The Nephilim is the second studio album by Fields of the Nephilim, released in September 1988 by Situation Two/Beggars Banquet Records.[4] The record debuted at number 12 in the UK album charts.[5][6]

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]
Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music	[3]

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.[7]

The Nephilim’s opening track, "Endemoniada", shares its name with a 1968 Mexican horror film and features a man growling “penitenziagite!”, sampled from Ron Perlman's hunchback character, Salvatore, in The Name of the Rose.[7] The album's top-charting single, "Moonchild", shares its name with Aleister Crowley's novel, while "Love Under Will" is a phrase from Crowley's Book of the Law.[7] The lyrics for "The Watchman" and "Last Exit for the Lost" reference H. P. Lovecraft's character Cthulhu.[7]

The third track "Phobia" is stylistically similar to Motorhead's hit song "Ace of Spades" including near identical guitar riffs

Track listing

1. "Endemoniada" – 7:15
2. "The Watchman" – 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

External links

• The Nephilim at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

На других языках

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