''The Nephilim'' is the second studio album by

Fields of the Nephilim Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a Biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Career Early years (1984–1991) Fields of the Nep ...

, released in September 1988 by

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. The record debuted at number 12 in the

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/ref> The album was recorded in The Justice Rooms, a former courthouse in England's Somerset countryside where defendants who were sentenced to death were hanged on site. “The place had a really cool vibe” recalls bassist Tony Pettitt. ''The Nephilim’s'' opening track, "Endemoniada", shares its name with a 1968 Mexican horror film and features a man growling “penitenziagite!”, sampled from Ron Perlman's hunchback character, Salvatore, in '' The Name of the Rose.'' The album's top-charting single, "Moonchild", shares its name with Aleister Crowley's novel, while "Love Under Will" is a phrase from Crowley's ''Book of the Law.'' The lyrics for "The Watchman" and "Last Exit for the Lost" reference H. P. Lovecraft's character

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. The third track "Phobia" is stylistically similar to Motorhead's hit song "

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" including near identical guitar riffs

Track listing

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