Floodland

Surprisingly good! Saved it

Figured this one would be a fav of my Mike Brown. So I sent it his way and was correct. I think when I was younger never connected the visual identity of goth kids and what the music actually sounded like. Though according to Mike the genre can be a bit more punk with artists like Alien Sex Fiend. Plus their album Acid Bath has some wicked album art.

Annie predicted I would rate this a 3. She nailed it. Nice driving rhythm for a rainy run. Depeche Mode meets Joy Division meets NIN

Pretty cool. It does seem like music vampires might listen to. This album has certainly put them on my radar.

This was ok, but got a little boring towards the end. Pedestrian and regimented for the most part, but good for what it is. Dominion and This Corrosion reminded me of “alternative” clubs in the late 80s. Wouldn’t revisit though.

Goths have good music, at least the modern ones 3.5/5

This album has not held up. This Corrosion was the highlight of this album, and it’s dated and tired now. The song is its own analogy. It starts out sounding amazing and then just gets boring after a while.

Hadn’t heard of them before but this rocks

A surprisingly nice album. I must admit, I did not know it before (and I have listened quite a lot to 80s music).

Gothic and emo. Hear so much type o negative. This was kids cool. I liked it. Well produced. Not excessively long. No filler. Good stuff. Feels original to me.

80s goth that missed me by in the day but really enjoyed listening to it today.

Not bad, has an interesting sound. Very 80s goth rock as far as I know. But songs too long. Corrosion is great. 3.5 rounded down Heard before? No Owned: No, 115/462 (24%) Will I get: No

De esos ochentones que cumplen, aprobado

landmark gothic rock album, with two genuinely monumental songs in “Lucretia My Reflection” and “This Corrosion.” It isn't perfectly paced, but its identity is unmistakable.

Banger of an opener, but the rest of the album can’t reach that high. Solid 3.5, just not enough interesting tracks here

"Mom can we have Depeche Mode" "No we have Depeche Mode at home" Depeche Mode at home:

I’ve always loved “This Corrosion,” with its tension between the dark lyrics and celebratory music. So while this isn’t the most original album, it has lots of the kinds of songs that I like (threatening/incomprehensible lyrics, a solid beat, and vaguely North African undertones). I definitely enjoyed this, but then I've always been a bit of a Goth.

Never heard of this before but it was actually pretty decent!

Didn’t know much going into this. The vocals were a little much at times but this really grew on me. The bass lines were great (like Lucretia My Reflection) and some of the riffs very enjoyable. The drums on Neverland caught my attention too. 3.25

Goth is cool I guess. 2.75/5

I always found goth music boring, but this made me change my mind ❤️ Pretty fun My favorite tracks are 3, 5, 6 and 7 🤗

Nice

I was captivated by the first song, excited to see where the album would go. Unfortunately, this one doesn’t evolve much. Although “1959” is one of the least streamed songs, I thought it offered a nice change of pace. Side note: I’d be surprised if Gesaffelstein wasn’t influenced by this project.

One great song does not mean a great album. It's pretty meh beyond that. Top tracks: "This Corrosion," "Dominion" / "Mother Russia"

--Dominion/Mother Russia...dark side of the 80s stuff (complimentary) --Flood I...would fit nicely as a needle drop in some Winding Refn film. too long --Lucretia My Reflection...cool bass-heavy opening. not much else to it but the groove is nice --1959...Andrew Eldritch doesn't have the voice for this. piano is good --This Corrosion...not sure why this is nine minutes but it's fun (halfway through, at least). it stays fun --Flood II...this one's only six minutes but feels longer than "...Corrosion". not nearly as much happening --Driven Like the Snow...keeps the cool, dark vibe going --Never Land...cool production

A great example of the 80s goth-rock sound, with heavy dark wave industrial tones. The singer's got a voice almost low and rich, that reminds me a lot of Peter Steele from Type O Negative. The music is haunting and the lyrics are melodramatic poetry. I instantly vibed with the album, and will definitely be listening to it again. I'm very close to adding it to my list of vinyl to buy for my collection.

84

Could be any moody guy from the 80s inspired by Bowie and gothic rock

3.5

The music and beat are great, but the vocals don't work for me. The singer's deep voice feels monotonous, and the lyrics seem random and hard to understand. I can appreciate the atmosphere and instrumentation, but the songs don't connect with me because they don't make much sense. Music 4, voice and lyrics 2

Episch. Dat is het eerste woord waar ik aan moet denken. Theatraal ook, is dit van die gothrock zoals bijvoorbeeld The Cure? Het klinkt best wel vet, de baslijn op bijvoorbeeld Luretia my reflection is moddervet. De zang ben ik niet altijd even groot fan van, omdat het wel heel erg theatraal is en daardoor soms doet denken aan musicals. Wel zorgt het ervoor dat de muziek makkelijk in elkaar overloopt en er weinig vraag zal zijn over wie er op dit moment op staat. Ik denk trouwens dat het niet alleen goth rock is, het voelt ook nogal alsof er new wave op dit album staat. Misschien is dat wel waarom ik het zo erg kan waarderen. De ballad die er op staat(1959 is het beste voorbeeld) vind ik wel een stuk minder. Dan word het allemaal wel heel erg theatraal en goth. Maar alles bij elkaar was dit toch wel weer een prettig album om te luisteren. De gothrock new wave combo is onverwachts best wel lekker. FAVO: Lucretia my reflection, This Corrosion

Decent album.

a little too hooooo hoooo idk

Good

Incredible. A true work of artistic mastery and a complete surprise. I've never heard anything from there before but this is a work of considered perfection. It's like if The Cure scored a perfect hit with every song. The long songs need to be long, the dark ones dark. There's a wonderful contemplative number in 1959. I'm not even goth but this took me to that world for 45 minutes.

Meh

This is absolutely, painfully 80s. It's also the sort of faux-goth, Depeche Mode-adjacent synth rock you'd expect from the cover. The rhythms are driving enough to keep it listenable, particularly on the opening track and "This Corrosion." But man, I dunno about these lyrics or the singing. It's like a bad Bowie impression, or a poor man's Ian Curtis. On that note, this rolled over into Joy Division, which is the good version of this.

Alvöru drungagoth með 80's full on soundi. Ég var að fíla þetta, en mest svona á köflum. Solid þristur þrjár og hálf jafnvel.

Fínasta eitís goth, en kannski einum of. Ef þeir hefðu aðeins sparað reverbið hefði þetta örugglega lifað betur eins og Cure.

bem autêntico, gostei bastante, tem uma atmosfera bem '' o corvo ''

Hab schon besseren 80er Synthrock gehört.

Einfach eine Reihe von 3 Sterne durchschnittsalben hintereinader

This album is silly, but it's also good fun. Not really what you think of when you think of goths, but from the first...riff? of Dominion, the album chugs along hard at its industrial but not unfriendly pace and is buoyed and further humanized by the completely overwrought vocalization. Lyrically it's as goth as it gets and all three are so silly that it can't help but be fun. Also, 45 minutes is usually my make-or-break point and they come in juuuuust on the side of "not wearing out the welcome." Nice piece.

Marvellous stuff this. "This Corrosion" on my go-to playlist already thanks to the synth / deep vocals but from the opening electronic drums & midi sounds of Dominion you just know this is going to be (a) very 80s (b) very OTT.

Someone tell this guy his Bowie impression is pretty good, he clearly worked hard on it. What genre is this anyhow? It almost feels like black metal without the metal. I really liked This corrosion, the rest of it was ok. Shrug

Much more listenable than I expected for something so synth-heavy! I normally hate new-wavey stuff that's just synths and drum machines, and while this sounds *very* much of its time it's actually decent. A pleasant surprise. 3.8

Foundational goth music

Quand les français traduisent les noms de films, ils se donnent toutes les libertés du monde. Par exemple, "Fright Night" devient "Vampire, vous avez dit vampire ?".

This was not bad at all, it took me a while to get through the whole thing but it was always entertaining. 3.5

I might not be checking out their other albums soon, but worth a 4

It was fine…it all pretty much sounded the same to me.

Songs were too long but I grooved so its forgivable

Better than I thought it would be— a slightly more theatrical Cure, or a slightly less punk TSOL. There are, alas, some moments that don’t age well (in my 80’s vampire nightclub-averse mind), and the drum machine can get repetitive, but there are enough compelling tunes within the gloom. 3.5 stars

This kind of goth shit is a blind spot for me and I really like some of it

Gear: SIMGOT SuperMix 4 Artwork: 😎🌕🌊 Production (2006 Remaster): 🎚️🥁👌 Music: 🕷️🌡️🔞 Rating: 🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️/5

First song was sick but the rest of the album and vibe was pretty forgettable

Absolutely 5 stars. The gorgeous pouty goth we didn't know we needed. Maybe we did know. Either way, they are fantastic live and this album is a powerhouse of their best work.

Very 80s goth rock. It's was overly dramatic, but I had fun.

Another cold wave band I never heard of but absolutely loved immediately

October 1st review here... great choice to start off this month. Spooky. Thanks for reminding me to play some goth music.

Bon

This just reminds me of better bands that did this sound in a superior way. That being said, it *did* remind me of those bands.

The drum machine sucks, but „This Corrosion“ is great.

It’s goth but it’s fun somehow

this was a good time to listen to but i also knew i was gonna forget it as soon as it was done

It was in the background. I didn’t mind it. I will never seek it out again.

This was great!!! Loved the sound. Goth 80s

While I'm not super familiar with this band, I figured I was going to love this album. Goth rock from the 1980s has always been my favorite genre and decade. Plus when I pulled up the album on Spotify, I saw I had previously added one of the songs to my favorites when I must have come across it on some sort of playlist I listened to. I have to say that I was a little disappointed. There were three songs that I really liked and consider to be goth. They definitely had a "Cure vibe" to them - the bass guitar sounded like it could have been Simon playing. But the rest of the songs were a bit cheesy and too much of a pop sound for me. The lead singer's voice is also a bit annoying and just didn't appeal to me. I found it overall to be a little boring and uninspired. I definitely would seek more music out from this band because I'm sure they have other stuff I like, but listening to a whole album of theirs didn't leave me loving them.

served its purpose

Great goth rock album for the start of October.

1,4/5

#263/1001 🇬🇧🕶⬛️ Really enjoyed this, the late 80s were a great time for this dark industrial studio sound. I was actually suprised by how accesible this was and that one of the tracks was purely played on the piano. Best tracks: flood 1, Dominion / Mother Russia, Lucretia My Reflection, This Corrosion, 1959.

Average at best

Exactly how I imagined a sisters of mercy album would sound like. 3/5

Interesting album that I'd never heard of from a group I was not familiar with at all. I can't say I really liked the album that much, but I'd probably need another listen to fully form my opinion. I'll come back to this sometime in the future and see if it grows on me.

I like 80s goth music a lot and this is that. Drums are very 80s, love it. The lyrics are a little too bombastic for me. It doesn't quite strike the balance that Depeche Mode, the Cure, or Japan do. Its a genre I like but didn't really click with me.

I like some of the instrumentals but can't get over the goofy goth voice

Listening to Lucretia My Reflection on Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy I have a creeping sense it's such a dark goth classic that bands like Type-O Negative and London After Midnight ought to be paying blood tribute. Easily pairs with and overshadows contemporaries like Fields of the Nephilim. Like a single eye staring out at me from half a face, though the truth is that my time with this band has mostly been about the singles: This Corrosion, Lucretia, and to a lesser extent Dominion/Mother Russia. And yet, it's entirely possible that in the dark waters of this house a copy of the album has been floating around. Sure, the vocal performance is overly dramatized and deeply gothic and some of the sonic qualities of the drum machines and synths sound dated, but overall the original eight song construction is a near perfect slab of minor 80s vampire vibes. Put it on and drift drearily like a lost boy on a dark wave.

This was great fun! Sounded a lot like Depeche Mode with a hint or mild Ramstein and a splash of The Cure I’m rounding this one up to a 4 which may also be because the preceding album was so shit!

80s pop goth - and I'm so here for it! Who knew the thing to finally get me into the 80s synths and drum machines was a just a little bit of horny darkness!

Another album to add to the 'seminal Goth releases' of the 80s, all the more impressive as they had basically split (two ex members formed The Mission after their debut) and this album is basically the instruments and vocals of Andrew Eldritch. Bizarrely Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf) produced Dominion and This Corrosion which I think are the standout tracks. I even recall a Q magazine reviewer comparing This Corrosion to Queen's Innuendo! I can't help but hear Ian Curtis in a lot of the vocals and Joy Division are all over much of the Goth stuff after their demise. I've been pleasantly surprised by this album - I wouldn't have given it the time of day in '87 other than what was played in the charts.

5 stars … and now i have an uncontrollable urge to wear black in inappropriate weather conditions.

Decent

Особливо не запамʼяталось, проте це нормально. 2,5

This probably sounds like the Berlin Wall. I actually kinda like it. If Bowie had fronted The Cure.

2.5 rounded down

Forgot abt this to be honest but pretty cool

never heard of this before but it was pretty cool... i liked the first track a lot... i liked it a lot (dumb and dumber's lloyd christmas voice)

So dark and synthy, loved it.

Better than expected.

One of the classic goth records. Nailed the mood

Wear your cheap leather pants, put on some black eye makeup, and grab your glasses - we’re on a delicious gothic journey, baby. This is a Masterpiece - Deep and yet makes you dance. Each song is fun and intense. 1000 recommended

This sounds so much 80s, OK I can say that I listened to it.

Spooky

I found this album to be unbelievably boring and unremarkable.

Day976 - i like dark and gloomy but most of the songs could have been cut in half.

I’ve always slept on Sisters of Mercy because honestly while I have mad respect for the genre I’m just not really into goth rock. By track two I was literally grooving in my seat and resisting the urge to crack out my palest foundation and the really dark blue lippie I really love but should throw out because I’ve worn it once in 10 years. This is so so close to being a 5 for me and my favourite “new” discovery (this album and I are almost exactly the same age).

This simply did not hit anything unique or special

This felt like a gothic combo of the cult and tears for fears, and it mostly works

Like the Cure, but not as good