Earth Inferno

Artist: Fields of the Nephilim
Label: Beggars UK - Ada
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 607618012021
EAN: 0607618012021
ASIN: B00000189R

Release Date: 1997-12-09

Earth Inferno

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Tracks:

Intro (Dead But Dreaming) For Her Light At The Gates Of Silent Memory (Paradise Regained)
Moonchild
Submission
Preacher Man
Love Under Will
Sumerland
Last Exit For The Lost
Psychonaut
Dawnrazor

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Customer Reviews:

forever remain.......2007-02-18

the fields' studio albums are examples of constantly higher artistic standards and demanding performance (musically and visually). with that in mind i couldnt know what to expect from a live album, knowing that excellent compositions can easily be ruined on stage no matter how good the band is. well you can put your doubts to rest. a fields live album is closer to a spiritism seance than to anything else; the reverb that's typical of stage releases enhances tenfold the power of each song.
if you're playing this loud, i can guarantee the chills! keys, guitars and bass entwine into a malevolent, crawling sonic smog, slowly spreading out. and from the depths, like the giant octopus emerges the crooning voice of the fields' frontman, its tentacles sensing the souls of those present.
occult lyrics carried by mcCoy's rumbling vocals infiltrate the mind and awaken memories of past lives, overworking the imagination to its very limits to portray visions of long lost times in the days of Sumer. guitars are strong yet give an impression of distance like a continuous pulse, entrancing audience and listener
with its almost meditative atmosphere, only to be shaken back in by the preaching voice of mccoy, strong and full of authority, than fading away into the pulsating music. a music that radiates an aura of mystery, toying with its listener like an attractive woman who, with her answers (or lack of them), drives her admirer crazy.

Don't call it goth, it's more than that.......2004-12-03

Almost nobody ever finds Fields of the Nephilim. On some of this live album, one wonders whether the scene was a small club, not the arena these sounds deserved. The Neph were a staggeringly good band that hit their stride only briefly, and this was right in the middle of it. The music is loud, melodic, moody but usually brisk. The instrumentalists are crisp and tight, virtuoso within the bounds of what they're trying to do. My only complaint is with the overly democratic mix, which buries my favorite soaring guitar parts from "Moonchild" and "Love Under Will." But the inimitable vocals of Carl McCoy aren't mixed up too far either. It's a great live sound. This band deserved more than to be pigeonholed as goth and ignored by radio. The day I hear this disc on XM will be a milestone.

Best Nephilim starter album.......2004-03-26

It's been said before but it cannot be repeated enough - this is simply an awesome live album. If you are new to Fields of The Nephilim then this is the perfect place to start as it combines tracks from their 3 prior studio albums, i.e. Dawnrazor, The Nephilim and the most excellent Elizium. I have owned Earth Inferno since it's original release and still find it fresh. Too bad they didn't include the extended version of Chord of Souls from the Visionary Heads video that complements this release. Overall, Sumerland and Last Exit for the Lost are standouts for me but there isn't really a bad track to be found. Do yourself a big favor and pick up a copy.

Ferocious Live Performance.......2004-02-14

Purely on its merit, this is an amazing live album. The output is far more loud and ferocious than their studio performances generally were. As a big FotN fan though, I'm not sure that's always a good thing. Rather the live album is a perfect compliment to the studio albums, it is not meant to be a replacement unless you are a metal fan in which case you may like this better. What is impossible to replicate live is the dreamy, ethereal nature of the studio recordings. The best moment is the perfect version of "Dawnrazor" - this is how this song was meant to sound and is far superior to the album version. In most other cases, I think the versions are merely different and I appreciate them for that.

A must-have for fans, and a great starting point for new fans who will likely find this more accessible (at least at first) than the studio albums. I know that's an odd thing to say, but for FotN it may be true since EI is more straightforward kickin' rock and far less complex than an album like Elizium.

Live dark metal from the edge of the apocalypse.......2003-06-19

This is the most incredible live album I've ever heard. None of FoTN's studio albums moved me that much, but this is incredible - a record of not just a concert, but a seance, a spell, a happening of epic proportions. Carl McCoy's fluid, shifting takes on his own Crowley-inspired lyrics weave an incredible luminance over a blasted psychotic landscape.

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