LACUNA COIL
DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS
DOMMIN
Lacuna Coil bring their Shallow Life tour back to London for a night at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire.
Dommin get things started with a decent set of what could be described as a modern day version of dark eighties pop music. Stick HIM in a blender (please!) with Depeche Mode and you have Dommin. For a support band that are pretty much unknown, they put on a confident display and should have made a fair few fans. The most memorable song from the set was a cover of Cutting Crew’s ‘Died in Your Arms Tonight’ which fit in perfectly among Dommin’s music.
Next to hit the stage were the very random Dirty Little Rabbits who feature Slipknot’s Clown, Shawn Crahan on drums. There has been a bit of a buzz about this lot for a while so expectations are quite high. The music was very random to say the least… it was like a deranged carnival sound with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme. Vocalist Stella Katsoudas pranced around the stage manically in a skimpy little dress, and what she lacked in vocal ability she made up for in showmanship. DLR were in fact a lot more entertaining to watch then they were to listen too, but for a relatively new band they do have a uniqueness that could result in them really making a name for themselves.
A very dedicated group of fans await the arrival of Lacuna Coil on stage with the front row swamped with girls waiting to throw roses to their idol Cristina Scabbia. As with every Lacuna Coil show I have seen the atmosphere is at boiling point as they hit the stage and they launch straight into the opener ‘Survive’ with such venom that it sets a precedent for the rest of the show.
Having seen Lacuna Coil many times over the years, I’ve found that recent shows have never carried the same excitement as they did in the pre-Karmacode days, and with the latest album being in my opinion their weakest to date, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But apart from the fact that they were missing the bassist and it didn’t sound completely live at times, it was the best LC gig I’ve seen for a long time. Cristina and Andrea’s duel lead vocals are as genius as ever and delivered solidly through the night giving both males and female fans chance to sing-along to each and every song. Although the setlist was heavily weighted to the newer album, there was enough of the classics to keep both new and old fans happy with ‘Heavens A Lie’ and ‘Swamped’ going down a treat.
Check out Clink Music Magazine for their review.
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