Zoon
Four years ago, Englishman Carl McCoy parted ways with his partners from the whiny goth band Fields of the Nephilim, and began to work on a new project. The result is Nefilim, which leaves behind his old gang's pastoral fields in favor of mind-shredding ferocity. The band's debutZoonweaves moody gothic rock elements in a glistening web of grinding speed metal, sounding like a savage hybrid of Sepultura, Ministry, and the Mission U.K.--Jon Wiederhorn