Beauty And The Beast

No,this ain't something about the Disney movie of the same name."Beauty And The Beast" in metal terminology means a band fronted by a female vocalist. While Beauty refers to the crooner,The Beast of course would refer to the heavy guitars and drums.
Lacuna Coil,an Italian six-piece Gothic-metal band,got their much-needed breakthrough with the release of Comalies in 2003.The band's credentials as a metal powerhouse finally began to fall into place.The album had several big hits including Heaven's A Lie,To Myself I Turned and Daylight Dancer. Under pressure to release a successful follow-up,the band's frontwoman ,Christina Scabbia, leads the band into a completely new dimension of Goth rock.
The band's latest offering tries with some success, to be everything to everyone.And that is precisely the reason Karmacode has won over the critics and fans alike. Karmacode,i felt, is somewhat of an experimental album, since quite a few new ingredients are sprinkled on here and there.But the band's basic sound is still here, with crunchy guitar riffs and frontwoman Scabbia's impressive, lucid voice.
A few of the 13 tracks on the album are listed below:

• Fragile- The band kick the album off abruptly with a menacing bass line and distorted guitar riff.Very catchy chorus.
• Our Truth-Everything about this song is amazing.Easily the best song on the album.
• Within Me-A dark ballad which reminded me of Coil's older albums.No experiments here.
• Fragments Of Faith-Great arrangements.Harmonies done really well.
• Enjoy The Silence-This happens to be a cover of some old band.
  
• In Visible Light- Violin dominated.Great new sound.
  

Taken as a whole, this album's overall tempo is much slower in comparison to the bands previous works.Lyrically the album comes good, matching or outshining their previous work.My rating: 8/10


Download These:Our Truth,Within Me,Enjoy The Silence
Similar Artists:Evanescence,Nightwish,Cradle Of Filth