― DG, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And whoever said that Earth Inferno is great is clearly a perceptive individual (flour-ed up hat doffed in your direction, whoever you are).
But most of all, the Neff were great for appearing on a 'compare and contrast' piece on About Anglia, with those other scions of the Stevenage music scene, the Barron Knights. Glorious stuff.
― Richard, Friday, 24 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Been loading up my iPod of late with discs I haven't spun in many an age, and recently put on "Psychonaut", "Sumerland" and "Preacher Man," and it had me stalking about my aparement in a state of bug-eyed gloomiosity, frantically searching for ominous white powder to artfully scatter all over my black poncho.
Yes, the Nephilim were INDEFENSIBLY SILLY, but goddamn were they ever fun. And take away the Spaghetti Western hand-me-downs, the dry ice and the arty sleeves, and the tunes STILL hold up, despite the hoary theatrices.
Bless'em.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Friday, 8 April 2005 13:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 8 April 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Friday, 8 April 2005 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 8 April 2005 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link
week was non-music .. except on the last day i saw a german family going for their breakfast (lots of healthy fruit - the b*stards ! i really should be a more resonsible parent) and there was the dad was wearing a pristine fresh Fields of Neph t-shirt ..
nearly choked on my choco-corflakes ..
are they still going .. or on a comeback trail ?
― mark e (mark e), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Dude, that man is a hero, and should be duly lauded as such.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
it was great to see an otherwise lovely looking family (cute, well behaved kids .. grrrr its just too damn sickening ..) and the cooler than f*ck dad in his oh-so-cool T. i mean - a blacker than black T on a scorching day - and he wasn't sweating - not that i checked too much
.. and the realisation that there are lots other families who still have to suffer Dads and their college days infatuations
glorious.
i did wonder briefly .. 'wonder if he knows ILM' but the sun was shining and i had to get back to life - so i never followed up on this ..
― mark e (mark e), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Replace "children" with "child, replace "Fields of the Nephilim" with "Killing Joke" and you have my pathetic little life in a nutshell.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
.. that statement re replacing stuff and getting to you was soooo close to my second thought after i wonder if he knows ILM its just too spooky ..
that and it mirrors my own situ with AOC
.. but my T's are no longer pristine ..
not easy after 18 (18! fuck - time to grow up? nahhhhh) years ..
― mark e (mark e), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
"LONGEVITY, LONGEVITY, I MELT DOWN WHERE I BURN BEFORE!
To this day, I still have precious little clue what the Nephs were hollering about -- some Lovecraftian musings on the encroaching End Times, doubtlessly -- but DANG if their hoary exhorting didn't scorch itself into my adolescent cerebellum like a cattle brand.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
"JOIN US, LUKE, WE ARE YOUR FATHER!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
THEY'RE WEARING SHADES.....IN THE DARK!!!! EAT MY FUCK, COREY HART!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
When the apocalypse finally arrives, all the true hepcats will be sporting cowboy finery and glacier glasses. Just you wait!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim (jim5et), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Telephonething, Friday, 8 April 2005 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 18:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
*Grim Goth Fact: On the anniversary of the cat's death, my mum pulled out a cheap lucky dip photo album containing a single picture of me and Liz, plus a clump of her bloody matted hair.
**'For Her Light' was a towering pop moment, though.
― Huey (Huey), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
God, I hope I didn't. That they followed after was clear enough but the two bands had much different reference points.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
I wouldn't have said that.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
It certainly didn't hurt having signed to Beggars Banquet, home of such acts as Bauhaus and the Cult, though the more obvious source of the Nephilim's sound at this point was the Sisters of Mercy, various attempts to deny it aside.
(So I think you were reading too much into things there. ;-) )
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
SEIZE HIM!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
http://justforaday.blogspot.com/2005/05/earth-inferno.html
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Thursday, 26 May 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Fields Of The Nephilim (well probably just Carl but he's using the old moniker) released a new album in November! No-one noticed! It's called, wait for it, Mourning Sun - quality play on words there (though I'd have gone with "Son"...).
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000BR6FCE.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Anyway, it sounds like Fields Of The Nephilim! Only not as good, but still! Probably closer to Elizium than any of the earlier stuff. There's a limited edition that comes with a cover of In The Year 2525 that I've sadly yet to hear.
Anyway, if only for fond memories of them BLASTING MY FUCKING EARS OFF at the Mayfair - CLASSIC
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 3 March 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 3 March 2006 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 3 March 2006 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
poor the Nephilim ;_;
― this is gonna get messi (onimo), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
(I actually felt a wee tiny flutter of interest at this being revived, that there might be actual new Nephilim news - guess I'm the nobody that cares)
― this is gonna get messi (onimo), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
lol j0hn
― goth (crüt), Saturday, 10 July 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
well they've been touring eastern europe apparently
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Saturday, 10 July 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Come on man, release the DVD already. :-/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX_pxkz3Rco
― StanM, Thursday, 19 August 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
In light of the Bieber/Sigur Ros thing I repeat this earlier post:
Actually, one of the greatest 'holy FUCK' experiences in terms of screwing around with vinyl -- the 12" version of "Sumerland," which is meant to be played at 45 rpm. Play it at 33 and it's slow motion apocalypse beauty in a nutshell, this ominous crawl that builds up and then GRINDS DOWN.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 August 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Fans from the Dawnrazor forums explain what's going on in the Neph's world:
http://www.imaginarywalls.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2985&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
2 examples:http://www.grapheine.com/classiktv/index.php?module=see&lang=uk&code=0fe4e55cb3dcb7986aa9dab097d4e91dhttp://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/webdesign-uk-fc5427c6ccf5babf769c0899ff76b914.html
― StanM, Saturday, 21 August 2010 09:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Why don't you play some new songs?
http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/graphiste-uk-2a0dd90e296b8ae1ef8454443c4171b5.html
― StanM, Saturday, 21 August 2010 09:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Fields of the Nephilim can confirm that they will share the stage with The Mission at London's Brixton Academy on October 22nd 2011 with support from Gene Loves Jezebel.
now theres a line up for ex-residents of LS6
― mark e, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 07:39 (thirteen years ago) link
what's new in Neph world and can someone tell me whether I should pick up that last album of theirs?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
Fields of the Nephilim can confirm that they will share the stage with The Mission at London's Brixton Academy on October 22nd 2011 with support from Gene Loves Jezebel.This event represents a monumental coming together of two of the most influential bands of the dark music movement and will be a huge celebration of this powerful scene.
― StanM, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:30 (twelve years ago) link
That live DVD they've been promising for (three?) years now seems to be forgotten? ( http://www.ceromonies.net is down, no mention on their site anymore)
― StanM, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
Via the Quietus (and that live DVD is finally coming out):
http://thequietus.com/articles/08546-fields-of-the-nephilim-interview
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
A long needed piece! Beth Winegarner on the second album specifically as well as getting a slew of metal acts to confirm my long held suspicion that the Fields were a hell of an influence on many bands that followed:
http://www.popmatters.com/feature/175956-celebrate-fields-of-the-nephilims-the-nephilim-at-25-by-beth-winegar/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 October 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
I listened to the first three discs in the boxset today. Absolutely awesome stuff. I'd heard some of it previously, but never a full album. It's exactly what I've been wanting since getting heavily into In Solitude's Sister, an album that I think has some clear Nephilim influence.
Also, I adore their look. Nothing embarrassing about it, those cowboys outfits rule.
― jmm, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
Testify!
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
the love in the thread has urged me to do a u-turn on my earlier statement re all things goth, as i have just picked this boxset up.
not really heard much yet, but i'm really looking forward to the long weekend i have soaking all this up via my new hq rattling floorstanders.
question : in the box set there is a disc with remixes etc, was this ever released as a separate album, or is it a boxset special.
oh, and 'dust' just kicked in .. oh yes, this is more like it ..
― mark e, Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:30 (ten years ago) link
Classic, mostly.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 5 December 2013 14:10 (ten years ago) link
I have all the albums in various formats scattered god knows where, so I'm tempted to pick up the box set for convenience's sake - have the albums been remastered by any chance?
re. remixes - I think a lot of them were oincluded in the 2 CD version of the 1993 Best Of compilation (god, how many times I listened to that twofer at that time)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
detail re mastering and other stuff (umm 'lo ned) :
http://archive.beggars.com/releases/215/fields-of-the-nephilim-5-albums
― mark e, Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
by album #3 they really discovered they liked long songs ..
― mark e, Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
Supposedly they are remastered, but I don't know if the remasters were newly done for this set. There's some info here: http://archive.beggars.com/releases/215/fields-of-the-nephilim-5-albums
Mastering notes – The only album in this set to have been fully re-mastered from the analogue tapes is Elysium. Due to the limited budget (and in some cases non availability of analogue) the other albums / tracks have been mastered from digital sources.
Either way, the sound quality is excellent. Great bass sound throughout.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
I haven't listened to any Neph stuff since the 1st couple of albums, but I note that one of the recent line-up - Gav King - is also playing in Conflict these days as well.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
I love that. "Sumerland" especially -- 11 minutes and it maintains just the right tension the entire while.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Quite so. Still majestic and perfect.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
- Due to the limited budget (and in some cases non availability of analogue) the other albums / tracks have been mastered from digital sources.- (due to time constraints some appear as bonus tracks on the original CDs)
Were Beggars Banquet legally or otherwise forced to put this box set out against their will or something?
― StanM, Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
oooh .. not thought of that.wonder if the rights revert back to the band in near future, and so they rush released this to cash in.
― mark e, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
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.
― mark e, Thursday, 5 December 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
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.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 December 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
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 ..
― mark e, Thursday, 5 December 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
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
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 25 December 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
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.
― yeovil knievel (NickB), Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
All that, and more!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 May 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
Good choices both.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
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?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 May 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
They get even more cinematic over the next few records too.
― MaresNest, Friday, 25 May 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
Hypnotic drones are what set these guys apart.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 25 May 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
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.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 5 October 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
I think it's their best.
― Duke, Friday, 5 October 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
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.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 October 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
I'm slightly gutted that "Psychonaut" is just a bonus track and not the real ending of Elizium. Seems perfect to me.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
Pretty awesome album. Sad that this box set only has 3 studio albums.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 9 February 2019 11:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F6AhVj7lHI
Can anyone explain what the heck they're doing on a North American Campus Activities Promo Tape?
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 20 October 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
lol
― blows with the wind donors (crüt), Sunday, 20 October 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHSgQpgNOO0
― MaresNest, Monday, 19 September 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link