Feature Photo credit: Marta Petrucci
Lacuna Coil drops new single “I Wish You Were Dead” ahead of ‘Sleepless Empire’ album release
this Friday; announces album signing events in UK & Italy, plus EU/UK 2025 fall tour
Just 3 days ahead of the release of their new studio album Sleepless Empire, Italian metal titans Lacuna Coil gives fans the ultimate single – “I Wish You Were Dead” – to sweeten the time. Listen to “I Wish You Were Dead” HERE
“I Wish You Were Dead” is about the emotional turmoil and struggle that accompanies toxic relationships. The song’s video, which will premiere on Thursday at 12PM PT // 3PM ET // 9PM CET, takes the track’s heavy theme and spins it into a romantic Goth tale just in time for Valentine’s Day. Filmed by Martina L Mclean in a church in Capranica, a small town north of Rome, it marks a first in the history of Lacuna Coil: the band performing a choreography!
Save the date: “I Wish You Were Dead” will premiere HERE
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.”
Sleepless Empire marks the 10th studio album of Lacuna Coil and is set to be released this Friday, February 14th, via Century Media Records. It is the first full-length release after their remake album Comalies XX, which came out in 2022. 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.
Pre-order Sleepless Empire HERE
Album artwork by: Roberto Toderico
Sleepless Empire track-listing
1. The Siege
2. Oxygen
3. Scarecrow
4. Gravity
5. I Wish You Were Dead
6. Hosting The Shadow (feat. Randy Blythe)
7. In Nomine Patris
8. Sleepless Empire
9. 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
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
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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