Fields of the Nephilim

簡(jiǎn)介: Fields Of The Nephilim
  組建時(shí)間: 1984 解散時(shí)間: 1991
  風(fēng)格類型:
  Alternative Pop/Rock(另類流行/搖滾) Goth Rock(哥特)
  樂隊(duì)介紹:
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Fields Of The Nephilim
  組建時(shí)間: 1984 解散時(shí)間: 1991
  風(fēng)格類型:
  Alternative Pop/Rock(另類流行/搖滾) Goth Rock(哥特)
  樂隊(duì)介紹:
  這是一個(gè)邏輯混亂的世界,好像那些拜倒在十字架下虛情假意地懺悔的人們;好像那些如今被頂禮膜拜的英雄們,比如普羅米修斯,那位曾為人類偷回火種的勇士。我無法掩飾自己對(duì)他的厭惡。人類根本不需要溫暖與光明,他們讓邪惡披上了正義的外衣,人們?cè)跍嘏饷髦邪l(fā)展,在溫暖光明中墮落。大十字有一天會(huì)落下來的,一定會(huì)。到那時(shí),人們是否會(huì)憶起真正的英雄?
  又有多少人會(huì)記起Nephilim這個(gè)名字?那曾因向人類泄漏了醫(yī)學(xué)與巫術(shù)而被逐出天堂的天使。盡管很多人認(rèn)為能夠治療人們身體創(chuàng)痛的醫(yī)術(shù)不可或缺,然而,與人類精神領(lǐng)域相關(guān)的巫術(shù)更為重要,雖然屢遭詬病,褻瀆,甚至是惡意地歪曲與謾罵,它仍義無反顧地探索著人類精神世界未知的神秘領(lǐng)域。就像八十年代早期,那支向人類的黑暗情愫進(jìn)發(fā)的哥特行軍。就像這支大軍中,那只向Nephilim朝拜的,讓人無法忘卻的分隊(duì):The Fields Of Nephilim。
  The Fields Of Nephilim成立于1984年,成員有Tony Pettitt(貝司手),Paul Wright(吉他手),Nod Wright(鼓手),Gary Whisker(薩克斯),與Carl McCoy(主唱),與大部分哥特樂隊(duì)一樣, The Fields Of Nephilim的核心及靈魂是它的主音,一個(gè)沉溺于神秘主義的古怪小伙子Carl McCoy ,他為樂隊(duì)定下了名稱與發(fā)展方向。樂隊(duì)在組建后經(jīng)常到一些酒吧,小俱樂部演出,為他們吸引了一批忠實(shí)的信徒。當(dāng)他們?cè)谧约旱墓鞠峦瞥隽怂麄兊牡谝粡圗P,” The Burning Fields”,這張發(fā)行量?jī)H為500張的EP被樂迷們搶購(gòu)一空。更重要的是,樂隊(duì)在其中表現(xiàn)出的巨大魔力及其凝重的黑暗感引起了當(dāng)時(shí)另類搖滾的圣殿Beggar’s Banquet的注意。隨后他們便簽下了The Fields Of Nephilim,加入了Beggar’s Banquet之后,樂隊(duì)有了第二名吉他手,Peter Yates,并在1986年推出了他們的首張單曲Power。樂隊(duì)的影響力日益擴(kuò)大,樂隊(duì)的典型哥特打扮也在樂迷中成為了一種時(shí)尚:黑色的風(fēng)衣加上黑色的圓邊禮帽,他們不遺余力地把融入他們音樂的毫無光澤的黑暗暴露在衣著之上。這種黑暗并不是在無數(shù)詩(shī)情畫意的星光點(diǎn)綴下的夜空。而是樹林中裹滿濃霧的月黑的夜晚,是太陽(yáng)被蠶食殆盡的一片漆黑,它鋪陳在樂隊(duì)作品中的每個(gè)角落。無論是吉他凄然的悲鳴還是貝司沉重的彈奏,或是主音低沉的歌喉都只展示了一個(gè)主題:吞噬一切的黑暗。他們怪誕的想象力潛入那些人類模糊的,神秘的海洋,把人生的陰暗面血淋林地挖了出來。而主音 McCoy用他神秘主義的歌詞欲蓋彌彰地隱藏著樂隊(duì)中真正的靈魂與動(dòng)力:圣經(jīng)中的Nephilim,那曾被看作邪惡人類的縮影的天使。The Fields Of Nephilim理所當(dāng)然地被看作了由Bauhaus開創(chuàng)的哥特音樂家族的一員, 然而The Fields Of Nephilim的根源卻是那個(gè)流傳了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的,描寫恐怖與怪異的傳統(tǒng)----哥特文學(xué)。在此并不是要抹煞藝術(shù)之間的相通之處,只是想澄清一個(gè)概念性的失誤?;蛟S我們可以從樂隊(duì)的名稱來源得到啟示,The Fields Of Nephilim這個(gè)名稱正是來自于文學(xué)。
  The Fileds Of Nephilim繼續(xù)著他們的陰暗旅程,在推出Power后請(qǐng)來了McCoy的老朋友,Hardware與Dust Devil的制作人Richard Stanley,在他的幫助下, 樂隊(duì)推出了他們的第二張單曲,Preacher Man并發(fā)行了該曲的MTV,并取得了不錯(cuò)的商業(yè)銷量。而真正激動(dòng)人心的時(shí)刻,令樂迷翹首盼望的樂隊(duì)第一張專輯Downrazor在1987年才姍姍來遲。隨后樂隊(duì)一鼓作氣地發(fā)行了兩張單曲Blue Water(1987),與Moonchild(1988),他們的第二張專輯Nephilim在1988年也得以面世。這幾張作品使樂隊(duì)登上了他們事業(yè)的頂峰,兩張單曲都在獨(dú)立音樂排行榜中名列榜首。也許有的樂迷對(duì)這種商業(yè)上的成功不屑一顧。但樂隊(duì)在風(fēng)格上的完全成熟與他們表現(xiàn)手法的日益完善卻是這種成功的必要條件。在他們的作品中,Pettit總是默默無聞地在一開始就為他們的音樂鋪上一層濃重的底色,同時(shí)也為聆聽者打開了通向他們音樂迷宮內(nèi)部的入口。隨著音樂的深入,他又好似漫不經(jīng)心地把那層仿佛已凝固的顏色攪拌成一個(gè)個(gè)盤旋著上升或下降的漩渦。而Wright和Yates的吉他聲者則在精心地調(diào)和,鋪陳著音樂的細(xì)節(jié),自始至終地描繪,延續(xù)和伸展著那低沉的氣氛,他們的演奏象永遠(yuǎn)蘊(yùn)含著一種奔放的熱情,四處游走卻從不噴薄而出,反而越裹越緊,彌漫著地殼下的熔巖的壓抑氣氛,有時(shí)仿佛已經(jīng)找到了出口,但卻又在爆發(fā)的邊緣徘徊再三后悄然離去。當(dāng)然,一切的中心仍是McCoy那來自墳?zāi)股钐幍穆曇?,它如星系的中心般從各個(gè)聲部的中央凸現(xiàn)而出,被音樂圍繞,烘托,突出的同時(shí),以他獨(dú)特的引力凝聚著各個(gè)聲部。那粘稠,渾厚的嗓音,有時(shí)象一個(gè)精神病人在暴風(fēng)雨夜的喃喃自語,有時(shí)象一個(gè)孤獨(dú)的游魂靠在墓碑上的慟哭。他的吟唱帶來的不是恐懼,恐懼早已被心底涌起的感動(dòng)所淹沒,留下一個(gè)共鳴的站在陽(yáng)光背面的靈魂。在“Last Exit For The Lost”中,那句“Closer And Closer”在令人心碎的吉他聲中從Carl McCoy痙攣的歌喉中溢出時(shí),這個(gè)世界唯一剩下的,只有在空曠的原野中,一輪被血染紅的夕陽(yáng)。The Fields Of Nephilim的歌詞是優(yōu)美的,宛如一把精制而又惡毒的鉤子,悄悄伸入你心的最深處,挖出你遺忘的,腐爛的夢(mèng)魘,?!皝淼竭@個(gè)空蕩的大廳,我跪下了,在這個(gè)我曾燃燒的地方。”(Moonchild),歌詞的高潮再不知不覺中到來,讓天空變得灰暗,激起厚重的云層與忽來的暴雨?!白YR給予愛與贊揚(yáng),慶祝我們?cè)絹碓缴俚娜兆印保–elebrate)。
  樂隊(duì)在他們頂峰的日子頻繁演出,每一次演出的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)都是一個(gè)詭異的布道所,當(dāng)縹緲的煙霧在白色的光照得耀眼的舞臺(tái)上裊裊升起時(shí),攝人心魂的音樂隨著被黑衣裹得只剩張慘白的臉的布道師出現(xiàn)而響起時(shí)。整個(gè)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)變成了一片頃刻之間被火山點(diǎn)燃的死海。在這里燃燒的不是激情,也不是看到偶像時(shí)的瘋狂,而是一張張蒼白的臉,一雙雙憂郁的眼,一個(gè)個(gè)孤單的心靈。樂迷們神情恍惚地沉浸在強(qiáng)有力的音樂中,跟隨著臺(tái)上的布道師們,一起搖擺,一起追憶,一起懺悔。當(dāng)那些平時(shí)衣冠楚楚的人們脫下偽裝,眾口一聲地唱著那一首首黑暗的贊歌時(shí),這里已成為了一個(gè)真正的布道所,宣揚(yáng)著現(xiàn)實(shí)的不可信任與徹底墮落的愿望。場(chǎng)景是絕望的,但絕望背后,與現(xiàn)實(shí)生活與光明遠(yuǎn)離的新的希望已冉冉升起。
  高潮過后,總是不可避免的墜落,1989年,樂隊(duì)發(fā)行了他們最具試驗(yàn)性的一張專輯:Psychonaut,據(jù)說樂隊(duì)是在黃金分割定律的啟示下寫成的。也許樂隊(duì)想改變一下運(yùn)行的軌跡。而這種企圖也掩蓋不了樂隊(duì)成員之間越來越大的裂縫。McCoy覺得樂隊(duì)束縛了他的想象力,想掙脫那些規(guī)則對(duì)他的限制,以把他的想象力推到新的高度。該結(jié)束的,終究會(huì)結(jié)束。1991年,The Fields Of Nephilim在倫敦的城鎮(zhèn)俱樂部做了兩場(chǎng)命名為the Fire Festival的演出。節(jié)日終點(diǎn)的時(shí)候,樂隊(duì)也走到了盡頭。后來,樂隊(duì)除了McCoy之外的其他成員與Andy Delaney組成了新樂隊(duì)Rebicon。
  McCoy也組成了新樂隊(duì),這次他選擇了The Nephilim作為樂隊(duì)的名字,或許,這是他永遠(yuǎn)解不開的情結(jié)。他忘不了什么呢?他曾經(jīng)在這塊Nephilim停留過的曠野駐足了七年,追尋那個(gè)神秘的傳奇,如今他是否已感悟,決定自己去做那個(gè)夢(mèng)中的天使?在他飛升之際,他會(huì)不會(huì)把他的骨灰撒在這塊曠野之中呢?他是否已得到了他所要的一切?
Of all the bands involved in Britain's goth rock movement of the 1980s, Fields of the Nephilim were the most believable. The group's cryptic, occult-inspired songs were sung in a guttural roar by vocalist Carl McCoy. Live appearances were shrouded with dim light and smoke machines, while bandmembers stalked the stage in black desperado gear inspired by western dress. The group was also one of the longest lived of the original goth rock groups, finally breaking up in 1991 when McCoy left for another project.
Fields of the Nephilim formed in 1984, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, with an original lineup of McCoy, guitarist Paul Wright, his brother Nod on drums, saxophonist Gary Whisker, and bassist Tony Pettitt. The quintet played many live shows and released the EP Burning the Fields in late 1984. Whisker then left the band, just as Peter Yates was added as a second guitarist. Beggar's Banquet, also the home of goth rockers Southern Death Cult and Bauhaus, signed the Nephilim and released the singles "Power" and "Preacher Man" in 1986. Both did well on the independent charts; "Preacher Man" made it to number two, increasing the expectation for debut album Dawnrazor, which appeared in 1987. The album also did well on the indie charts, but later that year Fields of the Nephilim finally cracked the pop singles chart with "Blue Water." In June 1988, second album The Nephilim reached number 12 in the pop charts, while the single "Moonchild" made number 28. A live video titled Forever Remain was also released in 1988.
The May 1989 single "Psychonaut" also cracked the Top 40, but the resulting Elizium (1990) proved to be the group's last studio effort. The live double album Earth Inferno was also released in 1990, and the singles "For Her Light" and "Sumerland (Dreamed)" both charted, but Carl McCoy left the band -- and took the name with him -- in October 1991. Remaining members Yates, Pettitt, and the Wright brothers added vocalist Alan Delaney and released What Starts, Ends (1992) as Rubicon; McCoy formed Nefilim, and began releasing material, including the 1996 album Zoon. Beggar's Banquet issued a two-disc retrospective in 1994 titled Revelations. Nothing was heard from the band until 2002 when Fallen appeared. Although the album looked new, it was a collection of outtakes released without the permission of the band. They truly returned in 2006 with Mourning Sun.