The Nephilim (album)
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| Studio album by Fields of the Nephilim | ||||
| Released | September 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock | |||
| Length | 55:23 | |||
| Label | Situation Two/Beggars Banquet | |||
| Producer | Fields of the Nephilim | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.4/10.0)[2] |
The Nephilim, Fields of the Nephilim's second studio album, was released in September 1988 by Situation Two/Beggars Banquet Records. The record debuted at number 12 in the UK album charts.[3][4]
The album was recorded in The Justice Rooms, a former courthouse in England’s Somerset countryside where defendants who were sentenced to death were hanged on site. “The place had a really cool vibe,” recalls bassist Tony Pettitt.[5]
The Nephilim’s opening track, “Endemoniada," shares its name with a 1968 Mexican horror film, and features a man growling “penitentziagitae!,” sampled from Ron Perlman's hunchback character, Salvatore, in The Name of the Rose.[5] The album's top-charting single, "Moonchild," shares its name with Aleister Crowley's novel.[5] The lyrics for "Moonchild" and "Last Exit for the Lost" reference H. P. Lovecraft's character Cthulhu.[5]
Track listing
- "Endemoniada" – 7:15
- "The Watchmen" – 5:31
- "Phobia" – 3:37
- "Moonchild" – 5:40
- "Chord of Souls" – 5:08
- "Shiva" – 4:50
- "Celebrate" – 6:23
- "Love Under Will" – 7:08
- "Last Exit for the Lost" – 9:42
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Pitchfork Media review
- ↑ Jungle Records: FotN Biography
- ↑ Metropolis Records: FotN Biography
- 1 2 3 4 "Celebrate: Fields of the Nephilim's 'The Nephilim' at 25". PopMatters. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
External links
- The Nephilim at MusicBrainz (list of releases)