The Maniacal Vale

by Esoteric

The Maniacal Vale cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 June 2008
  • Label: Season Of Mist
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:41:43
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A sprawling double album of psychedelic funeral doom, 'The Maniacal Vale' is a crushing, hallucinatory experience. Esoteric stretches songs to 20 minutes, layering tortured vocals over slow, massive riffs and swirling effects. It is a landmark of extreme doom metal.

Genres

Descriptors: funereal, atmospheric, downtempo, monolithic, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Circle (20:45)
  2. Beneath This Face (11:21)
  3. Quickening (12:18)
  4. Caucus of Mind (07:21)
  5. Silence (15:44)
  6. Order of Destiny (11:32)
  7. Ignotum per Ignotius (22:42)

Credits

  • Greg Chandler - engineer [engineered by], mixed by, mastered by
  • Gordon Bicknell - guitar
  • Jim Nolan - Member
  • Mark Bodossian - bass
  • Joe Fletcher - drums
  • Kati Astraeir - artwork
  • Esoteric - engineer [engineered by], mixed by, mastered by
  • Olivier Goyet - keyboards
  • Mauro Berchi - layout

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