The Nephilim

Fields Of The Nephilim, Fields of the | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• ASIN: B00000189D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,879 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Having built a considerable and passionate fanbase, the Nephilim approached their second album with confidence and a clutch of stunning new songs. The resulting, semi-self-titled release blows away the first by a mile (the art design alone, depicting an ancient, worn book with strange symbols, is a winner), being an elegantly produced and played monster of dark, powerful rock. Even if McCoy's cries and husked whispers don't appeal to all, once the listener gets past that to the music, the band simply goes off, incorporating their various influences -- especially a good dollop of pre-Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd (think songs like "One of These Days") -- to create a massive blast of a record. Buchanan again produces with a careful ear for maximum impact, whether it be the roaring rage of "Chord of Souls" or the minimal guitar and slight keyboard wash of "Celebrate"; McCoy's vocal on the latter is especially fine as a careful, calm brood that matches the music.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A band of epic stature emerges, June 4, 2003

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SandmanVI (Glen Allen, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nephilim (Audio CD)

As the album begins, it seems as though The Nephilim picks up where Dawnrazor left off, with consecutive tracks of potent Gothic guitar rock. Endemoniada, The Watchman and Moonchild are all excellent as Goth singles.

However as the album progresses the true genius of FotN begins to emerge. The minimal, soulful Celebrate represents the best performance Carl McCoy had given up to that point. The effort becomes even more inspired as the album wraps with Love Under Will and Last Exit for the Lost. There may not be 2 other songs in the entire history of the genre that are more epic than these; this is what Goth was meant to be - beautiful, mysterious, manic, edgy, apocalyptic and truly grand.

The suggestion that FotN was derivative of other Goth bands must end with these 3 final tracks as none were ever so massive in scope and feel before, and none since (other than what Nephilim themselves accomplish later on Elizium).

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Last Exit For The Lost, September 5, 2002

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joseph stewart (Hastings, Nebraska United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nephilim (Audio CD)

"Nephilim" is one of those rare albums that will forever change you. From the haunting strains of Celebrate to the discordant brilliance of Last Exit For the Lost there are no momnets that will not engage you in a dream like duality of mind and body.

ps...for those of you out there that think FOTN sound like sisters of mercy I suggest you listen again...or at the very least listen...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! More happy memories!, May 13, 2000

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Mr N Forbes-warren "author of RESURGENCE and ... (Newport, South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nephilim (Audio CD)

Fields of the Nephilim were one of my favourite bands in the late 1980s/early 1990s, along with the later 1996 incarnation NEFILIM. Listening to this band now, wow, what a refreshing change from the underage sex-pop that dominates the charts these days(i.e. Britney, N-sync etc). ENDEMONIADE is a blistering goth-rock epic which begins slowly and speeds up with a driving, disco-rock beat and echoing guitars that made so much impact to me when it first came out. PHOBIA, while being a rip-off of Motorhead's THE ACE OF SPADES just rocks big time! This is a real fast thrasher that will have all you death-metal maniacs out there banging your heads in unison. MOONCHILD was a Top 40 hit in the UK in 1988 and combines great guitar work with a pounding bassline, moving along with a great sense of urgency. In another manic vein, CHORD OF SOULS belts along with all the subtlety of a pramful of china hurtling down the street maiming passers-by. Much of the lyrics on this LP are occult-inspired, and if you play LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST backwards, you can hear vocalist CARL McCOY saying 'He's here, I'm high.' And the rest sounds like Russian being spoken. Anyway, the second segment of the album has the haunting ballad CELEBRATE, where McCoy does not growl, as he does on all the louder numbers, he proves he can actually sing properly, and very well at that too. Never before has apocalyptic goth rock sounded so uplifting! Check it out!