Audio CD review:
Fields of the Nephilim - Fallen

Fields of the Nephilim - Fallen

Band: Fields of the Nephilim Title: Fallen Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 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)

Customer Reviews Disregarding politics, judged on the songs' merits... And that's the proper perspective, for most attention paid to this album is completely negative due to its unfavorable circumstances. This is a great collection of unfinished songs & demos. Yes, it's been disowned by the band since the label released these songs and titled it "Fields of the Nephilim" without the band's approval; and people buying it with expectations of a fully-formed reunion album were undoubtedly disappointed. But in the long run, Nephilim demos beat 99. 9% of "official" songs. And for demo standards the sound quality is quite good, the primary demo indicator is that some of the less-completed songs have somewhat monotonous drum machines laid bare in the absence of McCoy's densely layered atmospherics. All in all, it's a great glimpse into Carl McCoy's creative process, and now that Mourning Sun has finally satiated Watchers' desire for an official new Nephilim release, Fallen should at least be a curiosity. . Sour grapes? I understand the politics of it (believe me, I've worked as promoter to the occasional big "Goth Rock" band so I know about politics!) but to me whatever the circumstances behind this albums birth you cannot take away the fact that it is actually a pretty stunning album! I saw the Nephilim for the first time at the Manchester International II in 1988, a long time ago - this album brought it all back. As very long standing Fan/Follower of the Nephilim I was really suprised to see on the official web site that they didn't support this album. Only my opinion but this album I feel is well worth buying. . You can see a complete list of all Fields of the Nephilim discography, or go back to the Fields of the Nephilim tabs