I'm probably going to sign up for an Egg one too that's for pick up the same location. Only $.50 more than supermarket eggs. I'd be crazy to not do that.
We grow our own vegetables and peaches but we know a friend with a cattle farm out here so we get from them but it’s not delivered, though that would be really nice
Additional info Produced by Esoteric.
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Greg Chandler/Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios during May/June 2011.
Artwork by Kati Astraeir.
Graphics & layout by Mauro Berchi.
Being around for almost 20 years, Esoteric never were in a hurry to release as many albums as they could every 1-2 years. For some artists the burden of the aforementioned title is grandiose and they'd never exchange not even a bit of their quality for quantity. Esoteric belong to this group, they always took their time to bring together the main concept of every album and place in the right place at the right time all the ideas and emotions that were overrunning them at the time. And whenever it felt right a new work was coming our way to cleanse the band's world and torment the audience with all this sense of decay, horrid beauty and decomposition of morals transformed into vast fields of devastating soundscapes. So, almost 20 years of existence gave birth to 6 abhorrent children, with the successor to the throne being the newborn Paragon Of Dissonance, from the same septic womb, with the same unearthly stare, but with its very own personality and characteristics.
Written by pisymbol on 03.12.2011 at 14:36 @Troy (and everyone), is there any reason by Mournful Congregation's Book of Kings is getting all the press? They are wonderful no doubt about it but Esoteric is the king of funeral doom IMO.
Probably because Esoteric is more of a psychedelic extreme doom band while MC play funeral doom, and a much more melodic style of funeral doom at that. Not really like Remembrance or Ankhagram, but still definitely more accessible than Esoteric.
Although I'd be surprised if PoD wasn't getting media attention.
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Written by pisymbol on 03.12.2011 at 14:36 @Troy (and everyone), is there any reason by Mournful Congregation's Book of Kings is getting all the press? They are wonderful no doubt about it but Esoteric is the king of funeral doom IMO.
Probably because Esoteric is more of a psychedelic extreme doom band while MC play funeral doom, and a much more melodic style of funeral doom at that. Not really like Remembrance or Ankhagram, but still definitely more accessible than Esoteric.
Although I'd be surprised if PoD wasn't getting media attention.
Psychedelic? I woudn't say that.
I suppose maybe the forefront of traditional funeral doom are represented by Funeral and Cathedral with MC and Esoteric being a niche in a niche!
I think the real issue with getting into bands like MC and especially Esoteric is their composition style. The shear length of some of these pieces is a lone daunting (but completely rewarding).
I suppose maybe the forefront of traditional funeral doom are represented by Funeral and Cathedral
Cathedral have nothing to do with funeral doom and never had anything to do with it either. And the only thing funeral doom about Funeral is the bandname. Even their old work I totally don't consider funeral doom at all.
The forefront of funeral doom is Thergothon and Unholy to a lesser extent
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I suppose maybe the forefront of traditional funeral doom are represented by Funeral and Cathedral
Cathedral have nothing to do with funeral doom and never had anything to do with it either. And the only thing funeral doom about Funeral is the bandname. Even their old work I totally don't consider funeral doom at all.
The forefront of funeral doom is Thergothon and Unholy to a lesser extent
But I had thought some of early Cathedral was funeral doomish?
Funeral is definitely funeral doom at times (heck they seem to think so).
The forefront of doom are two bands that AFAIK don't really exist and haven't made a new record in several years.....surely the word forefront was a bit bold.
Written by pisymbol on 04.12.2011 at 14:09 Psychedelic? I woudn't say that.
You wouldn't call Esoteric psychedelic? :s
Overall, no, not really. At least in the classical sense of what I consider psychedelic (some Pink Floyd, King Crimson, etc.).
Let me explain:
Sure, there are certainly sprinkles of straightforward psychedelia present such as the end of the track "Cipher." But overall, I feel Esoteric incorporates these elements as a sonic tool to accent the beautiful movements within a song. A great example of this device is the track "Non Being" where psychedelic effects are clearly used to demarcate different compositional segments in the song. At minute three, this device leads into the riffage about fifty seconds later only to be incorporated again as a transition to the very classical slow funeral doom progression about five and half minutes in...absolutely gorgeous.
Written by pisymbol on 07.12.2011 at 04:35 Overall, no, not really. At least in the classical sense of what I consider psychedelic (some Pink Floyd, King Crimson, etc.).
Let me explain...
Well that just boils down to a matter of differing opinions. I don't think of psychedelic influences as Pink Floyd/King Crimson influences, just psychedelic elements, which are apparent in Esoteric's discography. I don't consider them a psychedelic band, but a funeral doom band with psychedelic elements.
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Written by pisymbol on 07.12.2011 at 04:35 Overall, no, not really. At least in the classical sense of what I consider psychedelic (some Pink Floyd, King Crimson, etc.).
Let me explain...
Well that just boils down to a matter of differing opinions. I don't think of psychedelic influences as Pink Floyd/King Crimson influences, just psychedelic elements, which are apparent in Esoteric's discography. I don't consider them a psychedelic band, but a funeral doom band with psychedelic elements.
Funeral doom is a subgenre that I only recently started to explore more thoroughly, and given enough effort with the often times meaty tracks, it can be a very rewarding thing in the end. That is exaclty what I thought after I had taken the time to listen through Esoteric's latest album in one go.
Paragon of Dissonance is so full of interesting details and never gets boring despite its lenghty duration. It is soul crushing yet not without melody and the psychedelic elements really are the finishing touches for one hell of a wicked experience.
The entire build up of the first 5 minutes of Non Being is one of the most brilliant and beautiful things I've ever heard in metal in general.
Seriously... It's just extremely beautiful.
I hadn't listened to this in a while, and it's easy to forget the beauty hiding under the brutality. It's the subtle things, like the last few minutes of 'Torrent Of Ills', for example, that put this over the top. Brilliant
Complains about stale leads; gives three albums of Insomnium's and two albums each by Scar Symmetry, Amon Amarth and Wintersun 10/10.
This is an example of a flawless melody:
Here's another:
...and two more!
Here's an example of how not to write a melody (4:10):
Above most of the aspects of musicianship, I value the melodic capability. The last example, is simply tasteless. Anyone with a musical ear can tell you the same.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah you are one funny dude calling melodies that have been to death a gazzilion time by all sorts of bands flawless
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996