Dark Adrenaline

Dark Adrenaline
Studio album by Lacuna Coil
Released January 23, 2012
Recorded 2010 - 2011
Genre Gothic metal, nu metal,[1][2] alternative metal
Length 45:01
Label Century Media
Producer Don Gilmore
Lacuna Coil chronology

Shallow Life
(2009)		 Dark Adrenaline
(2012)		 Broken Crown Halo
(2014)
Singles from Dark Adrenaline
  1. "Trip the Darkness"
    Released: October 17, 2011
  2. "Fire"
    Released: June 15, 2012
  3. "End of Time"
    Released: December 12, 2012
  4. "Losing My Religion"
    Released: 2013

Dark Adrenaline is the sixth studio album by Italian metal band Lacuna Coil. The album was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine), and mixed by Marco Barusso (Cayne, Modà, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti). The album debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 chart with initial sales of 20,000.[3] It also charted in the top five on four other different Billboard charts including the Rock Albums, Alternative Albums, Hard Rock Albums and the Independent Albums charts. The album was also successful throughout Europe, charting in ten countries, six of which Lacuna Coil have achieved their highest chart positions in those countries to date. Overall, this album has charted in fifteen different countries worldwide.[4]

The first single from the album, "Trip the Darkness", was released on October 17, 2011 before the album itself was released and is included as a remix on the soundtrack to Underworld: Awakening.[5] "Fire" was released as the second single on June 15, 2012.[6] The official music video was filmed on May 10, 2012.[7][8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100[9]
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [10]
Allmusic [11]
Loudwire [12]
Blabbermouth.net 8.5/10[13]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5[14]

Upon its release, the album has received positive reviews from professional music critics who generally praised the mix of both Cristina Scabbia's and Andrea Ferro's vocals together and the return to their more Gothic roots after their previous release, Shallow Life. Allmusic gave the album a 4 out of 5 star rating describing the album as, "Bigger and bolder" than their 2009 release Shallow Life and stating it is the band's, "most explosive work to date".[11] About.com give a similar 4 star review, stating the album as, "darker vibed" and, "bombastic" also going on to say that it is an album that can please newer and long-term fans.[10] Loudwire gave a four out of five star review describing the tracks on the album as, "darker and rebellious", also describing vocals on the album as, "impeccable", despite saying that the album is not "out there".[12] About.com described the cover of R.E.M.'s song, "Losing My Religion" as, "riskier" saying that, "it turned out pretty well".[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lacuna Coil and Don Gilmore, except for "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. 

No. Title Length
1. "Trip the Darkness"   3:12
2. "Against You"   3:51
3. "Kill the Light"   3:35
4. "Give Me Something More"   3:56
5. "Upsidedown"   3:04
6. "End of Time"   3:53
7. "I Don't Believe in Tomorrow"   4:12
8. "Intoxicated"   3:48
9. "The Army Inside"   3:12
10. "Losing My Religion" (R.E.M. cover) 3:42
11. "Fire"   2:55
12. "My Spirit"   5:50
13. "Soul Inmate (Bonus)"   3:22
14. "Dark Adrenaline (Japanese Bonus Track)"   3:19

End of Time

End of Time was written by Lacuna Coil in collaboration with producer Don Gilmore, which received positive reviews from Music critics. Chad Bowar of About.com praised the harmony vocals, saying "[the song] is a very catchy power ballad that features some brief harmony vocals, which is something I wish Lacuna Coil would do more often.[15]

Video

Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro began shooting the music video for "End of Time" on October 17, 2012 in Milan, Italy.[16][17] It was directed by their regular collaborator Roberto Cinardi with the pseudonym of SaKu, who previously directed Lacuna Coil's music videos for Spellbound (2009), I Won't Tell You (2010) and the short movie Dark Passengers (2012).[18]

Dark Passengers

Dark Passengers is a DVD which was included with the Digipack, Box Set and Darkest Adrenaline Super Deluxe Box Set editions of the album. It contains six short films shot by Roberto Cinardi with the pseudonym of SaKu (who already worked with the band for the videos of Spellbound and I Won't Tell You). The shorts contain the instrumental version of six songs from the standard issue of Dark Adrenaline. Every short has a member of the band as the main character and they represent Cristina's visions of the other members of the band after the Injection of the mysterious drug called "Dark Adrenaline".[19] In the first video, based on "Give Me Something More", we see Cristina imprisoned by her evil twin. The second one, with "Intoxicated", shows Andrea as the protagonist of an adaptation of F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. The third based on "Upsidedown" with Marco Biazzi as Jason Voorhees. The fourth with "Kill the Light" sees Cristiano Migliore playing the victim of a mad scientist. The fifth based on "Fire" with Marco Coti Zelati as a sushi chef. The last one with "Trip the Darkness" and Cristiano Mozzati as leads playing the role of a crazy akira.

No. TitleDirector Length
1. "Chapter I: The Injected" (featuring Cristina Scabbia)SaKu 3:30
2. "Chapter II: While You Sleep" (featuring Andrea Ferro and Cristina Scabbia)SaKu 1:51
3. "Chapter III: Carnage Euphoria" (featuring Marco Biazzi and Giulia Vespoli[20])SaKu 2:36
4. "Chapter IV: The Human Box" (featuring Cristiano Migliore, Andrea Ferro and Cristina Scabbia)SaKu 2:56
5. "Chapter V: All You Can Eat" (featuring Marco Coti Zelati, Andrea Ferro, Cristina Scabbia and Taiyo Yamanouchi[20])SaKu 3:00
6. "Chapter VI: The Sane Madness" (featuring Cristiano Mozzati)SaKu 3:18

Credits for Dark Passengers are adapted from album liner notes.[20][21]

  • Directed by: SaKu
  • Produced by: Kinesis Film
  • Executive Producer: Marianna De Liso
  • Production Coordinator: Serena Tagliaferri
  • Production Assistant: Giuseppe Mele, Luca Brunetti
  • Casting Director: Francesco Anastasi
  • Still Photographer: Alice Camandona[22]
  • D.O.P: Valentina Belli
  • Editor: Giulio Tiberti
  • Make Up Artist: Martina Camandona, Beatrice Contino
  • Costume Designer/ Set Decorator: Silvia Segoloni
  • Assistant Director: Alice Camandona
  • FX: Luca Della Grotta
  • Sound Designer: Valerio Moscatelli

Chart performance

On January 28, it was announced that the album had achieved number 15 on the Billboard 200 in its debut week, with first week sales of 20,000, therefore becoming Lacuna Coil's highest charting album in the United States with Shallow Life achieving 16 on the Billboard 200 in 2009.[4] The album also charted on four other US charts reaching number 2 on the Alternative Albums chart and the Hard Rock Albums Chart, number 3 on the Independent Albums chart and number 5 on the Rock Albums Chart in the same country.[23] Dark Adrenaline charted at number 48 on the UK Albums Chart despite being removed from this chart in its second week after release.[4] The album also charted at number 4 on the UK Rock Chart and in many other countries across Europe, including some of the band's highest chart positions such as number 34 in Finland on the Finnish Albums Chart.[24] The album became the 45th best selling Hard Rock album of 2012 in the United States.[25]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia)[26] 59
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[26] 70
Canadian Albums Chart[27] 46
Canadian Hard Rock Albums[27] 3
Dutch Albums Chart[28] 79
Finnish Albums Chart[29] 34
French Albums Chart[30] 53
German Albums Chart[31] 36
Italian Albums Chart[32] 18
Norwegian Albums Chart[4] 82
Spanish Albums Chart[33] 77
Swiss Albums Chart[34] 53
UK Albums Chart[35] 48
UK Rock Chart[36] 4
US Billboard 200[3] 15
US Alternative Albums[23] 2
US Rock Albums[23] 5
US Hard Rock Albums[23] 2
US Independent Albums[23] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Hard Rock Albums[37] 45

Editions

Personnel

Credits for Dark Adrenaline adapted from Barnes & Noble.[38] and from allmusic[39]

Technical

  • Don Gilmore – composer, producer
  • Lacuna Coil – composer
  • Marco Barusso - Mixing Engineer
  • Mark Kiczula - Recording Engineer
  • Marco D'Agostino - Mastering
  • Adam "Doom" Sewell - Management
  • Mark "Gus" Guy - Tour Manager
  • Tim Borror - Booking
  • Paul Ryan - Booking
  • Michael Toorock - Legal Advisor

References

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  2. ↑ "Lacuna Coil: Adrenaline Junkies". Blunt Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lacuna Coil's 'Dark Adrenaline' Cracks U.S. Top 15". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Lacuna Coil: More 'Dark Adrenaline' Chart Positions Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
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