Lacuna Coil Announce New Album, Black Anima

Italian goth metal quintet Lacuna Coil are finally back to follow up 2016’s iconic Delirium with Black Anima out October 11 via Century Media. What does the term "black anima" mean, you ask? Lead vocalist Cristina Scabbia has an intriguing explanation:

“Black Anima is all of us.

It’s you and it’s me, it’s everything we hide and fiercely expose to a world that’s halfway asleep.

It is the fogged mirror we are peering into searching for the truth.

It’s sacrifice and pain, it’s justice and fear, it’s fury and revenge, it’s past and future….

Human beings in the magnificence of a disturbing ambiguity.

The black core that balances it all… as without darkness light would never exist.

We proudly present to you our new work and can’t wait to welcome you in our embrace.

We are the Anima.”

Sounds like Lacuna Coil! Hopefully, they’ll introduce some new songs on the upcoming tour. Make sure to catch them on this long run:

July

19 – Oshkosh, Wisconsin Rock USA
20 – Cadott, Wisconsin Rock Fest
22 – New York, Gramercy
23 – New York, Gramercy

August

8 Spain – Villena, Leyendas del Rock Festival
10 The Netherlands – Leeuwarden, Into the Grave Festival
16 CZ – Moravsky Krumlov, Rock Heart
17 Ukraine – Lviv, Zaxidfest

November

02 Italy – Bari, Demodé Club
03 Italy – Rome, Orion
05 Italy – Bologna, Estragon
06 Italy – Milan, Live Club
08 Germany – Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn
09 Germany – Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle II
10 Belgium – Antwerp, Trix
12 UK – Manchester, O2 Ritz
13 UK – Glasgow, Garage
14 IRELAND – Dublin, Academy
15 UK – Bristol, SWX
16 UK – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
17 NL – Utrecht, Tivoli Ronda
19 Germany – Frankfurt, Batschkapp
20 Germany – Hannover, Capitol
21 Germany – Berlin, Huxleys
22 Germany – Leipzig, Felsenkeller
23 Germany – Munich, Tonhalle
24 Austria – Dornbirn, Conrad Sohm
26 France – Bordeaux, Le Rocher de Palmer
27 Spain – Barcelona, Razzmatazz
28 Spain – Madrid, Mon Live
29 France – Toulouse, Le Bikini
30 France – Rennes, L’Etage

December

01 France – Paris, Elysée-Montmartre
03 Germany – Saarbrucken, Garage
04 Germany – Nurnberg, Hirsch
05 Slovenia – Ljubljana, Kino Siska
08 Austria – Vienna, Arena
10 Poland – Krakow, Kwadrat Students Club
11 Poland – Warsaw, Progresja
12 Latvia – Riga, Melna Piektdiena
13 Finland – Helsinki, Tavastia
14 Finland – Tampere, Pakkahuone
15 Estonia – Tallinn, Rock Cafe
17 Sweden – Stockholm, Klubben Fryshuset
18 Norway – Oslo, Vulkan Arena
19 Sweden – Gothenburg, Tradgarn
20 Denmark – Copenhagen, Amager Bio
21 Germany – Hamburg, Docks

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