Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia on The MetalSucks Podcast #574

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, Lacuna Coil vocalist Cristina Scabbia joins the show! She’s here to discuss the band’s latest album Sleepless Empire coming out this Friday, Feb. 14! We discuss if there was any plans for releasing the album on Valentine’s Day, the challenge of creating after the experience they had with previous album Black Anima, and making sure to celebrate the past in a way that looks to the band’s creative future. We also chat about the single Lacuna Coil recorded with members each band from their upcoming North American tour, her favorite visual filmmakers that leave an impression on her, and why its so hard to pick a setlist for a show after 10 albums.

Petar and Sylvia discuss the final performance of Black Sabbath being booked July 5, the revelations of his health being in a bad place, the dream lineup playing the final show, the concerns that we have despite it being all for charity and all the bands sharing the stage, Gojira taking home the Grammy for the Best Metal Performance, Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox doing a brilliant Poppy impersonation, and the major missed opportunity for System of a Down by not making a new album for our scene.

Song: Lacuna Coil “Gravity”

Song: Lacuna Coil “Oxygen”

Song: Mantar “Rex Perverso”