Fields of the Nephilim's new album, Mourning Sun, finally dropped through the letterbox today. It pretty much continues from where Elizium finished in 1990 - slow-burning, gothic rock centred around McCoy's gravelly vocals - and eschews the speed metal attempts from Zoon. None of the songs are under five minutes and the album closes* with the 10 minute title track. There's a few new flourishes, such as a choir and female vocals thrown into the mix, but if Elizum was your bag, this one should be too.

* The Limited Edition comes with an extra track, a nine-and-a-half minute version of Zager and Evans's In the Year 2525, which follows in the hallowed footsteps of The Sisters of Mercy's covers of Emma and Jolene. It also comes in a totally black CD case (apart from the cardboard slipcover).

http://www.mourningsun.co.uk