What exactly does “Lacuna Coil” mean?
Well, it is taken from 2 languages, actually. “Lacuna” means “empty ” in Italian. When we first formed the band, we were called “Ethereal” but there was another band from Greece who already had that name. Since we had to change our band’s name, we thought we would come up with something that still had the same meaning as Ethereal but with no chance of someone else having the same name. With COMALIES out for a year now, Lacuna Coil is finding their greatest success in North America. Is the band just as popular in Italy? We have had tremendous success in our country. There are not a lot of bands like us there. Other than Rhapsody and White Skull, I can’t think of any other Italian metal bands off the top of my head. There are some. Labyrinth, Rhapsody… Italy has many great bands that have not broken yet. There is an American band called Evanescence that just had their album certified double platinum with sales of 2 million copies. Many critics of the band say they are a rip-off of Lacu
