''Comalies XX'' is a studio album by Italian

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. The album is a rearranged re-recording of the band's 2002 album ''

Comalies ''Comalies'' is the third studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 29 October 2002 through Century Media Records. According to lead singer Cristina Scabbia, " uring the album's recording we had a sort of creative explo ...

''. It was released by

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on 14 October 2022.

Background

In June 2021,

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, during an interview with ''

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'' magazine, talked about the hard situation for writing new music. "Everything we do in a regular life, in a normal life enriches us and gives us input that we can put in our music," she said. "And also we like to write together. So, if Marco creates the basis of the music together with the other musicians in the band, then

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and I jump in with the lyrics and vocal lines. But we do that together. We need to enter in songwriting mode. So we didn't really like the fact that we had to write separately just because we have to put a record ogetherbecause it's

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. Now we are starting to collect ideas 'cause we feel a little bit happier." On February 22, the band shared on

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a photo from a studio, recording a very special project. On 9 May 2022, the band announced a one-night-only concert on 15 October 2022, at Fabrique in

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, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their third studio album, ''Comalies''. The album title and track listing were revealed 15 July 2022. The album would not be just a re-recording of the ''Comalies'' songs, but rather the band stated that they would "deconstruct and transport them into 2022". The band released the first single from the album, "Tight Rope XX", on 19 July 2022. The second single, "Swamped XX", was released on 15 September 2022.

Track listing

All song written and composed by Lacuna Coil.

Personnel

Lacuna Coil * Andrea Ferro – vocals (male) * Cristina Scabbia – vocals (female) * Richard Meiz – drums (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Cristiano Mozzati – drums (tracks 2–1 to 2–13) * Diego Cavallotti – guitars (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Cristiano Migliore – rhythm guitar (tracks 2–1 to 2–13) * Marco Emanuele Biazzi – lead guitar (tracks 2–1 to 2–13) * Marco "Maki" Coti Zelati – bass, guitars, synth Technical * Waldemar Sorychta – production,

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(tracks 2–1 to 2–13) * Marco "Maki" Coti Zelati – production (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Lacuna Coil – arrangements * Marco D'Agostino – mastering (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Marco Barusso – mixing (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Georgia Viriglio – engineering (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Marco Barusso – engineering (tracks 1–1 to 1–13) * Marco "Maki" Coti Zelati – artwork * Cunene – photography * Doralba Picerno – photography * Carsten Drescher - layout * Eliran Kantor – variant artwork

Charts

References

{{Lacuna Coil 2022 albums Lacuna Coil albums Century Media Records albums