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2011 studio album by Esoteric

Paragon of Dissonance

Studio album by Esoteric

Released

11 November 2011

Recorded

May–June 2011

Venue

London, England

Studio

Priory Recording Studios

Genre

Doom metal

Length

90:18

Esoteric chronology

The Maniacal Vale
(2008)

Paragon of Dissonance
(2011)

A Pyrrhic Existence
(2019)

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Paragon of Dissonance is the sixth studio album by the British doom metal band Esoteric. It is a double album and was released in 2011 through Season of Mist Records. A two-disc vinyl edition of the album was released through Finnish label Svart Records on 25 April 2012.

For unknown reasons, long-time guitarist Gordon Bicknell temporarily left the group early during the recording sessions, the only track that features Bicknell is "Non Being". The majority of the album was written between Greg Chandler, Gordon Bicknell, and Jim Nolan.

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Abandonment"	Chandler, Nolan	13:34
2.	"Loss of Will"	Chandler	7:05
3.	"Cipher"	Nolan, Bodossian	9:15
4.	"Non Being"	Bicknell, Chandler	15:30
Total length:			45:24

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aberration"	Chandler	15:44
2.	"Disconsolate"	Chandler, Nolan	15:33
3.	"Torrent of Ills"	Chandler	13:37
Total length:			44:54 Total 90:18

Credits

Greg Chandler – vocals, guitar, engineer, keys, mastering, mixing, engineering
Gordon Bicknell – guitar, keyboard
Mark Bodossian – bass guitar
Joe Fletcher – drums
Jim Nolan – guitar
Mark Lockett – piano
Mauro Berchi – graphics, layout
Kati Astraeir – artwork

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002235204
n/a (2011-11-15). "Esoteric – Paragon of Dissonance". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Virtanen, Mike (2011-11-01). "ZT Exclusive: Esoteric Talks Paragon of Dissonance". ztmag.com. Zero Tolerance Magazine. Retrieved 10 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

v t e Esoteric
Greg Chandler Mark Bodossian Joe Fletcher Kris Clayton Simon Walcroft
Studio albums	Esoteric Emotions – The Death of Ignorance (1993) Epistemological Despondency (1994) The Pernicious Enigma (1997) Metamorphogenesis (1999) Subconscious Dissolution into the Continuum (2004) The Maniacal Vale (2008) Paragon of Dissonance (2011) A Pyrrhic Existence (2019)

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