 After
getting in from the freezing cold of this Birmingham
winter night, my feet may have started to defrost,
already tired, from an early start, I was hoping
i was in for a good night. It got off to a good
start, having a great interview with Lacuna Coil
guitarist Pizza (Chris Migliore), it was a good
start, then back out into the cold to freeze some
more, fun!
First up is a band im gonna be seeing again in
March, Dommin, a 4 piece alt goth rock band i
guess, really dark lyrics with dark sounds, a
song they played was Dark Holiday and that had
a real creepy Nick Cave feel to it, I guess that's
how I can describe what the vocalist sounded like
some where in between Nick Cave and Jyrki 69 of
the 69 eyes, the band also having a slight rock
a billy sound to them too. The Drumming pretty
solid stuff, simple but effective, the bass is
understated but works well, the guitar riffs are
chunky and catchy and the synth/piano gives it
that extra element to give it dark feel. They
also did a cheesy 80s cover, dying in your arms
tonight, not to bad, giving it a dark sounding
twist, the lyrics still cheese laden though. The
band have good stage presence even though the
stage was a bit to big for them, this would have
worked well in a smaller environment, but i really
enjoyed there set and was a good way to defrost!
 Next was Shawn 'clown' Crahans side project,
Dirty Little Rabbits, a great name, are a Alt
rock band, but somehow i think it needs buckets
of blood to accompany the music and the Visual
Performance which is like a twisted circus burlesque
show, with Stella Katsoudas, revealing her past
as a classically trained ballet dancer, her moves
sometimes sync with the music, sometimes misses
the mark. The drumming from Crahan is pretty good
its powerful and precise, and the guitar playing
is pretty decent, good but not catchy riffs, the
solos aren't too bad either, the synth gives it
a good twisting creepy vibe to the music! Song
they played tonight included,Simon, You Say, Im
So Beautiful, Hello, Dark and set closer rabbit
holes, which isn't really the best song of the
night, it seems weak to me, the rest of the set
is brilliant,but this last song really lets the
side down, its just not a good song compared to
the rest but they still put on a good show!
Lacuna Coil a band ive been wanting to see again
for ages since 2006 in fact, and after interviewing
'Pizza', I was really looking forward to the gig,
plus it was good not being sure what would an
wouldn't be featured in the set. They opened with
the excellent Survive, such a good up tempo song,
which was followed by Underdog and then my favorite
 Lacuna Coil track, Closer, I love it. Anyone paying
attention would have noticed the distinct lack
of bass player, hes recovering from a shoulder
injury. Christina Scabbia is on top form tonight,
looking sexy as hell and sounding even better,
Andrea is also on top vocal performance tonight,
both moving about stage looking like there having
a good time. The band sounding pretty heavy tonight,
much heavier than any CD track, just sounds excellent
with the backing track filling in the extra parts
that are not reproduced live. Other songs that
feature are Heavens a lie, I wont tell you which
is off there latest album, Senzafine which is
beautifully performed in there own native tongue,Christina
then dons a black dress singing solo for Wide
awake, sounding an looking even more stunning!
Swamped is then followed by the karaoke song before
the encore is Enjoy the silence, getting the crowd
involved a nice touch. The encore was Not Enough,
Spellbound an Our Truth. Lacuna Coil was on top
form tonight, sounding excellent, it was worth
the wait to be treated with a top notch performance!
Dommin – 4/5
Dirty Little Rabbits – 4/5
Lacuna Coil - 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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