Dark Adrenaline
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| Studio album by Lacuna Coil | ||||
| Released | January 23, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 - 2011 | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal, nu metal,alternative metal | |||
| Length | 45:01 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Don Gilmore | |||
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| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| Blabbermouth.net | 8.5/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5 |
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. 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.
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. "Fire" was released as the second single on June 15, 2012. The official music video was filmed on May 10, 2012.
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".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. 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".About.com described the cover of R.E.M.'s song, "Losing My Religion" as, "riskier" saying that, "it turned out pretty well".
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