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| Karmacode | 
 enlarge | Artist: Lacuna Coil
Label: Century Media
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 14087
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 8360
UPC: 727701836027
EAN: 0727701836027
ASIN: B000EHSVI2
Release Date: April 4, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Overhyped? April 6, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I had soemwhat expectations for this album after the band overhyped this album as being their best to date. Don't get me wrong, this album isn't bad but it suffers from different things:
1. The production is very muddy on most songs. The guitars are so buried where as they were more enjoyable to listen to on Comalies and Unleashed Memories.
2. Too much chugging bass and it almst gives a Korn vibe. It really buries the guitar parts. The bassline during the intro of Closer is interesting but songs like To The Edge and Devoted are ruined with the high level of bass and the buried guitars.
3. The mix of the vocals aren't as good as past releases. A couple of the songs both singers sound buried thanks to the chugging bass. They really messed up during the middle of CLoser where they lower Christina's vocals and added too many effects to it. DOH!
4. The band lost a lot of their European ways. I don't mind bands changing at all but it seems like they have a little too much of that American influence (chugging bass, buried guitars, badly produced) and lost out on what made them great in the first place.
The Depeche Mode cover is amazing though. Within Me has some great melodies going and Closer has a fun, catchy chorus.
It's not a bad album at all but nothing that lives up to the band's hype.
 Does not sound like the great band that they are. April 21, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The thing I loved the most about lacuna coil was that there music had feeling, like the song entwined off of comilies. This album however lacks any feeling it just seems that they tryed to be heavier. I Have all four of the lacuna coil albums and this is by far my least favorite, If they keep going in this direction I will probably not buy another album of thiers.
 oh brother, another band falling into the mainstream... April 23, 2006
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'll be slated for saying this but I'have listened to everything this band has ever produced. Played some of their older material over and over for many months.
Where is the passion they had in Unleashed Memories, Halflife or, In a reverie?
"Grief is the light" September 29, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Lacuna Coil successfully upholds the Goth-Rock tradition with this solid effort after their immensely successful "Comalies." Like "Comalies" the production value on "Karmacode" is exemplary, but "Comalies" is nowhere near as bass-heavy as "Karmacode." Even on the slower songs such as "Within Me" the chorus is carried by a commanding bass line. While I love the diversity of songcraft on "Comalies" I also enjoy the headbanging quality of many of the songs on "Karmacode." The emphasis is once again centered on those glorious female vocalizations and quality arrangements, but on no previous album do these guys sound more like a complete band with equal contributions from all than on "Karmacode." There is really only one song on this album that I would consider second-rate by comparison to the other tracks and that is "Closer" with a chorus that has a level of catchiness to it that borders on annoying. The closing song is an excellent cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" that had my complete attention and smiling the first time around. For all their commercial accessibility Lacuna Coil has maintained a Goth-Rock sensibility on "Karmacode" that is admirable and dare I say it...fun to hear. Thank you.
 Best Yet April 5, 2006
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I can honestly say this is now my favourite Lacuna Coil album. I loved Comalies to death and really enjoyed their earliest tracks, but this CD stands out to me as a huge step forward. As mentioned above, it could well be the effect of the far superior production elements - the vocal layering is particularly powerful. I've always been of the opinion that the male vocals can sound poor when compared alone with Cristina's amazing voice, but the blending and echo effects work extremely well here. I thought I might be disappointed with this album, as it had so much to live up to and attempt to exceed, but it surpassed all of my expectations. It will appeal to LC fans and first time listeners alike, I think. 5 out of 5.
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