Lacuna Coil - Lacuna Coil |
Rating - 3/5 |
By Greg Northrup
Lacuna Coil is yet
another addition to the growing ranks of female fronted metal bands, and probably among
the best. Their debut EP features songs that are direct and catchy, yet heavy enough to
sustain the interest of the average metal fan. Although the riffs are fairly dull and the
music doesn't really stand up on it's own, it is the excellent female vocalist and her
interaction with a 'clean' male vocalist that really carry the album.
The first song,
"No Need To Explain", is the best, and each song gets progressively less
interesting from there. Ultimately, it is the first four songs out of the six on the album
that constitute worthy listening material, as one of the last two is a boring instrumental
and the other one is just boring, period. The obvious filler at the end is disturbing
considering that this is just an EP. If they can't write enough solid material for
something as short as this, how are they going to write a full album?
Lacuna Coil seems like
the most likely of the current crop of goth/doom bands with female vocalists to really
achieve some success within the metal community. This is due to the fact that they do not
utilize any 'death vocals' mixed in with the female vocals, (a la Theatre Of Tragedy) but
they do use clean male vocals and relatively heavy music in order to appeal to the metal
fan who found The Gathering a tad too light. Unfortunately, Lacuna Coil is neither as
diverse and eclectic as Theatre Of Tragedy, nor as passionate and creative as The
Gathering. However, if they can stay away from the instrumentals and the filler, I'll be
the first in line when their album comes out.