The Sisters Of Mercy ----- First and Last and Always (Full Album)
On 11 March 1985, THE SISTERS OF MERCY released their debut album, FIRST AND LAST AND ALWAYS.
“By the time the Sisters of Mercy released their debut masterpiece First and Last and Always (1985), the early goth scene had already reached a crescendo,” wrote Valerie Steele in her excellent book ‘Gothic: Dark Glamour’.
“The Batcave saw its heyday, The Cult decided to excise "death" from their name, and the original blueprint for gothic rock had mutated significantly.
Doom and gloom was no longer confined to its characteristic atmospherics, but as the Sisters demonstrated, it could really rock. “
Influenced by a host of artists from Leonard Cohen and The Velvet Underground, to The Birthday Party and Suicide, The Sisters of Mercy added a drum machine and took Gothic into a new, harder rocking realm.