I'm probably one of the ones that's giving this a positive review after careful examination. The critics hold hard on giving their more recent album 'Delirium' (2016) which I too gave a positive rating for. While vocalists Andrea Ferro and Cristina Scabbia don't give their best performance, I still think that they were better than average as their tradeoff vocals occur and the music going well alongside of the vocals. Probably tied with a positive reviewer, I saw the good in the album, not the absolute worst. I think that overall, the music quality is good though they don't do cover songs the greatest, at least not on here that is. But I like the music on here.

Maybe I'm giving them too much credit on here and not being as critical as I should, but I'm still digging this release. I didn't much care for 'Black Anima' (2019) because I thought it to be a sort of "wishy washy" follow-up from 'Delirium' with a lot less balls. On here, they're experimenting. Possibly in a different direction than was expected, I still dug the album. Not their longest release, but definitely bearable. I liked the whole release. Even the half-soaked cover originally by Depeche Mode. I've knocked on it, but like I said, it's still bearable. I don't suffice to say that he's a total waste of an album. I don't know how critics can be totally harsh.

I liked this release from start to finish. It's not as good as the newer material, but I still think that they have something here. It's kind of a revelation that they go from this to later 'Dark Adrenaline' (2012), 'Broken Crown Halo' (2014) and 'Delirium'. I'm not going to include their latest because (as I said) I didn't think that it was up to par. I think those three releases that I mentioned were at their pinnacle even though they lost some of their lineup. They're playing with low-end tuning guitar-work. Now I believe that their bassist writes the music. But I'm not sure if it was always the case, I just know that this is the case more recently.

Actually, I received this from the webmaster of Archaic Metallurgy. What a gift it is, since it seems that almost all that I've heard from Lacuna Coil I've liked. I'm not familiar with their really early work, but I will be. Cristiana doesn't do the best that she's done before, but both her and Andrea make good tradeoffs. They've always been good at this though. No real surprise. And I like the music. Blast everyone that dubs this album as ill-fated! This is available on streaming and YouTub; don't listen to the critics, form your own opinion of it. It's worth it's weight in gold. Support the band, not fallacies!

Rating: 8½ (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
07/31/2022 17:41