Epistemological Despondency

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."

Epistemological Despondency
Studio album by Esoteric
Released	October 1994
Recorded	6–16 June 1994
Studio	Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham
Genre	Funeral doom metal
Length	89:00
Label	Aesthetic Death
Producer	Esoteric
Esoteric chronology
Esoteric Emotions - The Death of Ignorance (1993) Epistemological Despondency (1994) The Pernicious Enigma (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bereft"	20:24
2.	"Only Hate (Baresark)"	2:41
3.	"The Noise of Depression"	18:59
Total length:		42:04

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lamented Despondency"	12:37
2.	"Eradification (of Thorns)"	7:19
3.	"Awaiting My Death"	26:07
Total length:		46:03 Total 89:00

Credits

• Bryan Beck – Bass guitar, fretless bass, effects and bass synth
• Gordon Bicknell – Lead guitar, effects, samples, synth
• Greg Chandler – vocals, effects
• Simon Phillips – Lead guitar, effects, samples
• Stuart Blekinsop – Guitar, effects
• Darren Earl – drums
• Steve Wilson - engineering, mixing

External links

• Epistemological Despondency on Discogs
• Epistemological Despondency on Bandcamp