Origin: Saarbrücken, Germany  
Genres: Gothic Metal
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Last update/review: January 17, 2017

Flowing Tears

Originally operating under the longer name Flowing Tears & Withering Flowers, this German band forged a successful career from 1994 to 2013, ranking as one of the better European gothic rock/metal bands of the era. Their style was roughly in the ballpark of, say, mid-period The Gathering, with impressive vocal performances from

Last Lineup

Helen Vogt

vocals

Benjamin Buss

guitars (Powerwolf, ex-Red Aim)

David Vogt

bass (Powerwolf)

Stefan Gamballa

drums (ex-Mercury Tide, ex-Powerwolf, ex-Red Aim)

Former Members/Guests

Stefanie Duchêne

vocals

Manfred Bersin

guitars

Frédéric Lesny

bass

Mike Volz

keyboards

Christian Zimmer

drums RIP: October 20, 2004, car accident

Eric Hilt

drums


Discography


Swansongs  
1996 Seven Art
  1. Flowers in the Rain
  2. Waterbride
  3. Fallen Leaves
  4. Arion
  5. Crystal Dance
  6. Flowing tears & Withered flowers
  7. ... along a Dreamin Ocean ...
  8. ... and I Drown ...
  • Manfred Bersin
  • Benjamin Buss
  • Frédéric Lesny
  • Christian Zimmer


Joy Parade  
1998 Seven Art
  1. Purple Red Soil
  2. Gerion
  3. Joy Parade
  4. Bluefield
  5. Odium
  6. Trust
  7. Sundrops
  8. Spirals meet the Sea
  9. Rainswept
  10. The Day you took my Breath
  • Stefanie Duchêne
  • Manfred Bersin
  • Benjamin Buss
  • Frédéric Lesny
  • Eric Hilt


Swallow  EP
1999 self-released
  1. Swallow
  2. Love will tear us apart
  3. Purple red soil
  4. Odium
  • Stefanie Duchêne
  • Manfred Bersin
  • Benjamin Buss
  • Frédéric Lesny
  • Eric Hilt


Jade  
2000 Century Media
  1. Godless
  2. Sistersun
  3. Swallow
  4. Lovesong for a dead child
  5. Under the red
  6. Turpentine
  7. The one I drowned
  8. Vanity
  9. Radio heroine
  10. Coma garden
  11. Jade
  12. White horses
  • Stefanie Duchêne
  • Manfred Bersin
  • Benjamin Buss
  • Frédéric Lesny
  • Mike Volz
  • Eric Hilt


Serpentine  
2002 Century Media
  1. Intro
  2. Starfish ride (for a million dollar handshake)
  3. Serpentine
  4. Children of the sun
  5. The marching sane
  6. Breach
  7. Portsall (departure song)
  8. Justine
  9. The carnage people
  10. Merlin
  11. Cupid of the carrion kind
  12. For tonight
  • Stefanie Duchêne
  • Benjamin Buss
  • Frédéric Lesny
  • Stefan Gamballa


Razorbliss  
2004 Century Media
  1. Razorbliss
  2. Believe
  3. Virago
  4. Undying
  5. Radium Angel
  6. Firedream
  7. Ballad Of A Lonely God
  8. Snakes Of Grey
  9. Mine Is The Ocean
  10. Maladine
  11. Unspoken
  12. Pitch Black Water
  • Helen Vogt
  • Benjamin Buss
  • Frédéric Lesny
  • Stefan Gamballa


Invanity - Live In Berlin  
2007 Ascendance
  1. Swallow
  2. Undying
  3. Portsall (Departure Song)
  4. Lovesong For A Dead Child
  5. The Marching Sane
  6. Merlin
  7. Pitch Black Water
  8. Dead Skin Mask
  9. The Weeping Song


Thy Kingdom Gone  
2008 Ascendance
  1. Orchidfire
  2. Pain Has Taken Over
  3. Rain Of A Thousand Years
  4. Grey
  5. Thy Kingdom Gone
  6. Words Before You Leave
  7. Miss Fortune
  8. Colossal Shaped Despair
  9. Kismet
  10. For My Enemies
  11. Souls Of The Neon Reign
  12. The War We Left Behind
  • Helen Vogt
  • Benjamin Buss
  • David Vogt
  • Stefan Gamballa



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