Fields Of The Nephilim – Fallen

What was touted as a rebirth of the seminal gothic troupe, the first new material from bandleader and vocalist Carl McCoy as Fields of the Nephilim in over a decade, might have been more of a marketing ploy than anything else; none of the original band members aside from McCoy and Tony Pettitt appear on Fallen, but more damning was the band's website, which, upon the release of the disc, insisted in no uncertain terms that they wanted nothing more to do with the name Fields of the Nephilim and accusing the disc as being an unauthorized cash-in of unreleased (and, they further claimed, unfinished) demos that were pilfered by their label. Without bearing this unique situation in mind, Fallen is a decent enough album. It fits between early The Sisters of Mercy, the crunch of Zoon, and the more gothic-flavoured of the nü crew (think Godhead) -- all without seeming outdated or contrived. Considering the current state of affairs, however, one doesn't know what Fields of the Nephilim wanted us to think, except that the band makes some high-quality demos.

Ripped from the 2002 CD release on Jungle Records to pilfered MP3 @ 320kbps

Fields Of The Nephilim; Fallen

1.       Dead To The World

2.       From The Fire

3.       Thirst

4.       Darkcell AD

5.       Subsanity

6.       Hollow Doll

7.       Fallen

8.       Deeper

9.       Premonition

10.   One More Nightmare (Trees Come Down AD)

11.   Endemoniada

12.   Last Exit For The Lost

13.   Dawnrazor

14.   The Sequel