Kurz vor dem Release von “Broken Crown Halo” am 28. März 2014 via Century Media Records muss die italienische Band Lacuna Coil bekannt geben, dass die beiden Mitglieder Cris ‘Pizza’ Migliore und Cristiano ‘CriZ’ Mozzati aus der Band aussteigen werden.
Die Gründe davon sind privater und dringender Natur wie die Band als auch die beiden Mitglieder betonen. Die Trennung erfolgt also ohne böses Blut und in Freundschaft.
Das Statement von Lacuna Coil liest sich wie folgt:
“Dear friends,
It is with a heavy heart that we share this news with you today: Our two brothers Cris ‘Pizza’ Migliore and Cristiano ‘CriZ’ Mozzati have decided to retire from Lacuna Coil.
Both Pizza and CriZ have had big changes impact their lives recently – we know how stressful and difficult it can be to balance both real life and the life of a professional touring musician, and we have nothing but total respect for their decisions to focus on their families and lives at home.
We have such incredible memories of traveling and exploring the world together with Pizza and CriZ, and we want to wish them both all the best as they begin these exciting new chapters in their lives. We will never forget the important roles they played in this band, or the incredible times we shared together.
THANK YOU PIZZA AND CRIZ! WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!
Cristina, Andrea, Marco, and Maus.
Lacuna Coil”
Das Statement von Pizza:
“Dear friends,
After over 16 years spent with the Lacuna Coil family, I decided to move on and begin a new chapter in my life. This hasn’t been an easy decision, as you can imagine, but I felt like I needed to change some things around.
I’m glad and honored that I’ve had the chance to be able to embark on such an amazing adventure, with such wonderful people as “travel companions”! I will never forget my time in Lacuna Coil and I wish my sister and brothers all the best for whatever the future may bring.
I’m sure you understand! I would also really like to thank every single one of you for showing such amazing love and support for a small band from Milan, Italy, who would’ve never thought would become what it has during these incredible 16 years. Thank you all and enjoy this last record we did with me and CriZ as part of the line-up – it’s some of the best music we’ve done and I’m sure you’ll love it!
Keep on rockin’!!
Cris ‘Pizza’ Migliore”
Das Statement von CriZ:
“Hey Coilers,
As many of you guys and gals know, during this last year lots of very important things happened in my life – something really amazing, and deep enough to make me sit in front of my laptop to write these bittersweet words…
I’m leaving my “second family” Lacuna Coil because I need this change in my life… this hasn’t been an easy decision at all and I’ve come to it with pain in my heart, because together we laughed and cried; we fought and gave all our lives to this amazing band. Together we lived the dream for 16 wonderful, intense and unforgettable years. All you guys around the world gave me such positive and sincere vibes and emotions that will stay embedded in my heart for the rest of my life! I want to say thank you Coilers, friends, crew, partners, and people that listen to our music for being such an inspiration for me. To my brothers and sis I’d like to say the following: Never stop to kicking asses, you sure know how to!
The new record is the best thing we’ve done together. I have put all my passion and feelings into it and I’m sure you’ll love it. I’ll never stop playing drums – as we all know, if you were born with rock inside your veins, you’ll die with it… and this is what I will do.
Take care and stay Coilers!
CriZ”
Einen neuen Song gibt es vom Album auch zu hören. Titel des Stückes ist “Nothing Stands In Our Way”:
Update vom 20.02.2014:
In der offiziellen Mitteilung zum Lyric-Video, unten zu sehen, steht auch nun auch wer die beiden ausgestiegenen Mitglieder ersetzen wird: “Die anstehenden Shows werden in keinster Weise vom Ausstieg von Cris “Pizza” Migliore und Cristiano “CriZ” Mozzati beeinträchtigt. Gitarrist Marco “Maus“ Biazzi übernimmt live fortan alle Gitarren während man ein bekanntes Gesicht am Schlagzeug findet: Ryan Folden hat bereits 2012 und 2013 einen Großteil der ‘Dark Legacy‘ und „Dark Adrenaline“ Tourneen bestritten.”
Das Video ist vom Song “Nothing Stands In Our Way” und ist hier zu sehen.
7445
