In a brand new interview with Belgian Jasper, LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia was requested how she initially felt about being featured on the quilt of the February 2006 situation of Revolver the place she was additionally included within the journal’s “The Hottest Chicks In Metallic” article. She mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The factor is that I by no means noticed the malice in it. I all the time thought that it is truly a really highly effective factor for a girl to be female. I really like girls energy. I like to be empowered by who I’m, and I do not wish to cover myself as a result of I am a girl and if I present my legs meaning I am price much less. That is not my downside. So once I truly went on that cowl of Revolver journal, as a result of I used to be the very first lady to to truly seem on that cowl, for me, it was simply the largest honor as a result of it was the primary time {that a} journal, an American journal, would give a girl the pleasure of being on a canopy. So for me, it was one thing that blew my thoughts again then.”
Cristina continued: “I used to be simply glad if extra girls might come on board of this women-fronted, the female-fronted band [movement], stuff like that, even when that is a definition that I by no means preferred. Perhaps as a result of I used to be coming from a distinct world earlier than LACUNA COIL — I used to be listening to plenty of dance and R&B music, so, for me, it was already regular to see girls taking part in music and singing. It was nothing new. Metallic was predominantly adopted by guys as a result of it was a extra aggressive and heavy sound, however I by no means checked out myself because the completely different aspect or I’m completely different or I am price much less as a result of I am a girl. So it was by no means my private downside. It’s true that notion of individuals — you need to cope with it. It’s a must to count on a response. Every little thing you do, all the pieces you say, you need to count on a response. And I’d by no means go over the road, displaying myself, however that is as a result of I do not wish to do it. However I do not care about what different individuals wish to do, different girls wish to do with their physique — it is as much as them, and I am not going to guage them, however for certain you need to put together to a response as quickly as you do one thing. It is discouraging that they solely see the look of it, however I am additionally certain that each lady included in these Revolver journal ‘Hottest Chicks In Metallic’ had been proficient as effectively. So at the least we obtained consideration again then. And I imply, it occurred to women as effectively to take a look at a singer as a result of he was sizzling or thought-about horny a singer. So no matter. If you should use it as a software to get consideration and also you’re okay with it, so long as it is your resolution, you are able to do no matter you need.”
Two years in the past, Cristina was requested as a part of Jonathan Montenegro‘s “My 3 Questions To” sequence if she believes that girls are being taken extra severely within the steel scene than they had been three many years in the past when her band was first fashioned. She responded: “Do I really feel that issues modified? Completely, sure. After I began, there weren’t so many bands with a feminine within the lineup. Metallic was nonetheless a no-no for females, as a result of it was a really male-dominated scene. Which it nonetheless is, however after all there are lots of extra bands with a feminine within the lineup, which makes me glad though we’re nonetheless seen otherwise. I do not assume that it’ll ever occur that we’re going to be seen equally, and partially it’s okay like this as a result of we’re completely different. I feel that we’re form of a distinct world.
“What I do not like about being a feminine in a male-dominated world is the truth that fairly often we’re judged by our appears to be like, which I get it; many guys get the identical,” she continued. “However for girls, it is sort of like… To illustrate for the blokes, if they’ve the look, it is a plus. For ladies, if they’ve the look, it is a plus when it comes to media consideration; it is a plus when it comes to — I do not know — individuals drooling with you; however it would not essentially add as much as the potential you have already got. And that could be a disgrace, as a result of individuals shouldn’t be judged by their appears to be like. I perceive that the look is very first thing that you just see, however it’s going to cool if will probably be doable to transcend that, particularly in music, the place the instrument you play, the voice you are pushing out of your physique and the emotions you are attempting to convey along with your music are a very powerful issues.”
LACUNA COIL‘s newest album, “Sleepless Empire”, was launched on February 14, 2025 by way of Century Media Data.
Final October, Italian guitarist/producer Daniele Salomone confirmed that he has joined LACUNA COIL because the alternative for the band’s longtime guitarist Diego Cavallotti.
Salomone made his dwell debut with LACUNA COIL on August 4, 2024 on the Rockstadt Excessive Fest in Râșnov, Romania.
In June 2024, LACUNA COIL introduced Cavallotti‘s departure. Diego, who joined LACUNA COIL in 2016, initially as a fill-in guitarist following the exit of Marco “Maus” Biazzi, later mentioned in a social media publish that “this resolution just isn’t the results of my dissatisfaction or need to discover new alternatives.”
Cavallotti and Salomone performed collectively within the Italian steel band INVERNO, which launched its debut album, “Stasis”, in December 2023.
