Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL have announced a dozen U.S tour dates for October 2023. The “October Dawn” tour will see LACUNA COIL share stages with FEAR FACTORY, along with LIONS AT THE GATE, the new band featuring former ILL NIÑO members Cristian Machado (vocals),Ahrue “Luster” Ilustre (guitar) and Diego Verduzco (guitar),alongside bassist Stephen Brewer (WESTFIELD MASSACRE) and drummer Fern Lemus. In Destin, Florida and St. Petersburg, Florida, FEAR FACTORY will be replaced on the bill by the resurrected GOD FORBID.
LACUNA COIL‘s exclusive pre-sale starts now. Make sure to use code NEVERDAWN to get early access to tickets until Friday, July 28 at midnight local time. General on-sale starts on Friday, Jul 28 at 10 a.m. local time.
Tour dates:
Oct. 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Oct. 14 – Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse
Oct. 15 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
Oct. 18 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
Oct. 19 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
Oct. 20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Oct. 21 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Oct. 23 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Oct. 24 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
Oct. 26 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live*
Oct. 28 – Destin, FL @ Club LA#
Oct. 29 – St Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live#
# GOD FORBID direct support; no FEAR FACTORY
* No FEAR FACTORY
Last week, LACUNA COIL released the official lyric video for the band’s recently announced single “Never Dawn”. “Never Dawn” showcases LACUNA COIL‘s signature sound with its haunting melodies, powerful guitar riffs, and the mesmerizing vocal harmonies of Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro. The song delves into the depths of the human spirit, exploring themes of resilience, inner strength, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness.
For “Never Dawn”, LACUNA COIL partnered with CMON, the renowned board game publisher behind the popular game “Zombicide”. “Never Dawn” is a notable addition to CMON‘s latest Kickstarter project, “Zombicide: White Death”, and was initially used as an instrumental version in a campaign trailer. The game introduces new characters, mechanics, and challenges for players to overcome, and the upcoming “White Death” version features five LACUNA COIL limited-edition survivor tokens.
Cristina comments on the new song: “First presented, in its instrumental version, in the trailer for Zombicide White Death game, and then in its live version, during our last sold-out show in L.A., we’re so incredibly thrilled to finally unveil the full version of ‘Never Dawn’! This song is a fierce survival journey throughout grotesque and frozen lands, where the power within is the main weapon. Ignite the fire in your heart and enjoy the listening!”
Designed by Nicolas Raoult, one of the designers of the original “Zombicide”, along with Jean-Baptiste Lullien and Raphaël Guiton, “Zombicide: White Death” is a sequel to the fantasy spinoff version of “Zombicide” with a new wintery theme. The third installment in this series, it follows “Zombicide: Black Plague”, which introduced the concept in 2016, and “Zombicide Green Horde”, which came out in 2018.
LACUNA COIL has spent the last few months promoting “Comalies XX”, the recently released “deconstructed” and “transported” version of the band’s third album, “Comalies”.
“Comalies XX” was made available on October 14, 2022 via Century Media Records.
LACUNA COIL celebrated the 20th anniversary of “Comalies”, by performing it in its entirety at a one-night-only concert on October 15, 2022 at Fabrique in Milano.
“Comalies” was originally released on October 29, 2002 through Century Media Records. The LP, which featured the band’s breakthrough single “Heaven’s A Lie”, has reportedly gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States alone.
LACUNA COIL played its first show in front of an audience in more than two years on April 7, 2022 as the support act for APOCALYPTICA at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia.
Prior to the Atlanta concert, the last time LACUNA COIL played together was at the group’s special September 2020 livestream event where the bandmembers performed their latest album, “Black Anima”, in its entirety with no audience in attendance at the Alcatraz Club in Milan, Italy. That show was released as a live album, “Live From The Apocalypse”, via Century Media.
LACUNA COIL hadn’t played in front of a crowd since the completion of the band’s South American tour in February 2020.
Photo credit: Cunene