LACUNA COIL’s ANDREA FERRO: ‘It’s An Excuse For Laziness’ To Use A.I. Instead Of A Real Artist For Album Artwork

In a new interview with Keefy of Ghost Cult magazine, LACUNA COIL singer Andrea Ferro addressed the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in the creation of music and album art. A.I. art is generated by inputting data, such as text, images, or sounds, into an algorithm trained to produce new and original artwork. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I think technology, as usual, is not good or bad. It depends the way you use it. If it’s an extra tool to make your life easier and faster, that’s okay. But if it has to substitute the creativity of a person, that I don’t like personally. I prefer to use human creativity because humans are great because they make mistakes, and from a mistake, usually that’s where great things happen. Whatever you do — you write a book, you write a song, you write a movie — when you fuck up or you make a mistake, and you can go there and see and realize what’s special, how special it becomes with the mistakes, that’s where you find a new way. You learn something new, you create something new and unique because you never would have thought about it in the correct way. So I think that can’t be replaced by machine, at least not yet. And so I think human touch is very important. And there’s no need to use A.I. [art for album covers]. If you find the right artist, it’s not even that expensive. I think it’s reasonably expensive and it’s deserved and you can still make money on the merchandise and other things. So it’s an excuse for laziness to don’t use a real artist, I think, I think A.I. is cool and it can be helpful, but it has to be used with your brain.”LACUNA COIL’s latest album, “Sleepless Empire”, came out on February 14 via Century Media Records. Inspiration to create the LP came during the sessions for “Comalies XX” (2022),the acclaimed remake of LACUNA COIL’s breakthrough third record “Comalies”. Writing and recording took place in northern Italy between Milano (the band’s hometown) and Como, where SPVN Studios are located. As with their previous albums, production was done in house with Marco “Maki” Coti Zelati at the helm, and artwork was hand curated by the talented Italian artist Roberto Toderico. Two other very special talents enrich the album, namely the guest vocalists: LAMB OF GOD’s Randy Blythe on the song “Hosting The Shadow” and NEW YEARS DAY’s Ash Costello on “In The Mean Time”.Last October, Italian guitarist/producer Daniele Salomone confirmed that he has joined LACUNA COIL as the replacement for the band’s longtime guitarist Diego Cavallotti.Salomone made his live debut with LACUNA COIL on August 4, 2024 at the Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Râșnov, Romania.In June 2024, LACUNA COIL announced Cavallotti’s departure. Diego, who joined LACUNA COIL in 2016, initially as a fill-in guitarist following the exit of Marco “Maus” Biazzi, later said in a social media post that “this decision is not the result of my dissatisfaction or desire to explore new opportunities.”Cavallotti and Salomone played together in the Italian metal band INVERNO, which released its debut album, “Stasis”, in December 2023.[embedded content]