Test Your Knowledge on Lacuna Coil Quiz

Answer: Milan

The band was founded in 1994 in Milan, Italy. Their male vocalist, Andrea Ferro, was, however, born in Arona in 1973.

Answer: Sleep of Right and Ethereal

When singer Andrea Ferro and bassist Marco Coti Zelati decided to form a music group in 1994, they chose the name Sleep of Right. In 1995 the band adopted the name Ethereal. After signing to Century Media in 1997, they found out that a Greek band with that name already existed and decided to rename the band to Lacuna Coil.

Answer: Halflife

Lacuna Coil's first EP was released in 1998 and followed by the album "In a Reverie" a year later. "Halflife" came out in 2000 and consisted of the eponymous track, "Trance Awake", the original version of the song "Senzafine" (a slightly different version was included in the album "Unleashed Memories" the following year), "Hyperfast" and a cover of Dubstar's track "Stars".

Answer: Heir of a Dying Day

"Heir of a Dying Day" is the first track from their second full-length album, "Unleashed Memories". All the rest of the above-mentioned songs are part of the band's debut album. The lyrics of "Heir of a Dying Day" were written by Cristina Scabbia and the music - by Marco Coti Zelati. In my opinion, it is a pretty impressive opening track.

Answer: To Live Is to Hide

"Purify" and "A Current Obsession"s lyrics were written by Scabbia, while the ones of "Wave of Anguish" were the product of Ferro's work. "To Live Is to Hide" is among the few tracks on "Unleashed Memories", whose lyrics were written by both of the vocalists.

Answer: Daylight Dancer

All of the above-mentioned tracks are part of Lacuna Coil's album "Comalies". However, the lyrics in question are from "Daylight Dancer", the third track on the record. The quoted fragment of this song is dominated by Andrea Ferro's voice.

Answer: Unspoken

Again, all options are the titles of songs from "Comalies". The quoted lyrics are from the track "Unspoken", the ninth one on the album, and are sung by Cristina Scabbia. Andrea Ferro's vocals on this song can be heard mainly during the chorus.

Answer: S.O.S. (Anything But Love)

A music video was filmed for this track. The lyrics deal with the darker aspects of love and relationships.

Answer: Patric Ullaeus

All of the above-mentioned people have directed some of Lacuna Coil's videos. "Swamped" was the result of Ullaeus's work. He is a prominent Swedish director/photographer, who has also worked with artists such as Evergrey, Apocalyptica, Amaranthe, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Samael, Sirenia, Ace of Base and Avatarium, among others.

Answer: Cristiano Mozzati

Mozzati plays the drums on the band's first seven full-length albums, as well as on the "Halflife" EP.
Marco Coti Zelati is Lacuna Coil's bassist.
Marco Biazzi played guitar for the music group between 1999 and 2016.
Michaelangelo Algardi served as the band's drummer back in 1994.

Answer: Heaven's a Lie

One of the music videos shows the recording process. In the other two they play it in various buildings. The clips were filmed between 2002 and 2003. Each had a different director - Luigi Sabadini worked on the first one, Chade Seide on the second and Patric Ullaeus on the third.

Answer: False

In fact, the album contained a cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence". The band even filmed a video for it. Lacuna Coil have also covered songs by R.E.M. and Madonna, among others, but, as of the time this quiz was written, haven't recorded their own version of any Metallica track. Members of the band have stated that they generally prefer to cover songs by non-metal artists (pop, rock, etc.), because this gives them more creative freedom in changing the way the respective track sounds.

They have commented that if a song is already metal, they can only change it to a certain degree.

Answer: Fragments of Faith

"Fragments of Faith" is the eight track on the band's fourth full-length album. The quoted part is one of the song verses. It is sung by Andrea Ferro. All the rest of the listed options belong to the same CD.

Answer: On and on without a reason

As a matter of fact, the song is entitled "Without a Reason". It's a ballad with a dark and heavy tone. The quoted part is sung by both Scabbia and Ferro.

Answer: 17th

It did better than its successor three years later, whose peak position at the chart in the band's homeland was the 25th place. The CD also reached 21st position on Greek Albums Chart, as well as the 28th spot on The Billboard 200 ranking.

Answer: Karmacode

"Karmacode" was their fourth album. "Shallow Life" was the band's fifth one, released three years later. "Dark Adrenaline" was their sixth full-length CD, that came out in 2012. The band does NOT have an album entitled "Souls of Black". However, "Souls of Black" is the title of the fourth studio album by American metal band Testament (and also the eponymous track on it).

Answer: True

More specifically, this piece of music was recorded at the NRG Studios. It was produced by Don Gilmore, who also co-wrote the lyrics for it with the band members.

Answer: False

The album did NOT feature any guest vocalists.

Answer: False

While this claim is false, it is true that Scabbia used to write an advice column in the rock magazine "Revolver", alongside Vinnie Paul.

Answer: True

They practiced it even before starting a band of their own. According to Ferro, actually he and Zelati formed the music group during the winter in the latter's house, when it was "too cold to skate". As time went by, their music interests overshadowed the two men's passion for skating. According to Ferro this happened "because of the age and the girls, and all the injuries".

Answer: Infection

"The Army Inside", "Against You" and "Intoxicated" are all from "Dark Adrenaline". "Infection" is the eighth track from "Broken Crown Halo", which was released two years later.

Answer: "I Burn in You", "Cybersleep" and "One Cold Day"

"I Burn in You", "Cybersleep" and "One Cold Day", which was dedicated to the deceased ex-band member Claudio Leo, are all part of the album in question. Each of the other options contains one song from the album "Delirium" - these are respectively "Broken Things", "Claustrophobia" and "My Demons".

Answer: empty eyes

"Victims" is the fourth track on the record "Broken Crown Halo".
Vocalist Andrea Ferro said the following about the song's meaning in an interview for the site "Metal Chest of Wonders":
"It is a song inspired by all the negative outcomes from the news of these last couple years. It's about the crisis, the people getting killed because they love their job or their country and how with these years filled with drama and economic crisis are suffocating people, our government keeps lying to us. We don't really know what's going on anymore. And we don't want to live like this anymore, we're fed up, we just want to live our dream, while they're destroying it."

Answer: False

Slayer's supporting acts for the European part of this tour include Lamb of God, Anthrax, Obituary, Behemoth, Alien Weaponry, Satyricon, Rotting Christ, Suicidal Angels and Leprous, but not Lacuna Coil. I saw the thrash titans live in Sofia, where Satyricon opened for them.

Answer: Ghost in the Mist

"Ghost in the Mist" is the eighth track from the predecessor of "Black Anima", "Delirium".