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LACUNA COIL Black Anima By Andrew Depedro, Ottawa Corespondent Tuesday, November 12, 2019 @ 10:13 AM
Opening number “Anima Nera” isn’t exactly the most riveting number on the album to start off with, the short track mostly an exercise in heavy-sounding synth with Cristina chanting occasionally in Latin. It somehow ties in with the closing title track but otherwise it’s about the only track that showcases the band’s goth/alternative/new wave roots in brief detail. Meanwhile, the rest of the band including Ferro, bassist Marco Coti Zelati and newer members guitarist Diego Cavallotti (subbing for longtime guitarist Marco Biazzi who retired from the band in 2016) and drummer Richard Meiz, are better represented musically throughout the rest of the album. Ferro’s impressive vocal work on songs such as “Sword Of Anger”, “Reckless” and the rapid-sounding breakout single “Layers Of Time” reveal a new departure in
Cristina Scabbia has explained the lyrical concept of Black Anima as the revelation of “everything we hide and fiercely expose to a world that’s halfway asleep”. Certainly, the album’s obscure overtones reflect the changing mood and approach that LACUNA COIL have frequently taken to their music throughout each and every one of their nine studio albums. Black Anima continues a bit of that trend but firmly touches base to the listener who truly wants it darker, providing that ambience and a reason for the light to exist in the first place.
4.0 Out Of 5.0
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