The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)

   By covering themselves into the gloomy mist of rothic rock, The Sisters of Mercy debuted as a band of the plenty of followers of the British post-punk wave. After the basic features were lie down by The Cure, in truth not many remarkable things happened in this style, but the name this band was kept in mind, while most of the others were forgotten.
   Why is that? There aren't many ways to approach that preferred gloomy, desperate sound of post-punk, and it's not easy either. The simple, basic themes a band could have operated with have to be moody and catchy the same time, must find the most suitable geniune voice, singing style, and the lyrics have to be effectively demoralizing too. This recipe could be also correct about most other genres, but to name several or more bands which could fit to the description is way harder in this one. Especially if we are looking for that well known heavy and gloomy feeling in some similar form. However The Sisters of Mercy found the way to that high level of hopelessness and added a new melancholic shade to the main depressive picture.