Epistemological Despondency

by Esoteric

Epistemological Despondency cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Aesthetic Death
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:28:25
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Simon Philips

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This staggering double-album debut stretches the boundaries of extreme doom metal into grueling, psychedelic endurance tests. By heavily utilizing studio effects, extreme delay, and tortured vocals across massive, crawling compositions, the British collective crafted one of the most sonically dense and terrifyingly surreal records in the funeral doom subgenre.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, droning, downtempo, depressing, monolithic

Tracklist

  1. Bereft (20:28)
  2. Only Hate (Baresark) (2:45)
  3. The Noise of Depression (18:59)
  4. Lamented Despondency (12:40)
  5. Eradification (Of Thorns) (7:23)
  6. Awaiting My Death (26:07)

Credits

  • Simon Philips - artwork, artwork [logo by], band [esoteric are], lead guitar, effects, sampler [samples], soloist [solo], music by
  • Bryan Beck - band [esoteric are], bass, fretless bass, effects, synthesizer [bass synth], music by
  • Darren Earl - band [esoteric are], drums, percussion
  • Stuart - band [esoteric are], guitar, effects
  • Gordon Bicknell - band [esoteric are], lead guitar, effects, sampler [samples], synth, music by, soloist [solo]
  • Greg Chandler - band [esoteric are], vocals, effects, lyrics by, music by

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