''Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)''
is the first live album by
Italian gothic metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy meta ...
band
Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Since their formation in 1994, the group has had two name changes, being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, and they have recorded nine studio albums, two extended plays, two ...
, that was released in November 2008. The DVD is retrospective of all things from the band's "Karmacode" album cycle, the set features concerts filmed at
Germany's Wacken Festival
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and subgenres of hard rock and metal are repr ...
and at the
Japan
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ese
Loudpark Festival
The was a heavy metal festival held annually at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City or Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Japan. It was one of the biggest heavy metal festivals in Japan.
The festival has featured both Japanese and international per ...
in 2007. It includes a lot of extras like promo videos and Behind-the-scenes.
The DVD was released in 2 disc Standard Edition and 4 Disc Limited Edition (Europe only) that includes a 5.1 mix of the "Karmacode" album on
DVD Audio and a bonus CD with the Wacken Open Air audio live material.
Promotion
In November and December 2008, Lacuna Coil toured in
Europe
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as the main support for act
Bullet for my Valentine, with
Bleeding Through
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and
Black Tide also supporting. After the cancellation of their first headline tour in
Australia
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, the band announced their participation at the
Soundwave festival 2009 in February.
Track listing
Limited Edition
DVD Audio:
# "Fragile"
# "To the Edge"
# "Our Truth"
# "Within Me"
# "Devoted"
# "You Create"
# "What I See"
# "Fragments of Faith"
# "Closer"
# "In Visible Light"
# "The Game"
# "Without Fear"
# "Enjoy the Silence"
# "Without a Reason (bonus song from the Our Truth single)"
# "Virtual Environment (bonus song from the Enjoy the Silence single)"
CD:
# "Intro / To the Edge"
# "Fragments of Faith"
# "Swamped"
# "In Visible Light"
# "Fragile"
# "Closer"
# "Senzafine"
# "What I See"
# "Enjoy the Silence"
# "Heaven's a Lie"
# "Our Truth"
iTunes Digital Download/Amazon MP3
# "Intro / To the Edge"
# "Fragments of Faith"
# "Swamped"
# "In Visible Light"
# "Fragile"
# "Closer"
# "Senzafine"
# "What I See"
# "Enjoy the Silence"
# "Heaven's a Lie"
# "Our Truth"
Release history
References
External links
Official siteCentury Media Web Site
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Lacuna Coil albums
2008 video albums
Live video albums
2008 live albums
EMI Records live albums
EMI Records video albums