Quite frankly, Amazing
WelcomeTheAbyss | The Flatlands | 04/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Whoa, where to start. Well first off, Esoteric are essentially a doom metal band but with death metal(as heard in the vocals) and progressive influences. They are much more than your normal doom band, while they still retain the slower tempos and the forlorn and gloomy atmosphere. Oddly, there is also something transcendent about this album, surpassing time and space and bringing your concious into a new plane of being while listening...and the melodic beginning of the songs(all over 10 minutes in length except for "Arcane Dissolution" mind you) are simply magnificent. This is one melancholic journey not to be missed. I think i've said all I could except for you to pick up this album, you won't regret it."
Heaven Help Us From the Heavy
Shinzui | The darkest reaches of the Southwest | 01/19/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Imagine a storm so oppressive, so devastating that it grinds you into the earth. The thunder is so deafening, that you shudder in fright and yet, there is a surreal beauty to the sky. The colors are intense - the many hues of purple and dark blue. This is the feeling(s) Esoteric invokes in me. "Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum" is one of the most cyclopean, disastrous and beautiful albums to ever grace the airwaves."
Insurmountable!
comedreja | depths of the west | 12/31/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you like Khanate, Grief, early Melvins, Earth, Nortt, Khlyst, Winter, disEMBOWELMENT and other offerings, you probably already own this. If not, I highly suggest this album above almost all other lite rock ever recorded."