The Nefilim
The Nefilim was a gothic metal studio project formed by Carl McCoy in 1992 after the disbanding of Fields of the Nephilim. It featured McCoy on vocals and keyboards and John "Capachino" Carter on bass, guitars and drums. The album title track "Zoon" was written during this period, as were demos including "Red Harvest777", "Chaocracy" and "Subsanity (Sensorium)". Chaocracy was released on the 1993 compilation album Deafening Divinities With Aural Affinities - The Beggars Banquet Collection. After a year Carter and McCoy parted company, and McCoy went on to recruit Paul Miles on guitar, Simon Rippin on drums and Cian Houchin on bass.
The lineup released one album, Zoon (1996), which was more influenced by death metal and industrial metal than McCoy's previous releases with the Fields of the Nephilim, though similar themes of mysticism are prevalent, seen in songs like "Pazuzu (Black Rain)", which refers to the Assyro-Babylonian god also known as "king of the demons".
Simon Rippin and Paul Miles would go on to form Sensorium. Both also performed in the 2000 Fields of the Nephilim lineup
Cian Houchin has performed and recorded albums as the frontman for Saints of Eden.
John Carter would later collaborate with McCoy on the 2005 Fields of the Nephilim album Mourning Sun and play bass in the 2007-2008 Fields of the Nephilim lineup.
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