Fields of the Nephilim: Classic or Dud?

I love that. "Sumerland" especially -- 11 minutes and it maintains just the right tension the entire while.

just 'experienced' this track on the new speakers.

damn. shivers all over.

and i would suggest there is actually a big difference in the sonics of the non-analogue remasters.
disc 3 sounds immense in comparison to the others.
thankfully, disc 3 is clearly the highlight of the boxset.

I see what you mean. It might just be a consequence of the original production aesthetics. I take it this band is purposefully going for a kind of smoky, murky vibe a lot of the time. Maybe when someone familiar with these albums hears this set they can tell us.

It might just be a consequence of the original production aesthetics.

and the budget available ..

still, i have no complaints as this stuff is ace ..

so I got myself the box set as my own personal xmas present to myself - excited to hear it all again but boy did they keep packaging costs to a minimum _ I guess that's what made the package so cheap. At this point I could have gotten the MP3s instead

Listening to Elizium which i'd never really heard before. Stuff like Submission is great, somewhat surprisingly it sounds like a cross between Bark Psychosis, Clock Dva and Porcupine Tree.

All that, and more!

For a long time I hadn't bothered with much goth that didn't have some Cure, Banshee, Cocteau or Dead Can Dance blood in it. Tried Bauhaus - In The Flat Field years ago and it didn't do much for me (should try another album).

But then Sisters Of Mercy impressed me because it's just so different and I have trouble making sense of them coming from the time and place they did, they seem like such an oddity to me.

Now in the past few weeks, Fields Of The Nephilim's Dawnrazor... even more of an oddity considering the time and place. It conjures up such an interesting world that seems so complete.

I don't think I ever heard Sisters or Fields when I was a child so this stuff is super fresh to me.

Good choices both.

Bonus track "Blue Water" is great.

I'm trying to describe what they're achieving in more detail but cant find the words. Maybe that it seems like some of the songs are more than just regular songs, like fleshed out scenes or something like that?

They get even more cinematic over the next few records too.

Hypnotic drones are what set these guys apart.

Didn't like the second album quite as much, but it's an interesting one. "Shiva" is my favorite by a long distance, just awesome track, but it isn't on the earliest versions of the album somehow.

I think it's their best.

I think "Phobia" is great but the guitar is a tad too close to Motorhead's "Ace Of Spades".

I think I like "Shiva" so much because it's just so overtly sinister, a seductive monster quality.

I'm slightly gutted that "Psychonaut" is just a bonus track and not the real ending of Elizium. Seems perfect to me.

Pretty awesome album. Sad that this box set only has 3 studio albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F6AhVj7lHI

Can anyone explain what the heck they're doing on a North American Campus Activities Promo Tape?

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHSgQpgNOO0