Esoteric epistemological despondency fuelled by psychedelic drugs and various effects tools. Noted for its usage of effects pedals, something not commonly used in metal music up to that point in time, the demo would obtain the attention of independent label aesthetic death, who issued the bands first two albums epistemological despondency and the pernicious enigma. Listen free to esoteric epistemological despondency bereft, only hate baresark and more. The album was released in 1994 as a double cd through aesthetic. Esoteric emotions the death of ignorance 1993 demo rerelease the pernicious enigma 2cd remixremaster. Esoteric is hardly the most prolific artist lurking about in the ever expanding world of metal music with albums roughly appearing every 4 or 5 years since 1994s epistemological despondency and currently consists of band members gordon bicknell guitar, synths, mark bodossian bass, synths, greg chandler guitar, vocals, joe fletcher drums and jim nolan guitar. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Esoteric epistemological despondency 2011, vinyl discogs.
Esoteric discography 19932019 esoteric emotions the death of ignorance demo 1993 epistemological despondency fulllength 1994 the pernicious enigma fulllength 1997 metamorphogenesis fulllength 1999 subconscious dissolution into the continuum fulllength 2004 the maniacal vale fulllength 2008. Esoteric in epistemological despondency specializes in the hazy mountainous riffs without the fuzz, akin to electric wizard another somewhat true lavey inspired band, empty spaces and dreamless plodding synths perfected by gordon sided by the viciouswedded audible bass by bryan, and ghostly war drum beats sided with gregs superior grim. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Esoteric do create masterful and brainfreezing sludge, but somehow they have always been able to take it much farther over the top than most any other doom metal band. I would dare to say epistemological despondency is their overall best album, but every time i listen to the 1997 followup the pernicious enigma i change my mind. Esoteric epistemological despondency fuelled by psychedelic drugs and various effects tools, esoteric s discography never falters, but everyone had to start somewhere and this alien sounding trip into the vast unknown will forever have a place in history. Epistemological despondency is the debut album of esoteric which appeared after their demo tape made a huge impression on the personal at aesthetic death records who realized quite quickly that they had a rather unique musical entity on their radar. Esoteric a pyrrhic existence album stream music video. Esoteric emotions the death of ignorance wikipedia. Funeral doom metal band from the united kingdom birmingham eormed i 1992.
Recorded at rich bitch studios, birmingham, england, from 6 to 16 june 1994. Listen online 8 songs from esoteric emotions the death of ignorance demo 1993 esoteric. Esoteric is a british funeral doom band from birmingham founded in 1992. This page includes esoteric epistemological despondency s. Epistemological despondency is a funeral doom metal music album recording by esoteric released in 1994 on cd, lpvinyl andor cassette. Esoteric song lyrics for album epistemological despondency. Get all the lyrics to songs on epistemological despondency and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Esoteric epistemological despondency funeral doom psychedelic a1 bereft 00. Epistemological despondency by esoteric album, funeral. Epistomological despondency is the first studio album by british doom metal band esoteric. Esoteric epistemological despondency black vinyl youtube. I do not have any real problem with christian metal, it is definitely not my cup of tea but if you like it thats cool.
Til about gorship and why i will not listen to impending doom. Funeral doom metal band from the united kingdom birmingham formed i 1992. Bands such as sketicism, thergothon, esoteric and evoken are considered. Esoteric epistemological despondency encyclopaedia. Esoteric epistemological despondency 1994, cd discogs. I usually have my ipod on shuffle the whole day to get a good mix of songs. Esoteric had nearly mastered their highly original and innovative approach to doom metal with 1994s epistemological despondency, but the pernicious enigma moves them to the most unattainable heights and to me is their most refined and masterfully executed work. Recorded at rich bitch studios, birmingham, england from 661994 to 1661994. Esoteric eradification of thorns subtitled youtube.
Esoteric epistemological despondency releases discogs. Watch the video for the noise of depression from esoteric s epistemological despondency for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. From the mindbending darkness of their 90s double albums epistemological despondency and the pernicious enigma, to the expansive epic doom found on their new album paragon of dissonance, esoteric have never compromised their initial aim to drown unsuspecting listeners in an oppresive ocean of distortion. Bereft, only hate baresark, the noise of depression, lamented despondency, eradification of thorns, awaiting my death. The pernicious enigma comprises two discs with a total running time of an hour and 55 minutes the album has received much praise since its release, and is seen as one of the bands best works. Remastered by esoteric 3 notes limited to 350 handnumbered copies. When the band, hailing from the united kingdom, was formed in 1992, they invented a new musical formula that consists of psychedelic elements mixed with classical doom death metal. It was released in 1997 through aesthetic death records. Esoteric epistemological despondency full album youtube. Esoteric emotions the death of ignorance is the debut demo album by the british doom metal band esoteric. Epistemological despondency is esoteric s debut full length album from 1994.
The pernicious enigma is the second studio album by the british doom metal band esoteric. Esoteric subconscious dissolution into the continuum album cover. Epistemological despondency by esoteric, released 01 october 1994 1. All albums by esoteric available to download and stream in high quality.
I was finally able to download all the slayer studio albums. Esoteric are one of my alltime favourite bands, and certainly my favourite of the 90s doom metal scene which contains many greats such as unholy and disembowelment. Releasing six studio albums, an extended play, and a demo, the band is widely regarded as among the first groups to develop the funeral doom style. Esoteric vinyl test press of epistemological despondency 2xlp, rejected. Esoteric epistemological despondency encyclopaedia metallum. And, after filling their ranks with a voluble group of henchmen, their ensuing double albums, 1994s epistemological despondency and 1997s the pernicious enigma did just that, giving new meaning to the genre by consisting of but six or seven protracted songs each.
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