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Lacuna Coil : Billboard 200 Debut as Ozzfest Rolls On

July 29, 2004 by Jarrod Vrazel

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LOS ANGELES – After 92 weeks, Comalies, the acclaimed third album from Italian sextet Lacuna Coil – a group that Reuters news service recently declared to be on the verge of a major breakthrough – has cracked the Billboard 200, the magazine’s weekly tally of the country’s top-selling albums.

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Originally released on October 29, 2002, Comalies – which shattered the 100,000 sales mark two weeks ago – achieved its best weekly sales mark to date from July 19-25, logging 5,818 copies sold, according to SoundScan. The album – #194 on this week’s chart – has sold more than 17,000 copies in the last month alone, and marks the first-ever Billboard 200 appearance in the history of the group’s label, the Los Angeles-based independent Century Media Records.

It’s a testament to our philosophy of believing in a band and working them from the ground up, says Phil Hinkle, Century Media’s director of A&R. In an era where artist development seems to be an afterthought, it’s exciting to be a part of such a natural, organic success story.

In large part, Comalies robust sales can be attributed to Lacuna Coil’s Ozzfest performances. Of all second-stage acts, the group is being outsold by only Slipknot and Atreyu, both of which have released new albums within the last two months. In addition, current single Swamped is enjoying heavy commercial radio airplay nationwide – the track is #40 on this week’s R&R Active Rock chart – as well as steady video play on both MTV2 and Fuse. The song will be included on the soundtrack to the upcoming Sony Pictures film Resident Evil: Apocalypse and featured in the forthcoming Activision video game Vampire: The Masquerade -Bloodlines.

Aside from Ozzfest, Lacuna Coil will be playing select off-fest shows throughout August. That month, the group will also deliver three acoustic in-store performances at select Borders Music locations. A new album will surface in 2005.

The flagship label of the Century Family, Century Media Records was founded in 1988. Its American branch opened three years later. With nine offices around the globe, the label employs more than 150 people worldwide. Featuring a rich catalog of such influential acts as Iced Earth, Opeth and Stuck Mojo, the label’s leading artists today also include Shadows Fall, God Forbid and Nevermore. Distributed domestically by Caroline, Century Media’s American branch has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. Comalies is the label’s second release to cross the 100,000 sales mark; the other is Shadows Fall’s 2002 recording, The Art of Balance. That group’s new album, The War Within, will surface this September.

Lacuna Coil performs August 6 at International Ballroom in Houston with Superjoint Ritual and DevilDriver and August 7 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in San Antonio with OZZfest 2004.

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