| A Pyrrhic Existence | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Esoteric |
| Cover: | A Pyrrhic Existence.jpg |
| Released: | 8 November 2019 |
| Venue: | Birmingham, United Kingdom[1] |
| Studio: | Priory Recording Studios |
| Genre: | Funeral doom |
| Length: | 98:15 |
| Label: | Season of Mist |
| Producer: | Esoteric |
| Prev Title: | Paragon of Dissonance |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
A Pyrrhic Existence is the seventh studio album by the British funeral doom band Esoteric. Just like the two previous albums before it, A Pyrrhic Existence is a double album. It was released on November 8, 2019 through Season of Mist.
A Pyrrhic Existence is Esoteric's final studio album featuring founding guitarist Gordon Bicknell, who left the band prior to its release.
A Pyrrhic Existence was released to positive reviews. Blabbermouth called lead single "Descent" an instant highlight, stating that when Greg Chandler's vocals "burst through the fog at the three-and-a-half-minute mark, it's like the voice of some fearsome, hateful deity resounding through thick storm clouds to the Earth below". Jerome Reuter of Metal Injection notably gave the album a perfect score commenting on how Esoteric have once again set the bar high by releasing a double album with no filler. He ended his review saying "A modern Greek tragedy told in six parts, it's nothing short of a theatrical masterpiece".