Merry Winter Solstice!

Now go forth and listen to Winter Solstice by Coil.

Christmas is now drawing near at hand
Come serve the Lord and be at His command
And God a portion for you will provide
And give a blessing to your soul besides

Down in the garden where flowers growing ranks
Down on your bended knees and give the Lord thanks
Down on your knees and pray both night and day
Leave off your sins and live fro' pray tae pray

So proud and lofty is some sort of sin
Which many take delight and pleasure in…

Graham Hancock has been on one of the great journeys of all time and has discovered the most important moment in history: the moment when the human mind began. The human body and brain were exactly as they are now as long as 130,000 years ago. For most of that time, nothing happened. Then, about 35,000 years ago, there was an explosion of cave art of unforgettable mastery.

In a journey that took him from the depths of the Amazon to the depths of his own mind, Graham actually re-created the conditions that inspired that great art — the first…

This is part I of what is going to be an ongoing series of articles in which I shall endeavor to present a biography of the band Fields of the Nephilim, as well as a review and personal interpretation (where possible) for each album.

Carl McCoy was born on January 18th, 1963 in Lambeth, London, England. His mother was a pious church-going woman whereas his father flirted with the occult, this combination would have a long lasting influence on his interests. As a boy, when reading the Bible, he expressed interest in the elusive Nephilim mentioned in Genesis but…

I just got back from the shops where I bought myself a brand new pair of Sennheiser HD-555 headphones to replace my cheap but okay Technics RPF-400. Currently listening to The Ape of Naples and Tales of the Inexpressible with them fresh out of the box and it sounds great, can't wait to hear what they sound like with a week of burn-in time! :) Shpongle has never sounded so good to my ears!
They're so comfortable too, it's almost like I'm not wearing them.

I was originally going for the HD-280 Pro because they're closed backs and provide great…

My taste in music has greatly evolved over the past year, bands that used to be my favourites not so long ago rarely get my attention anymore (Nine Inch Nails, Velvet Acid Christ, …) whereas some recent discoveries have quickly become favourites (Der Blutharsch, Sephiroth, …).

I feel that some of the new discoveries are at a disadvantage compared to bands I've listened to all this time (Skinny Puppy, The Cure, …) and have close to no chance of making it to a strong position in my charts.

In a sense,…

I'm still alive, no need to send a search party :D

My computer had been dying a very slow death for the past year, I had been keeping it barely alive for as long as I could but there comes a time when there's just nothing more you can do. That time came early January, at the same time as my University exams, so I didn't have the time to take care of it right away. I was also in financial dire straits after an expensive christmas, beeing a student without an income.

My parents helped me buy a new…

Music released in 2005 that I really enjoy:
01. Fields of the Nephilim - Mourning Sun
02. Last Rites - The Many Forms
03. Sephiroth - Draconian Poetry
04. Frozen Rabbit - 26,000
05. Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right Live (DVD)
06. Coil - …And the Ambulance Died in his Arms
07. Desiderii Marginis - That Which is Tragic and Timeless
08. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (Deluxe Edition)
09. The Cure - Pornography (Deluxe Edition)
10. The Cure - Faith (Deluxe Edition)
11. Sol Invictus - The Devil's Steed
12. Kammarheit - The Starwheel
13.…

Ok so the booklet that comes with 'Mourning Sun' by Fields of the Nephilim lacks a lot of the lyrics, so I stayed up all night trying to make sense of it all. I did my best but there's still some missing so all help is welcome :)

* means I'm not entirely sure, but that's what I understand
??? means a word or phrase is incomprehensible to me
( ) is stuff that's whispered or in the background
{ } is the angelic song, I may be hallucinating but in some places I think I hear voices
[ ]…

'Mourning Sun' was officially released in Europe this week, I’ve been listening to it incessantly for the past month and it’s about time I attempt to write a review:

Almost ten years after his last offering, The Nefilim’s ‘Zoon’, Carl McCoy returns under the name Fields of the Nephilim with a splendid new official album entitled ‘Mourning Sun’ that rivals even their magnum opus ‘Elizium’. Don’t be fooled by the name though, this isn’t a reunion, only Carl McCoy remains from the original lineup.
It’s hard to believe we’re actually seeing a new Fields of the Nephilim…

I absolutely love the new recommendations system!
Everything is neatly organized in one place, no more hunting around for all this information :)

The new for your site page looks promising, I like the charts idea however it's not really flexible enough yet, so I'll carry on using the XML feeds.

And best of all, Cluster 2 seems to be working again! I finally have my total tracks played back and my charts are now acessible and updating. Let's hope the curse of cluster 2 has now been lifted… *crosses fingers*