"Our Truth EP" is the first single by Italian

Italy

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 gothic metal

Gothic metal

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 band Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music...

 from the album Karmacode

Karmacode

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. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to Underworld: Evolution

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. It was a Top 30 Active Rock single on the Billboard Charts. The video was on "hot rotation" on MTV Italy and received significant airplay on American music channels such as MTV

MTV

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 on T-Minus Rock and MTV2

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 on Headbanger's Ball.

Lyrically, the song delves into denying and forgetting one's past by creating a new truth as time goes by.

The song is somewhat different in sound compared to the band's typical work as it features a more profound Asian influence. The song is based heavily on the Phygrian

Phrygian mode

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 and Phrygian dominant

Phrygian dominant scale

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 modes, which are characteristic of Egyptian music and Arabic music. A shamisen

Shamisen

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, a Japanese string instrument, is featured in the opening and ending of the song and a faint sitar

Sitar

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 can be heard during the verses.

The song is featured as an on-disc track in Rock Band Unplugged

Rock Band Unplugged

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, Rock Band 2

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, Guitar Hero World Tour

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and Rock Revolution

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.

Track Listing

1. Our Truth (Radio Edit) - 3:26
2. Without a Reason - 4:50
3. Swamped (Radio Mix) - 3:46
4. Our Truth (Jack Dangers Mix) - 3:23
5. Enhanced Part:
   • Photo Gallery
   • Wallpapers

Music video

The video for the song was made available on the U.S iTunes

ITunes

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 store in October 2008. It features the band playing in what appears to be a snowglobe.

The video was nominated in Italy at Premio Videoclip Italiano for "Best Group Video" in 2006 losing against Subsonica

Subsonica

Subsonica is an Italian rock band that was formed in 1996 in Turin. Their eponymous debut album debuted in the spring of 1997. The band gained real success in 2000 by playing the Sanremo Music Festival...

's "Incantevole".

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Italian Singles Chart	23
Spanish Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart	40
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	36

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