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Italian metal titans LACUNA COIL have announced their 10th studio album Sleepless Empire, their first
collection of new songs since the Black Anima album in 2019, along with the release of their new single
‘Oxygen‘. The new song comes with a mesmerising video, filmed in Latina and directed by Daniele
Tofani, that shows singer Cristina Scabbia in the lead role.

“Oxygen is a powerful exploration of emotional struggle and inner conflict. The lyrics convey a sense of
drowning in a toxic environment, both literally – in the video – and metaphorically, where attempts at
salvation, represented by oxygen, are somehow futile. This song encapsulates the feeling struggling to
break free from what holds us down, when the journey is filled with difficulty. It’s a raw anthem of
vulnerability, resilience and the courage to face what seems insurmountable. Having to stay in the water
for so many hours during the video shoot was cathartic for me; the realisation that the pleasant sensation
of floating could, in an instant, become dangerous and deadly if I wasn’t careful, was very fitting with the
song’s them.” – Christina Scabbia

Inspiration to create Sleepless Empire came during the sessions for Comalies XX (2022) the acclaimed
remake of their breakthrough record of the same title. Writing and recording took place in northern
Italy between Milano (the band’s hometown) and Como, where SPVN Studios are located. As with their
previous albums, production was done inhouse with Marco ‘Maki’ Coti Zelati at the helm, and artwork
was hand curated by the Italian artist Roberto Toderico. Two other very special talents enrich the
album, namely the guest vocalists Randy Blythe of Lamb of God on Hosting The Shadow and Ash Costello
of New Year’s Day on In The Mean Time.

As a token of the band’s love for the gaming world – which have been seen in past endeavours such as
their card game Horns Up and their collaboration with Zombicide for which they wrote the track Never
Dawn – the band have created an oracle game to be played with custom made dice available only in the
box set version of Sleepless Empire.

The new album comprises eleven tracks and each one is a richly textured soundtrack to a specific time
and 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. The
band shares:

“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 to it al. Throughout every song, the
journey is an undercurrent of rebellion, a desperate cry to reclaim ourselves in an era that seems to have
lost its sense of time and reality.”

Later this month, Lacuna Coil embark on their UK and Ireland headline tour with Finnish nu-metal group
Blind Channel.