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Lacuna Coil release new single ‘I Wish You Were Dead’
As the band prepares to release their brand new studio album “Sleepless Empire”, Italian metal titans Lacuna Coil have released the ultimate single ‘I Wish You Were Dead’ alongside a stunning music video.
‘I Wish You Were Dead’ is about the emotional turmoil and struggle that accompanies toxic relationships. The song’s video, which premieres this evening at 8pm GMT, takes the track’s heavy theme and spins it into a romantic Goth tale just in time for Valentine’s Day. Filmed by Martina L McLean in a church in Capranica, a small town north of Rome, it marks a first in the history of Lacuna Coil: the band performing a choreography!
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Premiering on YouTube at 8pm GMT
We all have this person we wish never existed, right? We all felt the need to erase the same person from our thoughts, someone who hurt us that it’s still in our mind. We wanted to write heavier lyrics on a happier musical canvas. Also we are a little tired of being politically correct at all costs…
“Sleepless Empire” marks the tenth studio album of Lacuna Coil, released 14th February via Century Media Records. It is the first long play release after their remake album “Comalies XX“, which came out 2022. The new album comprises eleven new tracks; and each one is a richly textured soundtrack to a specific time and a place. With “Sleepless Empire”, that place is dark, cinematic, and unmistakably true to the unique characteristics that have given Lacuna Coil such a celebrated entry in the annals of heavy music. Buy and stream the record here.
Sleepless Empire captures, through our eyes, the chaos of a generation trapped in a digital world that never stops, where social media consumes identity and every day pushes us one step closer to becoming soulless zombies. We find ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the modern one, confronting the evolution and searching for a true meaning of it all. Throughout every song, the journey is an undercurrent of rebellion, a desperate cry to reclaim oneself in an era that seems to have lost its sense of time and reality.
To celebrate the album release and give fans the chance to be a part of the “Sleepless Empire”, several in-store events on release day across Europe have been announced. Find your nearest shop here.
In addition, the band will be available to sign the new album in London at HMV Oxford Street on Valentine’s Day, starting at 6pm, with additional signing events to follow in Italy next week. Tickets for the UK event are available here.
Lacuna Coil recently announced the massive European & UK leg of their “Sleepless Empire” tour in October, November & December of this year. The tour kicks off in the band’s hometown Milan on October 10th. Get your tickets and VIP upgrades here.