Esoteric "Epistemological Despondency (UK, Aesthetic Death, ADCD 001)"

Epistomological Despondency is the first studio album by British doom metal band Esoteric. The album was released in 1994 as a double CD through Aesthetic Death Records, and was remastered and reissued in 2004. In a retrospective article written about the album by Metal Injection editor Cody Davis, the album "built Esoteric's foundation in funeral doom."

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Bereft" 20:24
2. "Only Hate (Baresark)" 2:41
3. "The Noise of Depression" 18:59

Total length: 42:04

Disc two

1. "Lamented Despondency" 12:37
2. "Eradification (of Thorns)" 7:19
3. "Awaiting My Death" 26:07

Total length: 46:03

Total time:  89:00

Artwork by Esoteric.

First press does not feature any internet information (website or e-mail) on back-cover.

Also, booklet is printed black on white background.

Recording information:

Recorded at Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham, England, from 6 to 16 June 1994.

Co-Mixed by Esoteric.

Produced by Esoteric.

Steve Wilson – engineering, mixing