Floodland

Gary King has shite taste in music

Although definitely gothic, this was also a lot catchier than I was expecting. With the benefit of hindsight though, you don’t brings in Jim Steinman as a producer if you’re allergic to fun.

A tale of good and bad. Dominion, Lucretia, Corrosion good, Flood 1, 1959 bad. I did listen twice though, so more good than bad then.

Meh, it was ok. Kind of droned on. Nothing to really sink your teeth into.

Not terrible but so one dimensional I can only take a few tracks before I look for something else

As far as post-punk goes, I tend to prefer the more new-wave type stuff (New Order) or the stereotypical goth rock type stuff (although I didn't care for Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division as that was kinda proto-goth), which this album falls into.

Lucretia My Reflection and Driven Like the Snow being the standouts for me, with the bass just laying down the vibe. Not as big on songs like This Corrosion, with its more stadium rock/pop drum sounds and guitar solos. I want more melancholy/morose vibes, and that song does not provide it, haha. Cool guitar/strings work on Never Land - A Fragment and some interesting Egyptian (?) sounding guitar licks on Flood II.

Still a great goth rock record though.

Couple of good tracks but mostly quite generic 80’s music.

Better than I was expecting

Oh wow - okay. Wasn't what I was expecting at all.

Kind of hard to place this in terms of other music I have heard but I really like it. Very gloomy and atmospheric somewhere between The Cure and Type o Negative.

Not a wasted track on the album too, great variation between songs so they don't blur into each other.

So, five days ago I got an album described as goth rock, which was a first for me. I didn’t enjoy it much and didn’t really feel a strong goth connection.

Then came this album with the same description on Wikipedia. I had never heard of this band, so wasn’t expecting much…

I LOVED THIS! Turned the volume up after the first 15 seconds. Really brings me back to my late 80s dance club days. I don’t remember this band, maybe they didn’t break big in the US? But this hits the mood… really great album.

Very 80s, very cure. Not really my cup of tea but not a terrible album. 3*

Drums sound absolutely massive here. I really enjoy the opening track Dominion and have fond memories of it in GTA IV. The other tracks just don't seem to really do it for me though. They all have a similar sound and just don't compare to Dominion. The atmosphere on the album is incredible still.

When I was 14/15 and getting more into music my dad gave me his old record player and records, so most of the stuff I was listening to was his collection. This was a particular favourite of mine at the time so it’s quite nostalgic to come back to 10 years later. It’s so gothic and so 80s I love it.

Excellent darkwave album

Surprisingly, I kind of liked this. 2.83

great bass lines but soo brooding

I absolutely LOVED the song ‘This Corrosion’

A 3 that turned into a 4 by the end of the album. Not a great start but really picks up and is very enjoyable throughout.

I like the gothic rock style and some of the songs were pretty good. It just all sounds the same and I got bored towards the end.

Awesome gothic rock. They used a drum machine super effectively and it really lends itself to the vibe here.