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While this is obviously no Elizium, it's not bad. This is more polished than Carl McCoy's Nefilim or the "unauthorized" release Fallen. Although McCoy is not even in this NFD's line-up, some of the Nephilim moods carry.

These songs do lean on the heavy side a bit (not as much as Zoon by Nefilim), but the harmonies are nice and not completely lost amnogst guitars, especially in Lost Souls. While there are similarities in sound between NFD and other Nephilim incarnations, there is some promise here.

So, don't expect a Fields of the Nephilim release here, but it's definitely worth a try.

What this record sounds like is a Nephilim/Nefilim tribute band that decided to write their own songs and record an album. The music sounds a little too close to the Nephilim/Nefilim for these guys to claim any originality. They do throw in some Cyber-Metal influence in the vein of Rammstein however. What is amazing is how close the singer of NFD comes to sounding like Carl McCoy. There are times when you would swear that he was singing! At times the vocals get get tiresome as the singer uses a certain irritating vocal manerism (something Carl would never sing) again, and again, and again in just about every song. Lyrically it's nothing McCoy would sing for the most part, unless you count the times they intentionally rip off a lyric. There's virtually non of the esoterc Lovecraft/Crowley influenced poetry here. Most of the songs seem to be grounded in our physical and conventional reality. The music is heavier, less etherial and less "Western" sounding than Fields of the Nephilim, not nearly as "Death Metal" sounding as Nefilim, but it does come very close to the unoficial FOTN album "Fallen". There are some great melodies and chord progressions that sound exactly like something the Nephilim/Nefilim would use. The song Turbine sounds like it could have come off of "Dawnrazor" or "The Nephilim". But there are instances all over the album where it sounds as if they had taken a melody or riff off of Elizium and simply altered a note or two. There are even lyrics which have been liften straight off of Elizium. "We can dream forever..." sung in a very similar melody as on Sumerland is one example. It was nice to hear Tony Pettit's unique bass sound and Peter Yates' stirring slide-guitar leads again. Overall it is an enjoyable record. Not a masterpiece, hardly original, but holds up for a spin when you've played your Nephilim/Nefilim albums into the ground.