolo by Christopher.
**Check the previous question about hair.
Kissable? I would NEVER kiss anybody who's not my beloved one... I'm sure you get tons of kisses from other girls though?

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1.Have you ever met a fan and you recognized them from myspace?
2.If you had a fan that told you how much they really wanted to be your friend and see you and that they got depressed alot because of how much they love you, what would you think or say to them?
3.have you ever became close friends with someone who was a fan before they met you?
4.if i gave you my number, would you please call me?? =]
...answer which ever 2 you want. hopefully all 4. haha
by Lacuna coil supporter =]
I have so many more questions lol.
** I see with pleasure that you guys don't give a fuck about my rules, ahahah!
Ok then, I'll be good and I'll answer ...THIS TIME...
1) Yes, lots of them, I see some of them regularly at concerts and meet them in the chat in my page as well. The comunity is growing fast. I love that.
2) "Why the hell are you depressed? You should be happy, at least RIGHT NOW!" (+ hug)
3) It happened but not frequently at all. I want my real friends to love me for who I really am, not for who I rapresent artistically.
4) that's easy. NO.


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Hi Cri! My question:
1. Wich type of school you attended?
And what do you think about one amazing band... Lacuna Coil? xDDD
Thank you! Ciao!by Disguise truth
**Believe it or not, I'm supposed to be a sort of a graphic designer. How the hell did I become a singer, instead? Good question to myself, I don't even know the answer! Lacuna coil who? I hate that band! Especially the female singer

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Ok, what I really wanna know is: Do Lacuna Coil have plans about coming in Macedonia?
So that's my question. It's ok if you don't answer it I know you are busy.
Kisses and take care princess
by Simona Kovacheva
**Have NO idea, Simona... really.

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