Quick Album by Album Summary:
As the Flower Withers- Doom/Death which definitely has it's moments, but when the band leans towards the death side it becomes rather weak.
Turn Loose the Swans- Dark and dynamic with an excellent mix of clean and growled vocals, lots of violins and keyboards and excellent songwriting. Very passionate and emotional.
Angel and the Dark River- An emphisis on their gothic elements and a elemination of the death elements. Nevertheless a brillant work with phenominal songwriting, melodies, and violin gallore. Their best work IMO.
Like Gods of the Sun- Even cleaner then Angel... this album really lacks heart (other then a few standout tracks such as "A Kiss to Remeber" and "For My Fallen Angel") and the songwriting is rather dull and unoriginal with bland structuring and riffwork.
34.7888% Complete- The loss of their excellent violinist and drummer altered their sound a lot- there are few doom elements remianing in their sound by this point. This is dark, somewhat electronic metal. Hard to describe. Good but far from great.
The Light at the End of the World- A return to doom metal, including the return of growled vocals. At times excellent, but way too much filler.
The Dreadful Hours- The bands passionate and powerful ressurection with excellent song writing, tons of dynamics and a wide array of vocals.
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light- Very melodic with very full production and lots of life. The songwriting in and of itself isn't as impressive as TDH but this is still a top notch release.
So I'd say start out with The Angel and the Dark River, Turn Lose the Swans, and The Dreadful Hours... probably in that order. If you enjoy those then go for the others...