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Cristina Scabbia
Scabbia in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia
Born	(1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 52) Milan, Italy
Genres	Gothic metal alternative metal
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Century Media
Member of	Lacuna Coil
Website	lacunacoil.it

Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia (Italian: [kriˈstiːna adriˈaːna ˈkjaːra ˈskabbja]; born 5 June 1972) is an Italian singer. She is one of the two vocalists of gothic metal band Lacuna Coil.

Scabbia used to write an advice column in the rock magazine Revolver, alongside musician Vinnie Paul. Scabbia is featured in a Megadeth song "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)". She also featured on The Theory of Everything, an album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Ayreon project, with which she is cast as the Mother. She is also the featured artist in the Apocalyptica song "S.O.S. (Anything But Love)" and another version of the Alter Bridge song "Watch Over You". Scabbia performed a duet with the Italian ex-singer of Linea 77 Emiliano Audisio on the track "Beautiful Lie" to be part of the soundtrack for the 2013 Italian film Passione sinistra.

Lacuna Coil

External videos
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia - Misplaced Pages: Fact or Fiction?, Loudwire

In 1991, Scabbia began singing professionally as a touring musician for other bands and providing backing vocals. Later that year, she met the male vocalist Andrea Ferro and bass player Marco Coti Zelati of Lacuna Coil in Milan's Midnight club and started dating Marco after. At the time, the band was named Ethereal, and Scabbia was asked to do vocals by Marco. She recorded vocals on the demo tapes and was then invited to be a permanent member.

After several changes in the band's line-up, the members were reduced to Ferro, Coti Zelati and Scabbia. The members recorded a two-track demo in May 1996, and were soon signed by the German branch of Century Media, eventually joining with the American branch of the label. Once signed, the band changed their name to Lacuna Coil after learning that a Greek band signed to Century Media had already claimed the name Ethereal. Adding new band members, Lacuna Coil released their first album in 1999.

Other work

Songs performed by Cristina Scabbia feature in the Dream of the Beast downloadable content (DLC) for the video game Metal: Hellsinger.

Scabbia also provided vocals for Kevin Sherwood's "Destroy Something Beautiful", featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Guest work

References

1. In an Instagram story, posted by Cristina on 4 June 2022 on her Instagram account @cristinascabbia she stated that 6 June is her official registered birthday, but that she in fact was born on 5 June.
2. "Cristina Scabbia". Maxim. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
3. "Cristina Scabbia Biography". biurams.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
4. "Emiliano Audisio (ex Linea 77) e Cristina Scabbia duettano in 'Beautiful lie'". rockol. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
5. "Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia Plays 'Misplaced Pages: Fact or Fiction?'". Loudwire. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
6. Cristina Scabbia (13 December 2002). "Lacuna coil interview with cristina scabbia" (Interview). Interviewed by Neon. neonblonde.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
7. Cristina Scabbia (23 December 2006). "Interview with Cristina Scabbia (Vocalist)" (Interview). Interviewed by Kevin Karr. timesheroldonline.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
8. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "MusicMight Biography". MusicMight.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
9. "Loudwire wiki fact or fiction: Cristina Scabbia lacuna coil". YouTube. 27 January 2016.
10. "Ethereal". emptyspiral.net. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
11. "Metal: Hellsinger - Official Dream of the Beast Trailer". IGN. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
12. "Destroy Something Beautiful [OFFICIAL] - Cristina Scabbia - lyrics - Liberty Falls song". YouTube.
13. "Cristina Scabbia to guest on Ayreon Theory of Everything". YouTube. 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

External links

• Cristina Scabbia discography at Discogs

• 1972 births
• 20th-century Italian women singers
• 21st-century Italian women singers
• Alternative metal musicians
• Living people
• Singers from Milan
• Italian contraltos
• Italian women singer-songwriters
• Italian singer-songwriters
• Women heavy metal singers
• Italian heavy metal musicians
• Lacuna Coil members
• English-language singers from Italy
• Century Media Records artists