Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim is an influential Gothic-Rock-/Gothic-Metal-Band, which was founded in 1983 in Stevenage ( Hertfordshire). The band combines optical elements from the fields of spaghetti westerns and postnuklearem apocalyptic scenario, with mythical elements from the fields of shamanism, Hermeticism, chaos magic and Nephilim legend. On the mythological Nephilim, Old Testament malignant giant creatures, even the band's name comes from.
Band History
Fields of the Nephilim were established and existed from 1984 to 1991 from Carl McCoy (vocals ) in 1983, Paul Wright (guitar ), Peter Yates (guitar, Peter Yates replaced the until 1984, playing in the band saxophonist Gary Whisker ), Nod Wright (drums ) and Tony Pettitt ( bass). The band was based since the mid-1980s regarding the outfits to The Sisters of Mercy and was then branded by the music press as the 1:1 copy. In fact, the Fields had all the clothing items, including Carl McCoy's aviator glasses ( originally worn by Wayne Hussey to Sisters - hours), taken over by the Sisters of Mercy. The band created its own musical, hard rock -influenced style to which many bands of the 1990s and 2000s appointed as an influence. Also, some bands from death metal area gave to the band as an inspiration.
After singer McCoy had separated from the rest of the band in 1991, he made a solo project called The Nefilim on. Under one-time use of this name was published in 1995 the death- and industrial- metal -heavy album Zoon. The remaining Fields musicians established along with singer Andy Delany a new project called Rubicon, which broke up after two albums barely noticed.
From Nefilim two new formations were in the second half of the 1990s out: Saints of Eden and sensorium, both also significantly metal- oriented. The Wright brothers were calling for the end of their project, the band Rubicon The Last Rites to life.
In the late 1990s, discussions were held to a reunion of the original cast of the Fields of the Nephilim instead (but without guitarist Peter Yates ), but effectively brought only singer Carl McCoy and bassist Tony Pettitt under the fictitious from the label Jungle Records project name Fields of the Nephilim AD a single called One More Nightmare ( 2000) out: remixes of old Fields songs, originally made for a film project. There was not a real album, and also Carl McCoy and Tony Pettitt went their separate ways musically. Carl McCoy put the project continued alone. In 2002, the label no longer wait for the final album recordings of McCoy decided, and unceremoniously released the album Fallen: a collection meantime submitted demos and rehearsal recordings. McCoy, himself surprised by the release, then ended the collaboration with the label.
In the same year founded another Fields -of -the- Nephilim - chipping by Peter White and Tony Pettitt: NFD (Noise for Destruction ).
In November 2005, appeared with a new album Mourning Sun by Carl McCoy under the old project name Fields of the Nephilim. The music is a combination of the old Fields -of -the- Nephilim and the metal -heavy Nefilim style dar.