Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil have formally introduced their tenth studio album, Sleepless Empire, which marks their first studio launch 2019’s Black Anima. The main single, “Oxygen,” is accompanied by a fascinating music video – directed by Daniele Tofani – and that includes vocalist Cristina Scabbia within the lead function.
Scabbia provided perception into the themes of Oxygen and her expertise in the course of the video shoot: “‘Oxygen’ is a robust exploration of emotional wrestle and internal battle. The lyrics convey a way of drowning in a poisonous atmosphere, each actually (within the video) and metaphorically, the place makes an attempt at salvation, represented by ‘oxygen’ are one way or the other futile. This track encapsulates the sensation of struggling to interrupt free from what holds us down when the journey is crammed with issue. It is a uncooked anthem of vulnerability, resilience, and the braveness to face what appears insurmountable. Having to remain within the water for therefore many hours in the course of the video shoot was cathartic for me, the conclusion that the nice sensation of floating might right away grow to be harmful and lethal if I wasn’t cautious was very becoming with the track’s theme.”
Two notable collaborations elevate Sleepless Empire: Lamb Of God‘s Randy Blythe lends his signature growls to the monitor “Internet hosting the Shadow,” whereas New Year’s Day’s Ash Costello provides her voice to “In The Imply Time.” The writing and recording periods have been break up between Milano, Lacuna Coil‘s hometown, and SPVN Studios in Como, and the manufacturing was as soon as once more dealt with internally by bassist Marco “Maki” Coti Zelati. The art work was hand-curated by the gifted Italian artist Roberto Toderico.
True to Lacuna Coil’s ardour for gaming, which they’ve beforehand expressed by way of initiatives like their card recreation “Horns Up” and a collaboration with Zombicide for the track “By no means Daybreak,” the band has created an unique oracle “recreation” for Sleepless Empire. This particular recreation, obtainable solely with the album’s field set, options custom-made cube, making it a singular collectible for followers.
The band describes the album as a mirrored image on the chaotic digital age: “‘Sleepless Empire’ captures, by way of our eyes, the chaos of a technology trapped in a digital world that by no means stops, the place social media consumes id and every single day pushes us one step nearer to turning into soulless zombies. We discover ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the fashionable one, confronting the evolution and looking for a real that means of all of it. All through each track, the journey is an undercurrent of rise up, a determined cry to reclaim oneself in an period that appears to have misplaced its sense of time and actuality.”
Sleepless Empire will arrive in a protracted number of codecs and could be pre-ordered here.
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