History Music / LacunaCoil

* SpellMyNameWithAnS - Hammered home quite emphatically on Scabbia's [[http://www.myspace.com/cristinascabbia Myspace page]]: "Cristina... [[BerserkButton NO DAMN H in it]]!!"

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish - ''Shallow Life'' and ''Dark Adrenaline'' in particular. Cristina and Andrea have become much more fluent since the initial demo in 1996.

* TruckDriversGearChange: Zig-zagged on both "Fragments of Faith" and "Without Fear". The latter eventually plays it straight while the former ultimately inverts it by returning to the original key after the final chorus.

* WarIsHell - "Angel's Punishment," from ''Comalies.''
* WordSaladLyrics - A lot of songs before ''Shallow Life'' seem like this, but often have deeper meanings. "1.19" might be the standout example in the band's catalog, though— all the band revealed is the title refers to a distance between two places, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNniIRJYyUc that might be the most we'll ever get.]]

* HarshVocals - Andrea, on two or three songs from each of the early albums.

* TruckDriversGearChange: Zig-zagged on both "Fragments of Faith" and "Without Fear". The latter eventually plays it straight while the former ultimately inverts it by returning to the original key after the final chorus

* ConceptAlbum - ''Shallow Life,'' loosely. The album talks about superficial lifestyles in most of the songs. Other albums like ''Comalies'' play with this by having a few groups of songs directly connect to form single storylines.

* CreativeDifferences - Why the original guitarists and drummer left. Apparently, it was actually their idea to record the OneWomanWail song "Falling" on the original EP with just an acoustic guitar and keyboards for backing; the rest of the band rerecorded it as "Falling Again" on ''In A Reverie,'' this time with distorted guitars, bass and drums.

* LyricalColdOpen: "Reverie", "Within Me" and "Fire".

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Cristina. Also [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] with Andrea.

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Shallow Life''. Subverted with ''Dark Adrenaline'' (From "Fire": ''My adrenaline rush ain't slowing down'').

** YoungerThanTheyLook: Andrea looks much older than Cristina but is in fact two years younger than her.

* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted with "Self Deception" - the backmasked messages that play through the song is simply the chorus played backwards.

* TruckDriversGearChange: "Fragments of Faith". Zig-zagged but ultimately played straight in "Without Fear".

* GenderBlenderName: Andrea Ferro, [[YourMileageMayVary but only to the Anglosphere]].

* BilingualBonus - "Senzafine" (from ''[=HALFlife=]'' and later ''Unleashed Memories'') is sung in the band's native Italian, as are the title track to ''Comalies'' and "Without Fear" from ''Karmacode''.
** "My Spirit" from ''Dark Adrenaline'' also includes a short speech in Italian during the interlude. Translated into English, it means about the same thing as the first verse and chorus.

* {{Sampling}} - "Tight Rope" takes a sound bite from the video game ''{{Descent}},'' and "Angel's Punishment" seems to sample a news report.
* SopranoAndGravel - Played with. The first three albums had Ferro utilizing both clean and harsh vocals along with Scabbia's singing. The harsh vocals were dropped in ''Karmacode''.

* SubliminalSeduction: Averted on "Self Deception" - the backmasked messages is simply the chorus to the song.

* BerserkButton - Do '''not''' misspell Cristina's name. Her Twitter handle is even called "[=NoDamnH=]".

* OneWomanWail - ''Karmacode'' and "Dark Adrenaline" are the only albums so far that doesn't have a "Cristina solo" song.

* OneWomanWail - ''Karmacode'' is the only album so far that doesn't have a "Cristina solo" song.

Lacuna Coil are a {{Gothic metal}}[=/=]{{alternative rock}} band from Italy, starting in 1994. The band is one of the [[TropeCodifier codifiers]] of the SopranoAndGravel style and blends modern rock and Mediterranean elements into distinct-sounding midtempo rockers. They were formed by vocalist Andrea Ferro and bassist Marco Coti Zelati, and second vocalist Cristina Scabbia joined the band after she asked to provide session vocals for an early demo, because the band liked the contrasting sound of Cristina's vocals versus Andrea's. The word "lacuna" is Italian for "gap" or "blank," but the band's name is sometimes paraphrased as "Empty Spiral," which also functions as the name of [[http://www.emptyspiral.net/index.php their official fansite]].

* NamesTheSame - "Closer" is not a NineInchNails cover nor is "TheGame" a {{Disturbed}} cover.

They have released five studio albums and two extended plays as of 2010:

* DarkIsNotEvil/LightIsNotGood - The message behind the "Trip The Darkness" video.

* GothicMetal/AlternativeRock - How much of each depends on the album. ''Shallow Life'' contains the most of the latter; their extended plays and ''In A Reverie'', the most of the former.

The band is currently working on their sixth album, currently titled "''Dark Adrenaline''." According to [[WordOfGod the band,]] it should sound like ''Shallow Life'' only [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and heavier]], and it's set to hit the shelves in January 2012. Two songs from the album, "Trip The Darkness" and "Kill The Light," have already been released.

* BilingualBonus - "Senzafine" is sung in the band's native Italian.
** As is most of "Without Fear."
*** And "Comalies".

* EpicRiff: A lot of their stuff from ''Comalies'' on.

* LongRunnerLineUp - Type 2, since 1998.

** ''Dark Adrenaline'' appears to be DarkerAndEdgier again, at least instrumentally, based on "Trip The Darkness" and "Kill The Light." The lyrics seem to float somewhere between the straightforward ones from ''Shallow Life'' and the deeper messages on the early albums.

* RecordProducer - Waldemar Sorychta falls under the George Martin category, having worked with Lacuna Coil from their signing onto Century Media up through ''Karmacode.'' They switched to Don Gilmore (better known for working with bands like LinkinPark and GoodCharlotte) for ''Shallow Life'' and the upcoming ''Dark Adrenaline.''

'''Lacuna Coil and their music provide examples of:'''

* NamesTheSame - "Closer" is not a NineInchNails cover.

The band is currently working on their sixth album, currently titled "''Dark Adrenaline''." According to [[WordOfGod the band,]] it should sound like ''Shallow Life'' only [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and heavier]], and it's set to hit the shelves in January 2012.

** ''Shallow Life'' saw the band changing producers for the first time and going for a more straightforward alternative rock/metal sound. The lyrics were simplified, but the band sought more help with their English and it showed.
* OneSteveLimit - Completely averted with two guys named Cristiano and two named Marco. There are nicknames for some of them, but it doesn't help that they aren't actually that widely used.

* TheFaceless - Their band logo
** Also the cover to ''Karmacode''
* ThePeteBest - Three of them, actually. Raffaele Zagaria, Claudio Leo, and Leonardo Forti all played on the original six-song EP, then left the band before the recording of ''In a Reverie''.
* WarIsHell - "Angel's Punishment," from ''Comalies.''

** Then ''Karmacode'' came along, with a guitar- and bass-heavier mix resembling NuMetal, Middle Eastern influences and a greater emphasis on every member of the band. Andrea even appears in every song, and has dropped the growls entirely.

* BerserkButton - Do '''not''' misspell Cristina's name. Her Twitter handle is even called "NoDamnH".

& ''Dark Adrenaline'' (2012)