Metal Reviews

No? There used to be. It's punk. Gus wrote it all, I guess. I never bought the CD when it came out, now I can't find it anywhere.

You know, I'll say it. Lacuna Coil thruough Unleashed Memories is pretty damn good. Comalies, I think, relies too much on that "Faux Heaviness" I despise so much. The downtuned guitars and simpler song structures just doesn't fit them at all. The transitions used to be a lot more intelligent than they are on Comalies, where it all sounds sort of forced.

I think you may be looking through the mainstream magnifying glass because I see no difference in Comalies and their previous albums. Faux-heaviness? Fake heaviness? That doesn't make much sense, the album is definitely their heaviest, but not by much at all.

Comalies is scrutinized more because it hit with the mainstream, so people assume something must have changed. Nothing changed with Lacuna Coil, though. The mainstream media changed thanks to Evanescence. Lacuna Coil just happened to be in the right place at the right time, but Comalies is a genuine Lacuna Coil record.

Find a better argument than the "Mainstream thing", alright. My point is this, they are not a Heavy band. Not in the least. They were a band that based itself on melody, not riffs. So why is Comalies a boring album based off of "Generic Riff #28"? They saw what Evanescence did, and said "Hey we can do that, and do it better"(which they did). Yes Evanescence ripped them off first, I get it. But, what you forget is, 99% of the time, when you go mainstreaming, you have to dumb down the music, which is what Lacuna did. Where you used to have two guitars playing two different things, you now have two guitars playing the exact same boring riff. They are a Metal band, but not a heavy Metal band. That's why I say "Faux heaviness" It's forced, and really has no place in their music. Aggresion and Lacuna Coil don't mesh very well.

I refuse to argue anything else when it comes to stupid comments about the band changing! And yes, they have always been heavy, Comalies changed nothing. Yes, they always focused on melody and if you're trying to say Comalies has no melody you're crazy. Lacuna Coil have NEVER been about technical playing! It's always been riff based, basic riffs. There has never been anything virtuoso about their playing, but now it's dumbed down? Come on, dude, the only thing that has changed about this band is that they were afforded some mainstream success thanks to Evanescence.

Yeah, you know that band that they saw and said, "Hey, we can do that." You know, the band they copied! Hahahaha. Gee, I'd suggest you find a better argument point considering Comalies came out a year BEFORE Evanescence's major lebel debut. Or was Lacuna Coil copying Evanescence's limited-to-1000 self-released demo CD?

.....well I, for one, am looking forward to hearing the new The Gathering album.

Whoops! I think I posted that in the wrong forum. Best go and post it in the Green Carnation forum where there's probably 30 posts of people talking about The Gathering.

Really guys... :roll:

Yep, it's all about Mainstream success. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Blech, you're eithier stupid, deaf, or just blindly defend bands for you have no true taste. Comalies sounds nothing like "In a Reverie", no fucking way! It's called Q-Tips, if you use them it cleans the wax out of your ears and then you can hear things. Comalies is the only album to use downtuned riffs. End of story.

Oh, and that no-so-limited Evanescence album that is easily available on Soulseek? You mean you know Lacuna personally, and know for a fact they never heard it?

Are you that retarded? Origin and Comalies came out the SAME FUCKING YEAR!! Are you saying that Lacuna Coil somehow stumbled across this unknown, underground band from Little Rock, Arkansas and copied them? You can't be that dumb!

And yes, Comalies sounds like In A Reverie! It's the SAME style. Nothing changed but your perception of them based on their mainstream success. You've already proven this with your ridiculous Evanescence comparisons that are 100% wrong. And you can't even admit they're wrong, you go and accuse Lacuna Coil of copying Evanescence's demo CD? Hahahahaha. No, seriously...hahahahahaha. That's just plain ridiculous. You must know that.

uglystarwarsavataredkid got pwnd ! :twisted:

Jeez, I didn't say they did. I was being SARCASTIC you spastic retard! And for the fifth time, it's NOT THE SAME STYLE! In A Reverie, The EP, and Unleashed Memories, Don't, I repeat, DON'T use downtuned riffs! Why is that so hard for you to understand! Oh, yeah you're a retard who know's nothing about music! Who's dick did you suck to con you're tone def ass into being a reviewer? You must play the rusty trombone really well.

Read. Comprehend. Post. Find better Taste.

And the French still suck.

Oh...I prove that you actually know nothing about music, yet now you were being sarcastic? Hahaha. You claimed Lacuna Coil copied Evanescence, not once, but twice. I proved you wrong and how stupid your claim was, so you ignore it and claim you were being sarcastic! Haha. Oh, and NEWSFLASH: Downtuned riffs MEAN NOTHING!! That doesn't change the style of the music, you turd. Don't claim I know nothing about music, whe I schooled you. Now grow up and quit trying to back peddle. You got caught being dumb, deal with it. Move on.

Pfft. More proof that you know shit. Using downtuned riffs mean a lot actually. You can make a fucking Hank Williams Jr. song sound heavy if you downtune the guitar and turn the distortion peddle up to 10. It's a sign of being lazy and or not very talented. There's a BIG difference between writing a riff that is truly Heavy, and using gimmickry to fake it.

Thanks for playing. We have some nice parting gifts for you, including a hearing aid.

I like how you continue to ignore your claims that Lacuna Coil copied Evanescence when their album came out first. Now you've got something new to run with. Downtuning a guitar is not gimmickry! What are you talking about? You ever think the mix is what makes something sound heavier? Maybe the bass is brought forth in the mix a little bit more? You're fucking speculating on this whole entire thing. But again, tell me how they have changed MUSICALLY! The STYLE of the songs are exactly the same. The sound quality doesn't change the fucking style. What kind of retard gave birth to your thought-process?

(and yes, this is an argument...sorry, it's necessary)

The whole Lacuna copied Evanesence came from you saying Lacuna never heard it like you know Lacuna personally. Quite frankly, I don't give a fuck. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't, all I'm saying is eitheir you or I don't know. And, I thought Origin came out before Comalies, so there.

They changed musically like this: They never used chessy, downtuned riffs that I hear over and over again in every modern "Rock" song played on the radio, before Comalies. All of a sudden, on Comalies, they do use them, and the riffs are suddenly generic. I know they weren't a technical band or anything, but the riffs and melodys were original and interesting. The shit on Comalies is neither. See my point? They blatantly changed their sound to pander to the masses.

Changing your sound isn't the issue. Changing into something bland, and relying on Christina's looks to get you by(every recent interview is all about her), is another thing entirely. Anyways, that's why I say they changed. I like some of the songs off Comalies, but not the whole album as was the case in the past. I hear a drop off in quality.

You know nothing. Quit backpeddling. You didn't say anything in response to my claims. You said it because you believed it, you're argument point was that Lacuna copied Evanescence. You were proved wrong.

Nothing changed with Lacuna Coil. Nothing at all. They didn't change musically or stylistically. A hot lead singer is ALWAYS pushed into the forefront by EVERYONE, but usually not the band. If you knew so much about music, you'd know this.

Your perception of the band changed. Quit arguing it. You've proven this with your incessant false claims, they all stem from your perception changing. Now you're trying to cover your tracks.

this argument sucks 100%

I agree.

Then shut up. And for the record, I bought Comalies in 2002, before they were mainstream.

Which completely throws your argument out. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

I explained why, IMO, they changed. Just because you can't read...

And that's why Christina is the only one to do interviews, but Micheal Amott still does them for Arch Enemy, huh.