Lacuna Coil is an Italian metal band formed in Milan, Italy, in 1996. The name means an "empty spiral". They were formerly known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, counting various musical influences as doom metal and progressive metal.

Lacuna Coil's music is inspired by gothic and romantic imagery, using melodic guitar lines, and alternating heavy and light vocals. According to themselves, the band is influenced by Paradise Lost, Tiamat, Septic Flesh and Type O Negative, among others.

Lacuna Coil has been gaining increased fame in recent times not only due to their music, but also because of the sex appeal of their lead singer, Cristina Scabbia. She has appeared in countless music magazines and even on the cover of some European Maxim magazines. Along with Nightwish and Arch Enemy she is bringing some femininity to what has always been a male-dominant genre.

Currently Lacuna Coil consists of Cristina Scabbia (vocals), Andrea Ferro (vocals and keyboards), Cristiano Migliore (guitars), Marco Biazzi (guitars), Marco Coti Zelati (bass), and Cristiano Mozzati (drums and percussion).

Official site: www.lacunacoil.it