"Carl McCoy's voice sounds like that of a man who dug himself out of an unmarked grave": Fields Of The Nephilim take 80s goth to its logical extreme on The Nephilim

Fields Of The Nephilim backstage in 1990.

Fields Of The Nephilim: The Nephilim

(Image credit:  Situation Two/Beggars Banquet Records)

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Fields Of The Nephilim were 80s goth taken to its logical extreme by transporting the genre to late 19th-century frontier America. Named after a biblical race of giants, Field of the Nephilim’s fixation on horror and spaghetti western movies – both in terms of imagery and soundtracks – strongly influenced debut album, the atmospheric Sergio-Leone-meets-Sam-Raimi of Dawnrazor.

The band were driven by Carl McCoy (who had an upbringing as a Jehovah’s Witness), and second album The Nephilim blends mysticism and the occult. There are lyrical references to Aleister Crowley and HP Lovecraft, and a sample of Ron Perlman from The Name Of The Rose. Not to mention screeching crows, chanting monks, and crying nuns. Obviously.