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Going to see the Nephilim this month for the first time since the 1980s. They used to be great live. What's the opinion these days? The recent live videos on Youtube look great. I know if I asked this about the Sisters it would all get very fraught. Hopefully not in this instance!

A couple of friends of mine had a great time seeing them recently, so hopefully you'll have a cracking night out.

who is in the band these days? i havent seen them live for a very long time but even when i didnt appreciate the band as much as i came to in later years Nods was without doubt one of the best live drummers i've seen perform ever.

Carl still makes Von appear a chatterbox in comparison
They are a good live band but you don't get any surprises

I have heard that McCoy uses prerecorded vocals.

markfiend wrote:I have heard that McCoy uses prerecorded vocals.

Did he say that?

Last time I've seen them was actually a double whammy: they played 2 different sets on the Roadburn festival in Tilburg in 2015, one on Friday and one the day after. That 2nd show was really brilliant! Big hall, great sound, big audience & wonderful friends to share the experience with...
Tony Pettitt was back in the band and I think he still is (?). They had a new(ish) guitarist with them who was feeling the Neph' sound so no complains whatsoever!

I went to see them a good few years back at the Astoria, McCoy with some hired hands, the gig was very average, I enjoyed meeting old faces from the 88/90 time though!! I suppose if you missed them first time round it would be going to see them but don't think you seeng "Fields of the Nephilim" more of a tribute band. I've just listened to the new single, not bad but not great, it's hardly Summerland, For Her Light, Blue Water or Preacher Man. I won't bother ever going to see them again, I'll keep my memories of the Nephilim gigs as they were.

Have a great time
I really enjoyed them in Whitby in 2015 and was all set for last December but couldn't attend the rescheduled date. I was all set for Thursday but I've had to abandon plans for yet another family funeral.
You'll have a great night and the fans are a very friendly bunch

SmileySister wrote:Have a great time
I really enjoyed them in Whitby in 2015 and was all set for last December but couldn't attend the rescheduled date. I was all set for Thursday but I've had to abandon plans for yet another family funeral.
You'll have a great night and the fans are a very friendly bunch

Ta, a great night was had. Nephilim were very good. Ran into Andrew S of this parish briefly. Really enjoyed seeing them again.

I saw them numerous times 88-91 but then lost interest when McCoy went all death metal with that dreadful Zoon album.

Saw them on the tour with The Mish in 2013 & thought that they were superb & so went to see them at Whitby in 2014 & 2015 which were both great gigs too.

From those three gigs and setlists that I've seen for other gigs over the last few years, Carl seems to know which side his breads buttered on & the sets are largely made up of tracks from the first three albums & largely played how they were played back in that day.

As far as the likelyhood of a new album is concerned........there are similarities with another hat wearing, 80s cult band

i'd like to see the original band again but this time as a fan, not a drunken lout ejected from the venue for throwing newcastle brown bottles at them (to be fair it was my mate neil we were actually throwing them at when he was sitting on someone's soldiers being embarrassing but you can understand why the security weren't impressed.) f**k it- got in for nowt on the hunters club guest list anyway.

Spiggy's hat wrote:I saw them numerous times 88-91 but then lost interest when McCoy went all death metal with that dreadful Zoon album.

Saw them on the tour with The Mish in 2013 & thought that they were superb & so went to see them at Whitby in 2014 & 2015 which were both great gigs too.

From those three gigs and setlists that I've seen for other gigs over the last few years, Carl seems to know which side his breads buttered on & the sets are largely made up of tracks from the first three albums & largely played how they were played back in that day.

As far as the likelyhood of a new album is concerned........there are similarities with another hat wearing, 80s cult band

Yep, wasn't impressed by the whole Zoon experiment either. They were great though in December and Balaam and the Angel were really enjoyable also. I forgot how many of their songs I actually knew! Yep an album is a ways off I reckon though we did get a single at least.

abridged wrote: and Balaam and the Angel were really enjoyable

didn't they turn up then?

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:

abridged wrote: and Balaam and the Angel were really enjoyable

didn't they turn up then?

Ah to be fair I didn't mind them back in the day. I used to get their singles in the 50p box though mind you in our town nearly all the good stuff was in the 50p box as very few people actually bought non-chart stuff. They went down well with the Nephilim crowd I think.

i'm only teasing. my ex missus loved them, just not my cuppa. there's undoubtedly hundreds of my cd's that would make you yawn/laugh/vomit