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title: "The Pernicious Enigma by Esoteric"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/8cdb93e1-09e9-35e6-aa96-4b05eacf63db"
artist: "Esoteric"
year: 1997
label: "Aesthetic Death"
---

# The Pernicious Enigma

**The Pernicious Enigma** is an album by Esoteric, released in 1997 on Aesthetic Death.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Pernicious Enigma |
| Artist | Esoteric |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 1997 |
| Label | Aesthetic Death |
| Catalog number | ADCD 004 |
| Tracks | 9 |
| Place in discography | 2 of 7 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Creation (Through Destruction) | 13:15 |
| 2 | Dominion of Slaves | 16:01 |
| 3 | Allegiance | 11:51 |
| 4 | NOXBX9701040 | 12:50 |
| 5 | Sinistrous | 12:42 |
| 6 | At War With the Race | 2:52 |
| 7 | A Worthless Dream | 13:09 |
| 8 | Stygian Narcosis | 13:17 |
| 9 | Passing Through Matter | 19:18 |

## Genres

[Funeral Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal)

## Release tags

Funeral Doom Metal · Death-Doom Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Epistemological Despondency (1994)](https://themetalnet.com/album/603ae1f9-7ceb-3b40-a1aa-5f0f910cb334)
- Next release: [Metamorphogenesis (1999)](https://themetalnet.com/album/e35ec65e-92c0-35a4-ba58-bf6033ee269d)

## Artist

- [Esoteric](https://themetalnet.com/band/esoteric)

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