Esoteric "The Maniacal Vale (2CDS, France, Season Of Mist, SOM 172)"

The Maniacal Vale is the fifth studio album by the British funeral doom metal band Esoteric. It is a double album and was released on 26 June 2008 through French label Season of Mist.  

Track listing

All songs credited to Esoteric. Actual writers listed below.

Disc 1

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

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

The album was available from the band (on tour) in May 2008.

Release date in the US: July 9th, 2008.

Recording information:

Recorded in 2008.

Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, England, UK.

Artwork by Kati Astraeir.