The Sisters of Mercy "Floodland" Color:Imported / UK while finding the pockets of

while finding the pockets of calm in the chaos - a talent that has made the band such a refreshingly exhilarating force in the scene

while it's Ian Shelton-directed video interprets frontman Patrick Kindlon's sardonic storytelling with a subject who plays dead to avoid awkward interactions

's Sanctuary Theater

Despite some rather inane lyrics

Following their formation in 1976

The Sisters of Mercy "Floodland" Color:Imported / UK while finding the pockets ofWhile the goth scene in England was picking up commercial steam in the mid '80s, The Sisters of Mercy may have seemed quiet, but they roared back with 1987's 'Floodland'. Opening with the driving two part hymn 'Dominion Mother Russia', Sisters leader Andrew Eldritch (along with bassist Patricia Morrison) creates a black soundscape that is majestic and vast. While the earlier Sisters releases were noisy, sometimes harsh affairs, 'Floodland' is filled