Karmacode by Lacuna Coil

Despite bearing a name that conjures images of a particularly medieval means of contraception. Italian goth-metal merchants Lacuna Coil are perhaps best known as the band that Evanescence purloined their unit shifting sound from back in 2003. Though they never reach the truly silly heights of opera-metal hobbit-lovers Nightwish, the Coil's fourth album 'Karmacode' provides solid proof that despite its multitudinous, hair-splitting sub- genres, metal still has areas that have trouble expressing anything beyond the traditionally low-minded sentiments of “l'm angry because I'm sad’ (or vice versa). Essential listening then, but only if you're of that particular breed of misfit who grills their comflakes before adding milk. in order to make breakfast that bit blacker an experience.