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 position.
Scabbia supplied perception into the themes of Oxygen and her expertise throughout the video shoot: “‘Oxygen’ is a robust exploration of emotional wrestle and interior battle. The lyrics convey a way of drowning in a poisonous surroundings, each actually (within the video) and metaphorically, the place makes an attempt at salvation, represented by ‘oxygen’ are someway futile. This tune encapsulates the sensation of struggling to interrupt free from what holds us down when the journey is crammed with problem. 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 throughout the video shoot was cathartic for me, the belief that the nice sensation of floating may immediately change into harmful and lethal if I wasn’t cautious was very becoming with the tune’s theme.”
Two notable collaborations elevate Sleepless Empire: Lamb Of God‘s Randy Blythe lends his signature growls to the observe “Internet hosting the Shadow,” whereas New Yr’s Day’s Ash Costello provides her voice to “In The Imply Time.” The writing and recording periods have been cut 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 via initiatives like their card recreation “Horns Up” and a collaboration with Zombicide for the tune “By no means Daybreak,” the band has created an unique oracle “recreation” for Sleepless Empire. This particular recreation, accessible solely with the album’s field set, options custom-made cube, making it a novel collectible for followers.
The band describes the album as a mirrored image on the chaotic digital age: “‘Sleepless Empire’ captures, via our eyes, the chaos of a technology trapped in a digital world that by no means stops, the place social media consumes id and day-after-day pushes us one step nearer to turning into soulless zombies. We discover ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the trendy one, confronting the evolution and looking for a real which means of all of it. All through each tune, 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 an extended number of codecs and might be pre-ordered right here.
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