 
In a few days Lacuna Coil are set to release their
seventh studio album ‘Broken Crown Halo’
and it happens to be a massive release for the
band for a number of reasons with the main reasons
being that it is the last album to feature drummer
Cristiano “Criz” Mozzati and guitarist
Cristiano “Pizza” Migliore who both
announced their retirement from the band back
on the 14th February, it also follows on from
their outstanding sixth studio album ‘Dark
Adrenaline’ which really saw a return to
form for the band and I am happy to confirm that
‘Broken Crown Halo’ continues down
the route that ‘Dark Adrenaline’ opened.
‘Broken Crown Halo’ really does progress
nicely on from ‘Dark Adrenaline’ as
the album features a wide mixture of dark sounds
and radio friendly anthems and once again Cristina
Scabbia and Andrea Ferro’s dual vocals are
like a match made in heaven as they work off each
other so easily with their vocals complimenting
one another as they twist and turn throughout
the 47 minute duration of the album.
The album opens with the first single to be taken
from the album ‘Nothing Stands In Our Way’
and straight away you can see why Lacuna Coil
chose this song to represent the album from the
start as the song builds up over time and becomes
a big sounding gothic anthem where Cristina Scabbia’s
vocals sound more beautiful than ever whilst Andrea
Ferro lefts off some aggressive screams whilst
instrumentally the song flows with a big catchy
vibe.
‘Zombies’ opens with a tasty guitar
solo which really does sound dark, moments later
Andrea Ferro comes in with some catchy vocals
which are soon followed up with Cristina Scabbia
laying down some extremely melodic vocals before
Andrea Ferro returns with some pent up anger as
he executes some well placed screams whilst Cristina
Scabbia is still laying down her melodic vocals,
the song is easily one of the most accusable on
the album and it is great to hear Andrea Ferro
mixing up his vocals throughout the song.
Early on in the album things go a bit mellow with
the likes of ‘Hostage To The Light’
and ‘Victims’, the songs are still
listenable but really lack the fun edge that we
have come to expect from Lacuna Coil in recent
times, however things quickly pick up for ‘Die
And Rise’ which happens to be a bit of a
tub thumper with Korn style riffs kicking arse
towards the middle of the song whilst Christina
Scabbia lays down some vocals in her native language.
Overall ‘Broken Crown Halo’ is a solid
release from Lacuna Coil, it is not instantly
accessible as their last album ‘Dark Adrenaline’
was but once you have listened to the album a
couple of times you will start to appreciate the
diverse range of songs and sheer and energy and
emotion coming through your speakers throughout
the majority of the album.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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