Carl McCoy

Carl Douglas McCoy (born 18 January 1963, Lambeth, London, England) is the frontman for gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim. The group formed in the early 1984 and released its first album Dawnrazor, in 1987 following a pair of EPs. The group produced two more full-length albums, The Nephilim and Elizium, plus a live album and a handful of singles, before splitting in 1991. McCoy went on to form Nefilim. The 1996 release of Nefilim's album Zo... more

Carl Douglas McCoy (born 18 January 1963, Lambeth, London, England) is the frontman for gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim. The group formed in the early 1984 and released its first album Dawnrazor, in 1987 following a pair of EPs. The group produced two more full-length albums, The Nephilim and Elizium, plus a live album and a handful of singles, before splitting in 1991. McCoy went on to form Nefilim. The 1996 release of Nefilim's album Zoon saw a departure from the ethereal gothic sound of Elizium in favour of an industrial metal and death metal direction. McCoy's latest album, Mourning Sun, was released in Europe on November 21, 2005, under the name Fields of the Nephilim, despite the fact that he is reported not to hold the copyright to that name. McCoy has been secretive about the musicians who play on Mourning Sun, though it appears none of the other original band members contributed. The album was written and recorded in near-total isolation in a mobile studio called the... less