Tag: Lacuna Coil
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Essential Heavy Metal Christmas Songs
Over at CFMU, I co-host the metal show – Kill, Eat, Exploit the Weak – and we just finished our annual Christmas special. It’s always one of my favourite episodes to put together as the combination of heavy metal and the Christmas season brings two worlds together that normally don’t mix – the extreme speed…
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“We Fear Nothing!”: Lacuna Coil, September 27, 2014
Lacuna Coil, Starset, and Incura Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at Crocks, Thunder Bay, ON It’s 2014, but apparently bands’ buses are still breaking down and leaving musicians stranded on the side of the highway. Hence why I’ve got nothing to say here about The Devil You Know (otherwise known as that band that former Killswitch…
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Lacuna Coil – Broken Crown Halo
It’s been a few years since I last paid serious attention to a Lacuna Coil record. I wasn’t terribly impressed with the band’s 2009 release Shallow Life, and as a result I almost completely ignored 2012’s Dark Adrenaline when it first came out. That latter record has grown on me over the years, and I’ve…
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Steve Earles’ book reviews: Worldwide Gothic & Crazy Train:The High Life and Tragic Death of Randy Rhoads
Two fine books to review this month.
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Gigantour @ Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ON, February 8, 2012
On February 8th the 2012 version of Gigantour touched down at Hamilton’s Copps Coliseum, featuring Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil. Live review by Sean Palmerston and concert photography by Adam Wills
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Hellbound Staff Interrogations #19: Jonathan Smith
Staff interview number nineteen is with Hamilton resident Jonathan Smith
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Within Temptation – The Unforgiving
It might be considered blasphemy from a metal perspective, but from a purely pop-oriented point of view, where Within Temptation is concerned, “heavy” doesn’t necessarily equate “better”. They’ve always been a pop act at heart; whenever they’ve dragged out the heavy riffs or the goth clichés in the past, it’s felt a bit on the…