More like gothic rock these days. So far, they seemed to drop out the metal minus the solo in the last song. But i've really started to like Christina's voice afetr the Apocalyptica track S.O.S. Song is good, I hope it gets heavier at some point on the album.

Artwork for the new album looks kinda cool, the diamond/glass/whatever grenade.

Song is eh.

Band/ vocals are the definition of generic goth rock.

Shallow Life will be available to stream in full from April 9 on the band's MySpace page.

Song is good, I hope it gets heavier at some point on the album.

Band/vocals are the definition of generic goth rock.

I don't get Lacuna Coil's appeal besides Christina's hotness. They play straight up, extremely boring nu metal.

If you've heard anything other than "Karmacode" you'd know that they've never played nu metal (except for that album).

Regardless, their music has always been made up of bland, uninspired riffs.

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Regardless, their music has always been made up of bland, uninspired riffs.

^^^i agree^^^

guess i just don't like gothic rock

lol

Nightwish has always brought something different to the table, though.

Although in that band it is all about the male vocals for me.

Nightwish may be slightly different from a lot of other bands (at least they were before copy-cats came around), but they've been plagiarizing themselves for years. They have been using the same basic riffs and guitar tones for as far back as I have heard them (which would be Century Child).

This is one of thousands of bands to cover Depeche Mode, right?

Yes, but they did the song pretty well. There are better cover songs on the tribute to Depeche Mode, though. Especially the Veruca Salt song.

The main focus of Nightwish is the keyboards and the vocals. I mean, power metal Nightwish had some killer riffs but after Wishmaster, they focused more on the symphony elements. They pulled it off extremely well, and the guitar tone on Once was pretty fucking heavy at times. Nightwish rules, hence their 12 year reign in chick fronted metal.

Or just Europe. America has Amy Lee, we dont want that.

The main focus of Nightwish is the keyboards and the vocals.

Nightwish rules, hence their 12 year reign in chick fronted metal.

Nightwish has always brought something different to the table, though.

Well firstly, Nightwish never played gothic metal, more like folky power metal to symphonic metal, and secondly man, your just one voice who doesn't like Tarja or whatnot. Their overall popularity in Europe/ and later America and the record sales back me up. One of the greatest voices in modern metal Tarja was and still is, along with Floor Jenson and Vibeke Stene.

Regardless of the genre, their riffs are generic (even if they are just stealing from themselves). You're right, I don't really enjoy Tarja's voice, I think their new vocalist is much better and the instrumental version of their new album is even more enjoyable. By throwing these 'facts' at me you're acting like I'm putting down the band when really we're saying the same thing...

Note: Nightwish rules, hence their 12 year reign in chick fronted metal.

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Emppu shredded a bit in the early days and then went........... But generally speaking, sick pit riffing isn't really going to be found in these styles which is why I keep my expectations low. Generic aint bad if it works, and Nightwish somehow pulled it off. Getting away with the guitar playing third fiddle is a bit rare. But hey!!!!!!

Whole album is available for streaming now. I'll give a listen even though I hated Spellbound.