A highly influential band that has amassed a sizeable cult following in Gothic Rock circles, particularly in Germany. The band, based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, first emerged in 1984 citing a line-up of vocalist Carl McCoy, guitarist Paul Wright, bass player Tony Pettit, saxophonist Gary Whisker and drummer Nod Wright. The band's mystic stance would be exemplified from their name, the Nephilim being biblical angels attributed with delivering arcane secrets to mankind. Musically the band managed to attain that rarest of tangibles- a unique sound. Lyrically McCoy also strove for originality infusing the songs with teasing tidbits of arcana and ancient lore.

An intensive run of gigging across the UK was broken by the issue of the 'Burning The Fields' EP. Initially pressed in a run of just 500 the record was subsequently re-manufactured to cope with demand. Shortly after this release, and signing to the Beggars Banquet label, Whisker departed. FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM pulled in guitarist Peter Yates to round out their sound in time for the inaugural Beggars Banquet product the single 'Power'. A second single, 'Preacher Man', was delivered in 1986 and backed by an evocative video short by Richard Stanley, director of the 'Hardware' movie in which McCoy performed a cameo part. The accompanying album 'Dawnrazor' elicited strong media and fan support with the 1988 single 'Moonchild' topping the indie charts and marking the pinnacle of achievement in the UK for the band.

The 1990 'Elyzium' album and follow up live affair 'Earth Inferno' solidified their fanbase internationally. However, as the band's career was still in ascendant they stunned fans by announcing the 'Fire Festivals' at London's Town and Country Club were to be the swansong gigs for the band.

McCoy bailed out in October 1991 taking the rights to the band name with him. He would build a fresh venture succinctly billed NEFILIM. The remaining members regrouped as RUBICON drafting vocalist Andy Delaney. In this new guise and with a toughened up sound RUBICON achieved quite considerable success in mainland Europe commencing with the 1992 album 'What Starts, Ends'.

After an absence of ten years FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM marked their return with a single made up of reworked songs from their debut 1985 EP 'Burning The Fields'.

The band became simply NEPHILIM in 1996 constituting McCoy, guitarist Paul Miles, bassist Cian Houchin and drummer Simon Rippin for the 'Zoon' album, somewhat based upon the occult legend of the descent of Inanna. The preceding single 'Penetration' received markedly opposing views from critics. A tour was embarked upon but curtailed after just a few shows.

In 1997 reports that McCoy and the other erstwhile FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM band members were to reunite were confirmed.

Oddly, FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM would mark their return in 2000 with the inclusion of 'Trees 98' / 'Trees AD' on a hard to get hold of compilation album issued only in South Africa. Jungle Records would officially mark the resurrection with the May single 'One More Nightmare (Trees Come Down AD)' / 'Darkcell AD'. The Wright siblings would also debut their LAST RITES project, announcing an album release through Dreamcatcher Records.

Upfront of a new album FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM pencilled in dates for June 2001 at the German 'Zillo' and 'Wave-Gothik-Treffen' festivals. However, with the recording process taking longer than expected these shows would be nixed. During the interim the German SPV label issued a compilation of rarities entitled 'From Here To Gehenna'. This outing comprised material recorded in 1985-86, including the original versions of the songs the band remade for the 'One More Nightmare' single as well as an early version of their first single for Beggars Banquet, 'Power, and different versions of 'Laura'.