Carl McCoy (Lambeth, 18 January 1963) is a British singer who is best known as the lead singer of the Gothic rockband Fields of the Nephilim. His parents were members of Jehovah's witnesses. In 1984, the group Fields of the Nephilim founded with Carl McCoy as a singer. In 1990 he starred in the science fiction filmHardware of Director Richard Stanley. In 1991 he left Fields of the Nephilim to explore new musical horizons. For the time being also the band ceased to exist. McCoy founded a new band under the name The Nephilim. There appeared for the first time only in 2000 new material under the name Fields of the Nephilim. The first new full album under this name (not recognized by McCoy himself Fallen from 2002 barring) appeared in 2005 entitled Mourning Sun and was completely written by Mc