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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When FOTN recorded Elizium in 1990 they had taken over the mantle of the most important underground cult band in the country. Their live shows were monumental affairs, attracting legions of devoted followers who followed them around the country to partake in shows that Carl McCoy termed 'rituals'. As far as I am concerned this band were the last great music group, tapping into various types of 70s 'rock' and taking musical mysticism to its natural conclusion. By the time they split up a year later, the music industry was entering a nadir that was probably almost as bad as the gluttonous low-point it is at at the present time (2002). I'm afraid the Stone Roses were just not up to the task of single-handedly carrying independent music on their backs at this time. If FOTN had followed up Elizium with another studio album in 91 or 92 things could have been different. Why? Well, all you have to do is listen to this record. The sheer scope, range and ambition of the piece is startling, even on the first listen. From the rumbling intro of 'Dead but Dreaming' to the achingly beautiful descent of 'And there will your Heart be also' this is a record crafted in... well Elizium. It is fundamentally a record in a single piece: a symphony in allegros, andantes and a finale. It has a sense of completeness that satisfies as no other record I have ever listened to. Permeated as it is with a near obsession with Sumerian mythology, the band have somehow managed to catch the essence of an ancient time and place, several steps removed from reality. There is simply not a weak point in the writing, musicianship, or the engineering. Even the Aleister Crowley samples sound good! It is very difficult to listen to a single song in isolation -- the album needs to be appreciated in full, because there is such a seemless blend between each piece of music. And that music is of the highest quality and imagination. Most especially, the two-piece finale 'Wail of Sumer/ And there will your Heart be also', a 14-minute cascade of puncturing bass, swirling guitars, airy vocals (yes McCoy does do airy vocals!) and ethereal pipes are directed at a higher level of consciousness. This record is a genuine masterpiece in every sense of the word, and I doubt whether the purported rebirth of FOTN in September 2002 will be able to muster anything near it.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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With "Elizium", the F.O.T.N. produced a multi faceted album of awesome power and beauty.
All the tracks have much to offer! From the light and shade of the four part opening suite, via "Submission" with it's intense wah wah guitars to the closing hypnotic climax of "Wail of Sumer/And there will your heart be also" a slow haunting song in which the guitars of Peter Yates and Paul Wright gently float up to the surface and take over from Carl McCoy's vocals almost leaving the listener unaware of whats happening.
This is a classic rock album of epic proportions, and a fitting end[?] to the F.O.T.N.s career. It should not be missed
All the tracks have much to offer! From the light and shade of the four part opening suite, via "Submission" with it's intense wah wah guitars to the closing hypnotic climax of "Wail of Sumer/And there will your heart be also" a slow haunting song in which the guitars of Peter Yates and Paul Wright gently float up to the surface and take over from Carl McCoy's vocals almost leaving the listener unaware of whats happening.
This is a classic rock album of epic proportions, and a fitting end[?] to the F.O.T.N.s career. It should not be missed
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I first heard this amazing album a few years ago when I was only new to the band and I have never looked back since then. I didn't get into the it on my first listen, it took about 5 or 6 listens to fully appreciate the sheer majesty, beauty and the pure unrivalled genius of this album. It is definitely an album that you can lie on your bed with the lights out and imagine that you are on another plane of existence, or perhaps that you are back in ancient Sumerian times and listening to it from start to finish without skipping a single track. The only possible gripe I have with this awesome album is that 'For Her Light' is cut a bit too short and ends very abruptly: but its only a minor fault with a flawless and otherwise timeless piece of musical art like this. But if I was to burn a copy for a friend I would definitely put the full version of 'For Her Light' on instead of the cut version and possibly Psychonaut on as well. One unfortunate thing about this band of superb musicians is that not very many people have heard of them and would possibly be quite ignorant of great music like this and would rather listen to their bland and generic made for the masses top 40 charts music and what not. To all you goth wannabes who listen to fake so-called manufactured Gothic bands like Evanescence, My Chemical Romance & Aiden etc you should listen the true godfathers of the genre.
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One of my all time favourite albums
This is still one of my all time favourite albums. Curiously perhaps, I don't like much of their other work, but this really does it for me. Read more
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Just buy it, you won't regret it!
This album just oozes quality from start to finish. I haven't listened to the earlier albums for years, but I keep coming back to this one time and time again. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by Not Lester Bangs
Still one of the best albums ever (really)
Without a doubt, this has to be one of the best albums ever produced. It is certainly in my personal "top 5 all time greatest" list. Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by Bob Monkhouse
Are you Searching your Soul?
Essentially, the greatest musical composition known to me, and I have many, from Mozart to Heather Small.
Enjoy the journey, through Sumerland.
Take the dream.
Enjoy the journey, through Sumerland.
Take the dream.
Published on 27 Mar 2008 by Roland Easygrip
Perfection
I bought this album as soon as it was released and I love it now just as much as I did way back then. This is undoubtedly the best album I have ever heard. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2008 by Kate MacKenzie
Why is no-one making music like this anymore?
In a word; "wowsers!"
This album is AMAZING. Seriously, even if you like happy-hardcore trance, or R&B, this album will convert you to guitar orientated rock. Read more
This album is AMAZING. Seriously, even if you like happy-hardcore trance, or R&B, this album will convert you to guitar orientated rock. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2007 by M. Adil-smith
Monumental
Quite simply and without doubt the best album ever made. I never tire of listening to this. It starts with power and ends perfectly. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2004 by Mr C
A masterpiece
The Nephilim really came of age with Elizium. Producer, Andy Jackson, made Carl McCoys vocals (and his lyrics) accessible and opened up some of the most beautiful and haunting... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2003 by Darren Carroll
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