Vocalist Andrea Ferro and bassist/composer Marco Coti Zelati formed Sleep of Right in Milan, Italy, 1994, and recruited Raffaele Zagaria on guitars, and Michaelangelo Algardi on the drums. After recording a song titled “Bleeding Souls” for the Noise of Bolgia compilation in 1995, Claudio Leo became the band’s second guitarist, and Leonardo Forti replaced Michaelangelo on the drums after his departure. The band asked Cristina Scabbia , a friend, and girlfriend of Coti Zelati at the time, to sing background vocals briefly, which led to her officially joining the band. Soon after, the band changed their name to Ethereal , and signed to Century Media at the end of 1997. Finding that the name Ethereal was already taken by a Greek band, they changed their name to Lacuna Coil, meaning “empty spiral”, “which reflected the band’s vision on life”.
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