{"title":"Fields Of The Nephilim Collection","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bbq2380-the-nephilim-expanded-edition","title":"The Nephilim (Expanded Edition)","description":"Formed in 1984, \u003cb\u003eFields of the Nephilim\u003c\/b\u003e is the creation of vocalist and front man \u003cb\u003eCarl McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day. You can hear their influence on bands like Swans, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Explosions In The Sky, Wolves in The Throne Room, Behemoth and more.  \n\nBeggars Arkive are happy to announce a vinyl reissue, out October 20th, of their second album The Nephilim, released 35 years ago by Situation Two\/Beggars Banquet in 1988, and not pressed on vinyl since then. The album is pressed on golden brown vinyl and is expanded to a double LP. The album contains their epic, legendary track “Moonchild” plus three bonus tracks.\n\nThe Nephilim was recorded in a former courthouse in the Somerset countryside where defendants who were sentenced to death were hung. “Moonchild” is the band’s best known song due to it reaching #28 in the UK single charts, and \u003cb\u003eLouderSound\u003c\/b\u003e called it a classic and said that it \u003ci\u003e“perfectly encapsulates this era of the band and it has some nifty guitar work, great bass lines from Tony Pettitt, Nod’s stellar drumming and McCoy’s distinctive vocals.”\u003c\/i\u003e The song is named after a novel by Aleister Crowley, and there are several other nods to Crowley throughout The Nephilim. \n\nIn a 2013 remembrance of the album, \u003cb\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/b\u003e said \u003ci\u003e“The band’s sophomore effort, regarded not only as its best work but also as one of the UK goth scene’s masterpieces, is a seamless, hour-long trek into a surreal land populated by chiming guitars, hypnotic bass, found samples, and McCoy’s storytelling.”\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003e“When everything else failed me the Nephilim inspired me and gave me light in the darkness. As a musical vessel, we have never sold our soul or changed our tune to achieve major recognition. We always stood apart from everything else that was going on around us. The goth scene embraced us, but then so did many other scenes and subcultures. In the early days the audiences didn’t know how to take us but that is why we did what we wanted to do and certainly were not interested in doing what other bands were doing.”\u003c\/i\u003e – Carl McCoy","brand":"Fields Of The Nephilim","offers":[{"title":"The Nephilim (Expanded Edition) - Coloured 2X LP","offer_id":50726109413649,"sku":"BBQ2380LP","price":39.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0882\/3937\/4609\/files\/thenephilim_fieldsofthenephilim_4_2400x2400_1_fa637978-a093-4c4f-b50f-c782a6236139.jpg?v=1733251213"},{"product_id":"bbq2537-elizium-expanded-deluxe-edition","title":"Elizium (Expanded Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeggars Arkive is happy to announce a double vinyl expanded deluxe reissue of FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM’S third highly acclaimed album \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eELIZIUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, released by Beggars Banquet in 1990. The album has been expanded onto a double LP for audio clarity and contains 4 bonus tracks. This pressing is on brick red. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded and produced by Pink Floyd engineer Andy Jackson, the audio is via analogue transfer to 96khz\/24 bit by John Dent at Loud, with vinyl mastering by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormed in 1984, Fields of the Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day. You can hear their influence on bands like Swans, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Explosions In The Sky, Wolves in The Throne Room, Behemoth and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band’s unique sound, an apocalyptic fusion of Victorian underworld meets Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western, had an appearance to match (wide-brimmed hats, long duster coats and cowboy boots, usually black and smothered in white flour as a substitute for dust), and set them apart from their contemporaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizium\u003c\/i\u003e is one of their most beautiful albums and considered by many to be their best. As The Quietus wrote, \u003ci\u003e“it was both their most accessible and their most experimental work, concluding and consolidating the Nephilim’s five-year shamanic journey. Lead-off single and opening track ‘For Her Light’ featured a lengthy mid-section that anticipated the apocalyptic post-rock of Godspeed! You Black Emperor (unsurprisingly, it failed to chart), and the album featured some of the band’s hardest rock in the wah-overload of ‘Submission,’ as well as further incorporating dance elements - more successfully and organically than many of their peers, it must be said - on second single ‘Sumerland’.” \u003c\/i\u003eLouder Sound also called “Sumerland” their “greatest ever track”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BeggarsArkiveProd","offers":[{"title":"Elizium (Expanded Deluxe Edition) - Deluxe Red LP","offer_id":50726109806865,"sku":"BBQ2537LPX","price":38.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0882\/3937\/4609\/files\/fieldsofthenephilim_elizium_lp_brick_2_29110482-1433-4cb4-968a-04bdb48f6983.jpg?v=1733251226"},{"product_id":"bbq2702-dawnrazor","title":"Dawnrazor","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: -9.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eFormed in 1984, \u003cb\u003eFields of the Nephilim\u003c\/b\u003e is the creation of vocalist and front man \u003cb\u003eCarl McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e. 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Several different versions of this album were initially released, featuring different track listings depending on what country you were in. A definitive version, all 14 album tracks are included on this release for the first time on vinyl and together for the first time since the CD-only five album set. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: -9.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eThe album’s opening track contains a sample of the Ennio Morricone theme \"Man with the Harmonica\" from Sergio Leone's epic 1968 western film Once Upon a Time in the West. “Preacher Man” is an epic track that is often noted as one of the greatest goth songs of all time. 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