LACUNA COIL “TRIP THE DARKNESS”
Sometimes I tell people I like Lacuna Coil and they look at me all cock-eyed, and then I have no choice but to look back at them all cock-eyed, ’cause, well, why the crap WOULDN’T you like Lacuna Coil? I remember the first time I ever heard of ’em — I saw them open for Anthrax on the We’ve Come For You All tour in 2003 — and as soon as they were done, a WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE, this blogger included, ran over to their merch booth and bought their then-newest release, Comalies. They were that kinda good. And what won us all over that evening? Yeah, the fact that Cristina Scabbia is hot probably didn’t hurt, but Eyes Set to Kill has twice as many attractive women in their band, and I ain’t never bought one of their records. The difference is that Lacuna Coil write songs which, although perhaps not the heaviest tunes ever composed, are as catchy as that shit in Contagion.
And the band’s new single, “Trip the Darkness,” ain’t no exception. A lotta bands that veer towards the poppier side of metal seem to run out of steam fairly quickly, but this is as fun a song as I’ve ever heard the band release. So if you’re in the mood for something that maybe doesn’t have a million notes a second but you will actually remember and have stuck in your head a few hours from now, head over their Facebook page to stream it now.
“Trip the Darkness” will appear on Lacuna Coil’s new album, Dark Adrenaline, which comes out January 24 on Century Media, and probably has a bunch of other references to the dark, too.
-AR
