[强荐!!]Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life 2009[Gothic Metal/Alt.Rock][GroupRip]<P><IMG onmousewheel="return imgzoom(this)" onmouseover="attachimg(this, 'mouseover')" onclick="attachimg(this, 'click', 'http://p0pa3g.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pkLNTYf7Bn9nNGPeLLn-NSAwUG7k6xZP_4VBSvlXN-OC7smYMJ_b0D7FeKEO__-Oj8Iya6-jezXYSSnXWb_xKhpfAEqltNRcE/20090409_30dc406c1b702128c7a82Ap945R6rP94.jpg')" alt="" src="http://p0pa3g.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pkLNTYf7Bn9nNGPeLLn-NSAwUG7k6xZP_4VBSvlXN-OC7smYMJ_b0D7FeKEO__-Oj8Iya6-jezXYSSnXWb_xKhpfAEqltNRcE/20090409_30dc406c1b702128c7a82Ap945R6rP94.jpg" onload="attachimg(this, 'load', 'Click here to open new window\nCTRL+Mouse wheel to zoom in/out')" border=0><BR><B>ARTiST: Lacuna Coil<BR>ALBUM: Shallow Life<BR>BiTRATE: 221kbps avg<BR>QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz<BR>LABEL: Century Media / EMI<BR>GENRE: Rock<BR>SiZE: 80.14 megs<BR>PLAYTiME: 0h 48min 07sec total<BR>RiP DATE: 2009-04-17<BR>STORE DATE: 2009-04-17<BR><BR>Track List:<BR><BR>01. Survive 3:34<BR>02. I Won't Tell You 3:49<BR>03. Not Enough 3:40<BR>04. I'm Not Afraid 3:22<BR>05. I Like It 3:42<BR>06. Underdog 3:40<BR>07. The Pain 4:00<BR>08. Spellbound 3:21<BR>09. Wide Awake 3:51<BR>10. The Maze 3:38<BR>11. Unchained 3:22<BR>12. Shallow Life 4:00<BR>13. Oblivion (Bonus Track) 4:08<BR><BR>Release Notes:<BR><BR>For the past few years Lacuna Coil has been a band in transition. The first<BR>signs of this transition were displayed on Comalies, but it wasn t until<BR>Karamcode that it became blatantly obvious. Karmacode presented a band<BR>struggling to move beyond minor league success even if it meant losing their own<BR>individuality. It was an album that blatantly stole from nu metal and discarded<BR>much of what had made them previously appealing. Apparently the band didn t<BR>achieve their desired results because Shallow Life continues their search for a<BR>more profitable identity but this time they ve gone in a different, more<BR>logical, direction. Shallow Life finds the band dropping the nu metal of<BR>Karmacode and moving towards mainstream metal similar to Linkin Park s current<BR>sound - only instead of a rapper Lacuna Coil have Cristina Scabbia and instead<BR>of a whiney emo-boy they have a tone-deaf Italian<BR><BR>All jokes aside, it would be easy to focus on how the band continue to be too<BR>reliant on other bands techniques but to do so would be to sell this album<BR>short. Suffice it to say that they have definitely moved in a more mainstream<BR>direction, but that they have finally found their niche as well. A look at the<BR>band s past should remind that they ve never really had great riffs, powerful<BR>vocals (male vocals, anyway), or engaging atmospheres; they ve only ever<BR>succeeded on the strength of Cristina s voice (and looks) and a penchant for<BR>writing moderately catchy tunes, and those are the qualities emphasized on this<BR>album. That s not to say that the band has totally moved away from heavier<BR>sections (as the opening to I Survive proves); it s just that they re now<BR>intermingled with melodic, unobtrusive riffs that take a back seat to strong<BR>choruses<BR><BR>By focusing on the chorus as the apex of each song, the band has managed to<BR>create some of the strongest hooks of their career. It s the strong choruses<BR>that save a few songs such as I Like It with its asinine lyrics and weak<BR>verses, and make them into something that s still worth listening to. Another<BR>way the band have managed to accentuate their strengths is through the<BR>near-constant use of subtle keyboard melodies and sound effects. These stylish<BR>flourishes work in tandem with the guitar riffs and strong choruses to create<BR>songs that are memorable while still retaining the slightest edge. Of course<BR>some may see these influences as shortcomings but they really have helped the<BR>band move forward<BR><BR>The band s actual shortcoming is the same one that they ve had since their<BR>inception, the weak vocals of Andrea Ferro. Andrea still delivers his vocals the<BR>same way that he always has - in an uncontrolled, atonal shout that lacks any<BR>power or grace. In his defense he does sound better than on previous albums, but<BR>that probably has more to do with a larger budget to clean up his vocal<BR>deficiencies than any actual increase in ability. Having said that, the few<BR>times where he is allowed to take the spotlight with minimal musical<BR>accompaniment, such as on This Maze , he is absolutely terrible; apparently no<BR>amount of studio tricks can help him completely. Much less of a limitation is<BR>that the band is obviously still getting used to their new style, causing them<BR>to occasionally introduce awkward lyrics or musical sections but they re never<BR>bad enough to kill a song<BR><BR>Lacuna Coil s shift into mainstream metal will probably be met with some<BR>backlash by long-time fans, but most of it will be completely unwarranted. The<BR>band has only ever been good at a few things and deciding to emphasize those<BR>elements is a completely logical step. This focus has resulted in a good<BR>collection of memorable songs that end up being an enjoyable listen. There will<BR>be obvious complaints about a lack of heavy riffs, gothic influences and<BR>whatever else they ve discarded, but the fact remains that they weren t good at<BR>those things in the first place. At the end of the day, this album might not be<BR>what the change-resistant fans wanted to hear but it was necessary and more<BR>importantly, they pull it off quite well.</B><BR><BR><A href="http://www.rayfile.com/files/8b3c9547-2b3b-11de-884a-0014221b798a/" target=_blank><B><FONT size=1>http://www.rayfile.com/files/8b3c9547-2b3b-11de-884a-0014221b798a/</FONT></B></A></P>
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