"While many of LACUNA COIL's peers have crashed and burned over the years, Black Anima is proof the band are still torch-bearers for gothic metal. If after twenty years the band keep surpassing themselves, it's clear they're not out of cunning ideas just yet"

"On 2016's Delirium, Italian goth metal outfit Lacuna Coil hit a peak in their catalog with that album's psych-ward sideshow flourish and some of the catchiest songwriting in their careers. With their follow-up, Black Anima, they shed the theatrics and face the sobering reality that plagues us on a deeper, human level, revealing a harder-edged but equally-grand version of themselves that mines vulnerability for maximum effect"