Jade

New week still in the F's. Gonna change up the blog in some sense after some beer drinking suggestions. So starting the week off with some female fronted metal. Flowing Tears hail from Germany and play the standard gothic metal if ya will. The band started in the late 90's under the name Flowing Tears & The Withered Flowers before shortening up the name. 'Jade' was the first LP to be released under the new name. This is one of those dark gothic female fronted sorrow filled albums. The band is still together albeit with a new singer. The newer material is a bit more of the pop gothic metal sound.

I got into this band about a dozen years back, in fact the track 'Lovesong For A Dead Child' from this album is what lured me into this band. It was a good mix of depression and really well crafted melodies. The band's material is rather hard to track down stateside even though at one point the band was signed in the US to Century Media. I found their 'Serpentine' album during my first tour of living in St. Louis. I picked that up and that album pretty much continues the dark mood. 'Jade' is one of those albums I go back to when I want something female fronted but with a dark undertone to it. Perfect record for that sorrow filled night.

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