The pronunciation is similar to the Great Flood and plays with meaning of the church.

From its beginning, Sinnflut has had only two members - Magnus Bartsch, songwriter, vocalist and piano player, and Manuel Bartsch, songwriter, vocalist, lyricist and programmer.

The band is mostly associated with "Neue Deutsche Todeskunst" (New German Death Art) along with Das Ich and Relatives Menschsein.

Since their first release "Vergessene Melodien" they were valid as sleeper in their genre.

Manuel Bartsch also wrote the soundtrack for The Alps Experience - Across the Alps on a mountainbike, a documentary film by Roland Schymik (2004, 2007).