The Nephilim (album)

The Nephilim
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
Fields of the Nephilim chronology
Dawnrazor (1987) The Nephilim (1988) Elizium (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

1. "Endemoniada" – 7:15
2. "The Watchmen" – 5:31
3. "Phobia" – 3:37
4. "Moonchild" – 5:40
5. "Chord of Souls" – 5:08
6. "Shiva" – 4:50
7. "Celebrate" – 6:23
8. "Love Under Will" – 7:08
9. "Last Exit for the Lost" – 9:42

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
3. ↑ Jungle Records: FotN Biography
4. ↑ Metropolis Records: FotN Biography
5. 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)