''The Flood Inside'' is the fourth studio album by German

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. It was released on 4 March 2013, through

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and reached No. 33 in the German charts. It is the first album to have a set vocalist (Martin "Marsen" Fischer) and features vocals on four of the eight tracks. The song "Welcome Change" features guest vocals from Norway singer/songwriter Petter Carlsen and Anathema's frontman Vincent Cavanagh.

Track listing

Personnel

* David Jordan – guitar * Janosch Rathmer – drums * Florian Füntmann – guitar * Jan Hoffmann – bass * Martin Fischer - vocals and sounds

Reception

The change to include a vocalist and the album in general were very well received, with positive reviews from EMP, Metal Hammer, and Metal Revolution among others, Metal Hammer referring to the new vocalist as "vocally capable of adding an extra dimension, musically".

References

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