Floodland

Extremely eighties sounding, this seems pretty unexceptional. Singer sounds a bit Bowie-like, but if Bowie didn't have any good tunes.

Bit weird. Was alright as background music

Songs were quite long but it wasn't bad

3 ⭐️

It brings back memories of my dark gothic days. A weird time that only began for me well after the release of this album, but then lasted a while. In this respect, the Sisters were a rediscovery for me. Nice to see them here again. I'm curious to see if I still like the album as much.
Ok, now that I've listened to the album again, I realize that the fascination has disappeared. I still like a few things. Dominion and This Corrosion are among them. But the album won't be integrated into my daily stream.
3/5

very boring

Grandiose and pretty silly at times but I love its simple sense of melodrama.

(the night of) July 31, 2024

HL: "Lucretia", "This Corrosion", "Driven Like the Snow", "Never Land"

Points for being big & gothic & ridiculous; points taken for the canned 80s drums & talk-sung vocals that I feel take away from the atmosphere these songs could have possessed.
I bet the Sisters would be better live

3.5

This has cool goth vibes.

This would make a good soundtrack for The Lost Boys. So very 80s. Favorite tracks: Most of them sound identical, but This Corrosion caught my attention, even though it's also SO VERY 80s. First thought at the beginning of Never Land: "Wait? Is this When the Levee Breaks? Nope." Moving on...

Very 80’s very gothic, enjoyed this, probably worth at least one listen, but can’t see me coming back to it.

There's something about this. It's very atmospheric. It exudes a lot of cool. The album cover is cool as fuck. It's quite repetitive within the rhythms and construction of the individual songs - but somehow that works in it's favour. It's really interesting and unique in that respect, maybe because it has such a consistent mood and vision.

I like the driving beats on some of the songs. I want to hit up a goth club, stare at the floor and kind of generally flail about a bit while looking desolate. Outside of the goth club where I won't be judged, there's plenty of toe-tapping going on.

3.5 rounded up.

I had to enjoy Mother Russia ironically because fuck that nationalist bullshit.

It's all a bit silly, really

Favourite songs: Lucretia My Reflection, The Corrosion, Dominion/Mother Russia, Flood II

Least favourite songs: 1959

4/5

Aika ei ole järin hyvin tätä kohdellut. 2/5

Recuerdo perfectamente ver el vídeo de Dominion en la MTV. Además de esa canción conocía This Corrosion. En general se deja escuchar pero no es algo imprescindible en mi opinión.

This felt extremely stereotypical and almost like a parody of oneself. That isn't to say it's bad, it's completely competent as an album, but everything just sounds like surface level 80s dark wave. Now, at the time I'm sure this was revolutionary as a darker sound in new wave, but now it feels like the bare minimum as to what someone would be playing if there was a soundtrack for the 80s. It just screams angst, but that angst is hard to take seriously with the cheesy synths and repetitive drum machine. Maybe if one of these songs alone was on a whole album that sounded different, then I'd be interested due to the darker tone, but instead I was just bored by the end. Maybe in the right mood, but I have no clue what that mood would be, and why I wouldn't pick something like Depeche Mode or Joy Division first.

Surprisingly enjoyed this one quite a bit. The slower songs weren't that great, but really like the dark 80s synth sound of the rest. 4/5

This was a bit of a surprise, I had heard the name of this band but never knew who they were. I really enjoyed a lot of this, will come back to it for sure. Definitely sounds like a precursor to a lot of 80s and 90s rock and metal.

Het eerste nummer is ijzersterk. Er zit een hint van opera door de stevige 80 basis. De rest van het album is aardig. Het varieert binnen het jaren tachtig genre. Maar dat levert soms ook wat gepingel op (1959).

Industrial 80's sound is cool, unlike any of the songs. Would not listen again