Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, White
Genres:
Goth Rock
Record Label:
Beggars Banquet
- Description
- Tracklist
The album is remastered, pressed on white and is expanded to a double LP for improved fidelity. Several different versions of this album were initially released, featuring different track listings depending on what country you were in. A definitive version, all 14 album tracks are included on this release for the first time on vinyl and together for the first time since the CD-only five album set.
Dawnrazor establishes Fields Of The Nephilim’s mythic gothic identity fully formed, merging post-punk drive with ritualistic atmosphere and apocalyptic imagery.
Released in 1987, the album emerged from the UK gothic rock underground with a sound and aesthetic that felt immediately singular. Drawing from western, occult, and post-punk influences, it positioned the band apart from their contemporaries by treating mood and iconography as inseparable from the music itself.
Driving basslines, reverb-soaked guitars, and steady, martial rhythms give the record its sense of momentum and scale. Vocals are commanding and incantatory, reinforcing the album’s cinematic scope and stark, desert-drenched atmosphere.
Recommended for listeners drawn to foundational gothic rock, records where imagery and sound are tightly interwoven, and debuts that arrive with a fully realized vision rather than tentative experimentation.