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"If you ask me what it's like to be a woman in rock, I'll scream." Slipknot, snow fights and sexism: the summer that changed everything for Italy's biggest metal band

After 2002's Comalies, Lacuna Coil had officially put Italian metal on the map

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"It turned out so good that Depeche Mode liked it!" The bold, gothic cover of a 90s classic that helped establish one of Europe's most beloved metal bands - and why it got a seal of approval from some British legends

While Lacuna Coil were already on their way to being big players in the metal scene, this classic cover helped secure their status

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"I was sitting near Judas Priest, Sharon and Ozzy, Joey from Slipknot was there...three surreal days." The cult Italian band that broke boundaries and became household names in metal thanks to this classic 00s album

Before this release, these gothic metallers weren't well known outside of their homeland. That quickly changed

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Metal Hammer's albums of the year: 2025

From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal

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"My area was full of Mafia people and drugs. Half my friends were addicts and the other were dealers." From gangsters and Satanic murders to hanging with Lemmy, the remarkable life of Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia

She's a modern metal icon with a hell of a life story. We delve into the career of Cristina Scabbia

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“Security will think that you’re either the wife or the girlfriendof someone, or a groupie”: Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia explains how women are “treated differently” in the heavy metal scene

The vocalist also talks about her early days in the Italian pop/dance world, exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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"Nightwish, Him and Lacuna Coil all bow before them." Ranking every Paradise Lost album from worst to best

From debut album Lost Paradise to the brand-new Ascension, we revisit and re-order the back-catalogue of one of metal’s most despondent bands

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Lacuna Coil's Bloodstock set shows they are a band operating at the peak of their powers

30 years into their career, Lacuna Coil are writing some of their very best music - and putting on some of their best live shows

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"Lucky gal right here!" Watch three absolute metal queens unite on stage as Sharon den Adel and Simone Simons surprise Cristina Scabbia for her birthday in the middle of a Lacuna Coil set

Fans couldn't believe their eyes as three modern metal icons embraced on stage and shared some delicious looking birthday cake

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"I love technology, but not when it takes away time from the real world": Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia on tech, Depeche Mode and new album Sleepless Empire

Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil are showing no signs of slowing down

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The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

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“All these men were like, ‘Lose your brother, lose the band, lose your buddies – you should be in pop’”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals industry pressure to start a solo career

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens

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“Let freedom ring with a …” Machine Head have launched a new whiskey in shotgun-shaped bottles

The 94-proof drink comes in a collector’s box that also features shot glasses modelled after bullet cases

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"Someone said, 'Ozzy and Sharon would like to say hi'. I was so starstruck!" From Ozzfest and partying with Bullet For My Valentine to stalkers and dodgy photoshoots, Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map

From their goth metal breakouts to Ozzfest and requiring FBI support against stalkers, Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Ozzy Osbourne, Lacuna Coil and Lordi lead this week's best new metal songs

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Lacuna Coil fans! Pick up this exclusive Metal Hammer bundle with an art card signed by Cristina and Andrea, only available here

Grab the new issue of Metal Hammer, featuring an exclusive Lacuna Coil interview, and get a special-edition cover and signed print you won’t find anywhere else

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“For one complete tour I had an FBI agent in every town”: Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia once had so many stalkers that the feds had to step in

After finding fame in the 2000s, Lacuna Coil’s co-singer needed the FBI to keep over-passionate fans in check

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"Gothic metal’s crown isn’t going anywhere anytime soon." Lacuna Coil go heavier than ever on Sleepless Empire with help from guests Ash Costello and Randy Blythe

Lacuna Coil go heavier than ever with help from Randy Blythe and Ash Costello

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The 50 best metal songs of 2024

Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote as the very best?

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Listen to entrancing new Lacuna Coil single Gravity

The Italian goth metal maestros release new album Sleepless Empire next month

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“It was a dream! We’d love to meet them one day and thank them for the inspiration!” Italian goth metallers Lacuna Coil react to Depeche Mode endorsing their Enjoy The Silence cover

In 2006, Lacuna Coil covered Depeche Mode and become household names, to the point that even Dave Gahan was a fan

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Machine Head, Poppy and Lord Of The Lost are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“A Wu-Tang Clan-level thrash collaboration!” Machine Head release all-star song featuring In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth; quietly announce new album for 2025

These Scars Won’t Define Us will appear on the groove metal gods’ next album, out next year

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"Lacuna Coil only seem to grow bolder and more extreme with age." Triumphs, setbacks and singalongs as goth metal heroes celebrate a three-decade career in Wolverhampton

Lacuna Coil might've started out in goth metal but three decades on its only a small part of their magnificent sonic offering as they return to the UK for a headline tour

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"Type O Negative will always be in the Olympus, and we’ll always love Paradise Lost." How Our Truth cemented Lacuna Coil as 21st Century goth metal heavyweights

Riding high after 2002's Komalies, Lacuna Coil established themselves as breakout stars - with a little help from Ozzfest, Middle Eastern melodies and a movie about werewolves and vampires

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