Emerging from the shadows through layers of smoke machine fog, Fields Of The
Nephilim took their stance as gothic lone rangers, dressed in black, dusty
cowboy leathers and playing with occult imagery. One of the key players in the
British goth movement of the mid-1980s, the band (named after a mystical novel
by Aleister Crowley) were the vision of front-man Carl McCoy and went on to top
the UK indie charts with debut album Dawnrazor (1987). Its follow-up The
Nephilim (1988) made it to Number 14 in the full chart and the Londoners tapped
into a gloomy, alternative feeling among th...