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Album Review: Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline

CD Review: Lacuna Coil
Dark Adrenaline
Century Media

Stylistically, Dark Adrenaline is not a terribly significant departure from Shallow Life or Karmacode. The band has in the past had, as others have put it, a detached and somewhat atmospheric sound. However, with its newest album, Lacuna Coil brings a noticeably ramped up performance. The tremendously beautiful (and equally talented) Christina Scabbia brings her carefully sculpted vocal stylings together with the eerie raspiness of Andrea Ferro to create another kick-ass, yet vaguely heart-wrenching album

Dark Adrenaline is thankfully devoid of filler, although certain tracks do stand out a bit more than others. “Kill the Light” lends a distinct metal edge to the idea of lost love, without asking stupid questions such as whether or not we believe in life after love. Yes, Christina Scabbia is most definitely strong enough.

Andrea Ferro frequently gets pushed to the side, thought not for a lack of talent in his own right. Indeed, on “Upsidedown” he takes a more prominent role than in a number of other tracks. While Christina is easily the publicly accepted “face of Lacuna Coil,” the band would not suffer if Andrea were to take the lead on more tracks.

As on previous albums, the band continues to provide a lush background for the vocals. Dark Adrenaline is easy to get lost in, and has a certain knack for reopening emotional wounds. A killer cover of REM’s “Losing My Religion” keeps the momentum going in the latter portion of the album. Pray Lacuna Coil continues to produce work of a similarly high caliber.

Lacuna Coil

By Chris Neuberger

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