The Maniacal Vale

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2008 studio album by Esoteric

The Maniacal Vale

Studio album by

Esoteric

Released| 2008
Studio| Priory Recording
Genre| Funeral doom metal
Length| 101:49
Label| Season of Mist
Producer| Esoteric
Esoteric chronology
| Subconscious Dissolution into the Continuum
(2004)  | The Maniacal Vale
(2008)  | Paragon of Dissonance
(2011)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
MetalReview| [1]
Sputnikmusic| [2]
AllMusic| [3]

The Maniacal Vale is the fifth studio album by the British funeral doom metal band Esoteric.[4] It is a double album and was released on 26 June 2008 through French label Season of Mist. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios. Artwork by Kati Astraeir.

## Track listing

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* All songs credited to Esoteric. Actual writers listed below.

### Disc 1

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Circle (Greg Chandler, Gordon Bicknell)"| 20:45
2.| "Beneath This Face (Chandler)"| 11:21
3.| "Quickening (Chandler, Oliver Goyet)"| 12:18
4.| "Caucus of Mind (Bicknell)"| 7:21
Total length:| 51:45

### Disc 2

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Silence (Chandler)"| 15:44
2.| "The Order of Destiny (Chandler, Bicknell)"| 11:32
3.| "Ignotum Per Ignotius (Mark Bodossian)"| 22:42
Total length:| 49:58

## Personnel

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* Gordon Bicknell - Guitar
* Mark Bodossian - Bass
* Greg Chandler - Vocals, Guitar
* Joe Fletcher - Drums
* Olivier Goyet - Keyboards

## References

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1. ^ [1] Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
3. ^ The Maniacal Vale at AllMusic
4. ^ "Esoteric :: Discography". Esotericuk.net. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

## External links

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* The Maniacal Vale @ esotericuk.net

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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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* MusicBrainz release group

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