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Sisters Of Mercy - "Floodland" style_Downtempo While Lifes Rich Pageant wasWhile 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