Track list: 01 DESTROY, SHE SAID
02 SCIENCE IS SEXY
03 LANGUAGE IS A VIRUS
04 SHIPYARDS OF FOREIGN CITIES
05 WE WILL NOT BE CONVINCED...
06 DON’T WASTE GUTS
07 OUR EXQUISITE CORPSE
08 NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME
09 YOU ARE THE EXECUTION
10 CLONE CULTURE AND THE CUT-UP METHOD
Lowdown: Cory White – guitar
Eric Graves – guitar
Anthony Diale – bass
Stevie Cruz – voice
Marshall Kilpatric – drums, percussion
Produced by Paul Malinowski with Eric Graves
“Subverter” was recorded and engineered by Paul Malinowski with Eric Graves at Black Lodge Recording (Eudora, KS), Donovan Studios (Shawnee, KS) and Westend Recording (Kansas City, MO).
Vocals produced, recorded and engineered by Eric Graves with Paul Malinowski at Donovan Studios.
ProTools and Digital Editing by Eric Graves
Mixed by Paul Malinowski at Westend Recording
Mastered by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room, Ft. Collins, CO
Synthesizer and acoustic guitars by Cory White
Programming, electronic manipulations and additional synthesizer by Eric Graves
Featured vocals on “Don’t Waste Guts” by Steve Tulipana [Steve Tulipana appears courtesy of Anodyne Records / Roman Numerals]
Additional bass guitar on “Don’t Waste Guts” by Paul Malinowski
Front cover painting by Kristen Ferrell [kristenferrell.com]
Layout, design and logo by David Defeo for Empty Design [emptydesign.net]
Track list: 01. Disappearing...
02. Ram-Faced Boy
03. His Eternal Enemy
04. Your New Burden
05. Unavoidable Conclusion
06. This Is Dedicated to the Prettiest One
07. Somnambulist
08. Make Fine Dreams
09. To Keep Truth to Oneself
10. The Curse of Greyface
11. A Fool's Errand
12. Until the Grave Gives Up the Ghost
13. Mapping the Fall
Lowdown: Released April 19, 2005 through Prosthetic Records, the first 2,000 copies feature artwork printed with metallic inks on an uncoated paper stock. Produced by Ed Rose and THE ESOTERIC. Mastered by Scott Hull for Visceral Sound. Artwork and layout by Andy Cummings for Design Politik.
Track list: 01. His Eternal Enemy
02. Until the Grave Gives Up the Ghost
03. The Curse of Greyface
04. Make Fine Dreams
05. Death Comes Ripping (Misfits)
Lowdown: Originally recorded during a pre-production home demo session for the forthcoming full-length record, Brad from Black Noise offered to release these as a CDEP. Produced and recorded by THE ESOTERIC at House of Metal (R.I.P.). Drum recording assisted by Nick Cline. Layout and design by Andy Cummings for Design Politik. Mastered by Scott Hull for Visceral Sound.
The second and all future pressings include THE ESOTERIC performing "Death Comes Ripping" by the MISFITS as a hidden bonus track!!
Track list: The Esoteric
01. Disregard My Blank Stare
Wormwood
02. Passages of Lesser Light
Lowdown: The Esoteric's side was recorded at Red
House studios in January 2002. Produced,
Engineered and Mixed Ed Rose. Artwork
and Layout by Aaron Turner for HH
Industries.
Track list: 01. Our Best Elvis Yet
02. Strategy of Luck
03. Worth the Wait
04. Eye Child
05. Flight of the Botfly
Lowdown: Recorded at Red House studios
in January 2002. Produced, Engineered
and Mixed Ed Rose. The first edition was
available only on the 2002 Coalesce
reunion tour and was limited to 220 copies
in plastic 'library case' with insert, color
copied cover art, and pressed on screened
CDR.
The second version features improved layout and
liner notes insert and a finished CD. Much
thanks to Orion Landau for the repackaging
assistance!
Second pressing insert info:
141 blue
604 brown
056 gray
017 green
CRASH AND BANG 2002 CD
ROADS BETWEEN (THE ESOTERIC / SAVED BY GRACE SPLIT CD) [View Album Lyrics]
Track list: The Esoteric
01. Sparklerbomb
02. Strategy of luck
Saved by Grace
03. Our Solemn Season Ends
04. Salvation in the Mirror
Lowdown: OUT OF PRINT! Limited to 150 copies,
hand-numbered insert. Pressed on screened
CDR. Handprinted covers made at the Bear
Press, Eudora, KS. Artwork by Patrick Giroux.
This edition was available only on the 2002
Coalesce reunion tour. Final artwork was
completed for proper issue through Anxiety
Records, but Saved by Grace backed out
due to a vocalist change.
CRASH AND BANG 2001 CD
LIVE AT CBGB’S NYC (LUDDITE CLONE / THE ESOTERIC SPLIT CD) [View Album Lyrics]
Track list: Luddite|Clone
01. We're Not Dillinger*
02. Bohemiath
03. Oratory of the Jigsaw
04. Lemmings & Leeches
05. The Contortionist
06. Johnny Law*
The Esoteric
07. Graceful
08. Twelve Years Old
09. Drawing to A Close
10. Rapture
11. Sparklerbomb
12. In A Cynic's Eyes
13. Flight of the Botfly
Lowdown: Recorded Sunday, April 08, 2001
at CBGB's NYC during the Mad Grinderz'
Ball 3. Engineered by Luke Gonzalez.
Mastered by Brett Dicus. Artwork, Layout,
Photography and Design by AndY Cummings
for Design Politik. This show featured The
Esoteric's first show at the infamous CBGB
and the Luddite|Clone's final show ever.
* denotes previously unreleased in any
format.2000 copies in first press. Still
available.
Track list: 01. Sparklerbomb [live]
02. In A Cynic's Eyes [live]
03. Flight of the Botfly [live]
04. Worth the Wait (Disregard My Blank Stare) [demo]
05. Three Fast (Graceful/Twelve Years Old/Drawing to A Close) [demo]
(NOTE: the later promo version of "Plagued..." features a 7 track CD where Three Fast is broken up into individual tracks)
Lowdown: OUT OF PRINT! Live tracks
recorded at the Bottleneck on January 24,
2001 at a show with Origin and Jumbo's
Killcrane. Demo tracks recorded at House of
Metal Midwest over several days in March
2001. This limited-edition tour EP was
hand-numbered to 200 with gold ink and
pressed on a labeled, black face CDR. It
came packaged with a 4-panel laser-printed
insert in a plastic sleeve. Additionally there
are somewhere in the vicinity of 50-ish more
out there on a regular, labeled CDR and are
unnumbered (mostly used for promo
purposes).
'Disregard My Blank Stare' on this recording
eventually became 'Worth the Wait' and the
song known at this time as 'Redbeard the
Destroyer' became 'Disregard My Blank
Stare'. Complex.
Track list: 01. Bad Citizen
02. Graceful
03. 12 Yrs Old
04. Rapture
05. Swallowing Time
06. Drawing to A Close
07. Cynic's Eyes
08. Smothered
09. Shining
Lowdown: OUT OF PRINT! 1000 copies
pressed in first and only pressing. Recorded
and Mixed at Z’Gwon,th Studios in Lawrence,
KS by Mike Giffen. Produced by The Esoteric.
This is the band's first full-length effort,the
first to feature Andy Fisher on vocals and the
last recording with Tony Sittingup on drums.
Brandon Hubbard was erroneously not given
proper photo credit in the layout.
There is also a super-limited cassette demo
version of this release featuring the songs
Cynic's Eyes, Graceful and Swallowing Time
released on Inferno Train Records. Quantity
info is unknown.
Track list: Derailer
01. Attributed to Loss
02. Escape This Broken Reign
Esoteric
03. Grain
04. Grievous Angel
Lowdown: OUT OF PRINT! Recorded June
25, 1998 at Sixth Sense Studios by Mike
Giffen and Predator. Cover artwork by Eric C.
Harris of Grief fame. The runout groove
contains the text "D666E-A", "D666E-B", and
"M.M.M.J.R.". This is Michael Blue's final
recording with the band. Neurosis Edition:
limited to 20. Back in Black Edition: limited to
25. 1000 copies in first and only pressing.
Black vinyl.
Lowdown: OUT OF PRINT! Recorded at Sixth Sense
Studios by Mike Giffen and Predator. This
recording was sold only at the No Less ,
Deadbodieseverywhere, Esoteric, One
Concern show at 1324 Kentucky St. in
Lawrence, KS on July 10, 1998. The original
run was supposed to be 30 copies, but 6
were bad burns, resulting in only 24 sellable
CDs. Hand-numbered with photocopied black
and white artwork. There are 10 copies that
were 'distributed by MowDownMusic that
carry the MDM logo on the artwork and
screened CDR.
There is also only one known cassette
version of this recording with artwork,
containing the songs “Grain”, “Smothered”,
“Grievous Angel” and “Untitled” only.
Lowdown: Recorded live at the Bottleneck April 24, 25,
26 of 2002 by Marcus Williams for Mercy
Studios. Engineered by Jonathon Thompson.
Mixed by Marcus Williams and The Esoteric.
Mastered by Brad Koehler. Still available
through Pipeline Records.
Lowdown: This is the version of the song taken from "An
Illusion...". Our friend Matt from Shadows
Fall runs Lifeless and offered a spot on this
comp to us at the last minute, catch was that
there was only 40-some seconds left on the
CD and the master needed to get to him by
the next morning. What did we do? Well,
while we were about to tour for the 'Plagued
By Visions' EP, we emailed a .wav file of the
shortest song we had, which turned out to be
'Twelve Years Old'. All in all a killer deal, and
a good story.
MALICIOUS MUSIC 2000 CD
MALICIOUS INTENT: ULTIMUS DIES SEPULCRIS (COMPILATION) [View Album Lyrics]
Track list: 01. Bad Citizen
10. Swallowing Time
Lowdown: OUT OF PRINT! Layout and Design by Patrick
Giroux. Hand assembled by Mean Dean and
Patrick Giroux. CDRs burned by Mean Dean
at the grace of Ed Rose at his house over a
painful 26 hours. Promotional compilation given
away at March Metal Meltdown 2 in
Pennsauken, NJ in March of 2000. Limited to
50 copies.
Lowdown: Ill-fated CDR label collective out of Lawrence,
KS. Their first and only compilation. Pressed on
screened CDR with packaging. Quantity info is
unavailable.
