Fields Of The Nephilim - Zoon - review
Fields Of The Nephilim - Zoon - review
Tracklist
01. Still Life02. Xodus
03. Shine
04. Penetration
05. Melt (The Catching Of The Butterfly)
06. Venus Decomposing
07. Pazuzu (Black Rain)
08. Zoon (Pts. 1 & 2) (Saturation)
09. Zoon (Pt. 3) (Wake World)
10. Coma
A review by
jupitreas November 03, 2005
And brutal "Zoon" is. Damn! What a surprise it was for me when I first heard this album! "Elizium" was a wonderfully lush and subtle experience and I was expecting a continuation of this style. Instead, I got hit over the head with a double-bass blast. And then another one. Ouch! McCoy also adapted a very raspy vocal delivery for this album, often sounding like a complete death metal grunter. As a result of all this, "Zoon" will seem like a raw slab of extreme noise for the first time that we listen to it - seemingly something completely disconnected from what the Fields were doing (I mean, they weren't even metal, for starters). Nonetheless, as we get more used to this stuff, we will be able to draw some parallels and realize the logical progression that McCoy undertook between this album and the previous one. Indeed, the few subtle moments of this album sound even more impressive now that they are surrounded by the aggressive sections. For this reason, most memorable are those tracks that feature both these elements. "Xodus", "Shine" and "Melt" are such tracks, while the 3rd part of "Zoon" is simply hands down the best gothic metal track ever recorded and must be heard by anyone calling themselves a fan of the style. The other tracks are generally very aggressive thrash/death metal numbers with slight gothic overtones. "Pazuzu" is the best such track as it has a killer riff and a very impressive, technical mid-section. Naturally, with McCoy writing this stuff, we can be pretty sure the lyrics are going to be top-notch and we are not let down here. Anyone interested in Sumerian lore, chaos magick, Alistair Crowley etc. will find the lyrics on "Zoon" extremely inspiring as they tell the story of the goddess Inanna's descent to the underworld. Beware though - this is occult ideas being taken seriously so anyone that doesn't like the satanic side of metal should better keep away.
Its time to sum this wonderful album up - vicious, fast, aggressive and occasionally subtle and haunting, "Zoon" is bound to make any fan of goth rock and dark metal happy. Get it.
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I heard this wasn't a real Fields Of The Nephilim release, but an album by a successor-band called The Nephilim. It sounds nothing like Fields Of The Nephilim at any rate. Good review, though.
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Posts: 6663 Written by DayFly on 27.03.2009 at 16:40 You are right, Zoon was released with the moniker "The Nefilim". The reason why it is now generally considered to be simply a FOTN album is that Carl has later resurrected and reformed the band as Fields Of The Nephilim while still playing Zoon songs live. So yes, it was a drastic departure at the time but has been accepted into the 'canon' through the perspective of time.
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Indeed, our world has never been ready for Fields Of The Nephilim/The Nephilim... and probably never will be.
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Great review. There's only one little mistake though: Elizium was released in 1990. 
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Zoon pt 3 really is something, get the goosebumps every time i hear that song
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I hade a 100% same feelings about this as you man . Same words as I would sday (just you have better writing English)
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