It's 2005, and on a freezing cold December night in the Hollywood Hills, Lacuna Coil vocalist Cristina Scabbia can hear the sound of howling in the distance. She’s there to film one of four music videos for the Italian gothic metal band’s fourth record, Karmacode, and the production crew have warned them not to venture too far from the set in the dark, as there are mountain lions and coyotes in the hills.
Today’s shoot is for Our Truth, which is set to be the album’s lead single, and will become a mainstay of their live sets for the next 20 years. Fake snow floats around the singer like confetti as she artfully twirls a Japanese-style parasol, a nod to the song’s use of the traditional shamisen in its iconic intro. Destined for heavy rotation on MTV’s Headbangers Ball, Our Truth was the first “super-professional” music video the band ever made, according to Cristina.
