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Best of 2011: Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance

Funeral doom metal is slow and melodic. Esoteric have crafted dark lamentations for over a decade now and this album shows them at their most focused and powerful. Expect deep death growls over sweeping (but slow) chords that slowly bring out a melody. Crashing sounds collide and abrade, leaving a stygian mood hanging over the audience like a curtain of lead, and yet inside that curtain, a melancholic beauty emerges.

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, Houston Metal Music Examiner

Brett Stevens DJ'd a radio program for six years and has been a metal fan for two decades. A computer programmer by day, he writes on underground metal to keep his soul feral.

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