Italian metal titans, Lacuna Coil, have dropped their latest single, “I Wish You Were Dead,” a tale of emotional turmoil, struggle, and toxic relationships. The song’s video, filmed by Martina L Mclean in a church in Capranica, Rome, will premiere on Thursday, February 13th, at 12PM PT // 3PM ET // 9PM CET. It is taken from the band’s upcoming 10th studio album, Sleepless Empire, due out February 14th, via Century Media Records. Hear the new track below.
Stream “I Wish You Were Dead” here: https://lacunacoil.lnk.to/IWYWD-Single
The video will premiere here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H86cL4NBZRg
Pre-order Sleepless Empire here: https://lacunacoil.lnk.to/SleeplessEmpire
The band shares about the new single and the album release: “We all have this person we wish never existed, right? We all felt the need to erase the same person from our thoughts, someone who hurt us that it’s still in our mind. We wanted to write heavier lyrics on a happier musical canvas. Also we are a little tired of being politically correct at all costs. Sleepless Empire captures, through our eyes, the chaos of a generation trapped in a digital world that never stops, where social media consumes identity and every day pushes us one step closer to becoming soulless zombies. We find ourselves in between, having witnessed a full analogic world and the modern one, confronting the evolution and searching for a true meaning of it all. Throughout every song, the journey is an undercurrent of rebellion, a desperate cry to reclaim oneself in an era that seems to have lost its sense of time and reality.”
The new album is comprised of 11 tracks, and each one is a richly textured soundtrack to a specific time and place. With Sleepless Empire, that place is dark, cinematic, and unmistakably true to the unique characteristics that have given Lacuna Coil such a celebrated entry in the annals of heavy music.
Sleepless Empire tracklisting
01 The Siege
02 Oxygen
03 Scarecrow
04 Gravity
05 I Wish You Were Dead
06 Hosting The Shadow (feat. Randy Blythe)
07 In Nomine Patris
08 Sleepless Empire
09 Sleep Paralysis
10 In The Mean Time (feat. Ash Costello)
11 Never Dawn
To celebrate the album release and give fans the chance to be a part of the Sleepless Empire, several in-store events on release day across Europe have been announced, find your nearest shop here: https://lacunacoil.com/record-stores
In addition, the band will be available to sign the new album in London at HMV Oxford Street on Valentine’s Day starting at 6pm.
Additional signing events follow in Italy next week:
Feb. 14, 2025 – London (UK) @ HMV Oxford Street – tickets
Feb. 17, 2025 – Turin (IT) @ Circolo dei Lettori
Feb. 18, 2025 – Milan (IT) @ Feltrinelli Piazza Piemonte
Feb. 19, 2025 – Rome (IT) @ Feltrinelli Appia Nuova
Feb. 20, 2025 – Bologna (IT) @ Sala Borsa
Lacuna Coil recently announced the massive European & UK leg of their Sleepless Empire tour in October, November & December of this year. The tour kicks off in the band’s hometown of Milan on October 10th. Get your tickets and VIP upgrades here: https://lacunacoil.com/#tours
Oct. 10, 2025 – Milan (IT) @ Alcatraz
Oct. 11, 2025 – Meisenthal (FR) @ La Boite Noire
Oct. 12, 2025 – Paris (FR) @ L’Élysée Montmartre
Oct. 14, 2025 – Toulouse (FR) @ Le Bikini
Oct. 16, 2025 – Madrid (ES) @ La Riviera
Oct. 17, 2025 – Lisbon (PT) @ L.A.V.
Oct. 18, 2025 – Seville (ES) @ Custom
Oct. 20, 2025 – Barcelona (ES) @ Apolo
Oct. 21, 2025 – Grenoble (FR) @ La Belle Électrique
Oct. 22, 2025 – Stuttgart (DE) @ Lka Longhorn
Oct. 24, 2025 – Lausanne (CH) @ Docks
Oct. 25, 2025 – Zurich (CH) @ Dynamo
Oct. 26, 2025 – Munich (DE) @ Backstage Werk
Oct. 28, 2025 – Budapest (HU) @ Barba Negra
Oct. 29, 2025 – Vienna (AT) @ Szene
Oct. 31, 2025 – Wroclaw (PL) @ A2
Nov. 2, 2025 – Hamburg (DE) @ Markthalle
Nov. 3, 2025 – Berlin (DE) @ Huxley’s
Nov. 4, 2025 – Copenhagen (DK) @ Pumpehuset
Nov. 5, 2025 – Oslo (NO) @ Vulkan
Nov. 7, 2025 – Jyvaskyla (FI) @ Lutakko
Nov. 8, 2025 – Tampere (FI) @ Tavara-Asema
Nov. 11, 2025 – Stockholm (SE) @ Debaser
Nov. 12, 2025 – Gothenburg (SE) @ Pustervik
Nov. 14, 2025 – Nijmegen (NL) @ Doornroosje
Nov. 15, 2025 – Cologne (DE) @ LMH
Nov. 16, 2025 – Esch-Sur-Alzette (LU) @ Rockhal
Nov. 18, 2025 – Brussels (BE) @ A.B.
Nov. 19, 2025 – Frankfurt (DE) @ Batschkapp
Nov. 20, 2025 – Eindhoven (NL) @ Effenaar
Nov. 22, 2025 – Southampton (UK) @ 1865
Nov. 23, 2025 – Norwich (UK) @ Epic Studios
Nov. 25, 2025 – Leeds (UK) @ Stylus
Nov. 26, 2025 – Newcastle (UK) @ Northumbria Uni
Nov. 28, 2025 – Cardiff (UK) @ Tramshed
Nov. 29, 2025 – Brighton (UK) @ Chalk
Dec. 1, 2025 – Lille (FR) @ Le Splendid
Shortly after the release of their new record, the Italian powerhouse will be touring through Latin America as well as Mexico in March 2025. They also recently announced that they will be joining Machine Head and In Flames on their massive tour across North America in April and May 2025, before returning to Europe during the summer for some key festivals.
Lacuna Coil live:
Mar. 12, 2025 – Buenos Aires (AR) @ El Teatro Flores
Mar. 13, 2025 – Santiago (CL) @ Teatro Coliseo
Mar. 15, 2025 – Sao Paulo (BR) @ Carioca Club
Mar. 16, 2025 – Curitiba (BR) @ Tork N Roll
Mar. 18, 2025 – Belo Horizonte (BR) @ Mr Rock
Mar. 19, 2025 – Brasilia (BR) @ Toihna
Mar. 21, 2025 – Bogota (CO) @ Lourdes Musical Hall
Mar. 23, 2025 – Tegucigalpa (HN) @ Radio House Casa Campo
Mar. 27, 2025 – Guadalajara (MX) @ C3 Stage
Mar. 28, 2025 – Monterrey (MX) @ Café Iguana
Mar. 29, 2025 – Mexico City (MX) @ Pabellon Oeste
Mar. 30, 2025 – San Luis Potosi (MX) @ Cineteca Alameda
Machine Head tour dates
w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Unearth
Apr. 5, 2025 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Apr. 7, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Apr. 9, 2025 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
Apr. 10, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Apr. 12, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Apr. 13, 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Union
Apr. 15, 2025 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
Apr. 17, 2025 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec
Apr. 18, 2025 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Apr. 19, 2025 – Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
Apr. 21, 2025 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
Apr. 22, 2025 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
Apr. 23, 2025 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Apr. 25, 2025 – Reading, PA @ Santander Arena
Apr. 26, 2025 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
Apr. 27, 2025 – Montreal, QC @ M’Telus
Apr. 28, 2025 – Toronto, ON @ History
Apr. 30, 2025 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J. Brady Music Center
May 2, 2025 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
May 3, 2025 – Chicago, IL @ Radius
May 4, 2025 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
May 5, 2025 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings
May 7, 2025 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Center
May 8, 2025 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall
May 10, 2025 – Kelowna, BC @ Prospera Place
Lacuna Coil live:
June 6, 2025 – Metal Fest OpenAir (CZ) @ Czech Republic
June 15, 2025 – Lignano Sabbiadoro (IT) @ Arena Alpe Adria
June 28, 2025 – Tallinn (EE) @ Tallinn Rock Festival
July 6, 2025 – Lucca (IT) @ Lucca Summer Festival
Aug. 8, 2025 – Bloodstock Festival (UK) @ England
Aug. 10, 2025 – M’era Luna Festival (DE) @ Germany
Aug. 15, 2025 – Carhaix (FR) @ Motocultor
Lacuna Coil line-up:
Cristina Scabbia – Vocals
Andrea Ferro – Vocals
Marco Coti Zelati – Bass, Guitars, Synths
Richard Meiz – Drums
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