Lacuna Coil

With acclaimed producer Don Gilmore (Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) at the famed NRG Studios in Los Angeles. This new effort is another huge step forward in the band's continuous evolution and marks their first full-length since 2006's Karmacode.

Cristina Scabbia (vocals) states: "Shallow Life is a natural metamorphosis from within the band; we explored different musical territories while maintaining our own style. A mix of old and new, fast and slow and light and dark. The album production is incredibly powerful and has a beautiful purity to it. Shallow Life has forced us to challenge ourselves. It represents the way we see ourselves in the days we live in through truth, love and lies."

LACUNA COIL’s stunning performance from this summer’s Kerrang! sponsored Download Festival will make its way to movie theaters across the U.S. as part of a one night screening on Thursday, October 19th. The screening is set to take place in over 80 cites and will also feature other Download performances from such artists as Guns N’ Roses, The Deftones, Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium, among others. Plus, viewers will see exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews with the artists. Click on the link below for a list of cities and times.

http://www.bigscreenconcerts.com/subpage/index.asp?EventID=605&code=DLUSsite

LACUNA COIL will also be featured on the upcoming Masters of Horror II, the soundtrack to the top-rated series on Showtime that hits stores on October 24th. Their track, “Virtual Environment,” has never been released in the U.S. and appears alongside such renowned artists as Seether, Shinedown and Hatebreed. It will also be featured in an upcoming episode.

Due to overwhelming demand, LACUNA COIL will return to the U.S. this November as direct support to Danzig as part of the next incarnation of his highly successful Blackest of The Black tour. This is the group’s third U.S. run in support of Karmacode, their highly praised new album. It wraps up a highly successful year with numerous highlights such as a main stage Ozzfest slot, a sold-out tour with Rob Zombie, a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and a Top 30 Active Rock hit single with the track “Our Truth.”

This tour also coincides with the launch of the group’s new single for “Closer,” the third single from Karmacode. The radio mix and edit of “Closer” was done by Brian Malouf (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Pearl Jam), and the captivating video for the track, completed by the directorial team Fort Awesome (who also shot the group’s acclaimed “Our Truth” clip), can be viewed by clicking the link below. mms://mp3.centurymedia.com/stream/lacunacoil/karmacode/lacunacoil_closer.wmv

“With Karmacode, LACUNA COIL are on the brink of a mainstream breakthrough.”

-- Billboard

"Karmacode is LACUNA COIL’s most polished album yet."

-- Blender

“LACUNA COIL’s Karmacode is a hard rock hit.”

-- LA Times

"Karmacode will surely be one of the hottest releases of 2006."

-- Revolver

"An artist to watch. Ethereal, entrancing and haunting, this is timely yet timeless music." -- Rolling Stone

Official Website – www.thekarmacode.com

LACUNA COIL Announce U.S. Tour; Launch New Single and Video

Due to overwhelming demand, LACUNA COIL will return to the U.S. this November as direct support to Danzig as part of the next incarnation of his highly successful Blackest of The Black tour. This is the group’s third U.S. run in support of Karmacode, their highly praised new album and will wrap up a highly successful year, which saw numerous highlights such as a main stage Ozzfest slot, a sold-out tour with Rob Zombie, a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and a Top 30 Active Rock hit single with the track “Our Truth.”

The band says, “ We initially planned to headline the U.S. this fall, but Danzig made us an offer we couldn’t refuse, so we postponed our headlining plans until January. We can’t wait to return to America with another true legend.”

This tour also coincides with the launch of the group’s new single for the track, “Closer,” the third single from Karmacode. The radio mix and edit of “Closer” was done by Brian Malouf (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Pearl Jam), and the captivating video for the track, completed by the directorial team Fort Awesome (who also shot the group’s acclaimed “Our Truth” clip) can be viewed by clicking the link below. mms://mp3.centurymedia.com/stream/lacunacoil/karmacode/lacunacoil_closer.wmv

Furthermore, LACUNA COIL has been nominated for the “Best Italian Act” award at the MTV European Music Awards 2006. Fans are invited to vote at http://ema.mtv.it (choose the “Italian Act” category and click “vota”). Do not try to vote more than once as your IP address will be recognized and your vote will be nullified.

Karmacode had a phenomenal first week at retail, securing the #28 spot on the Billboard Top 200 charts and debuting at #5 on the Hard Music chart just behind such acclaimed artists as Nickelback and Rob Zombie. The group initially left their mark on the hard rock scene in 2004 with their acclaimed album, Comalies, which opened several opportunities for them that were previously thought unattainable for an Italian band, such as two highly successful commercial radio campaigns alongside a breakthrough Ozzfest appearance, resulting in over 500,000 copies sold worldwide with a quarter-million in the U.S. alone.