 | Esoteric The Maniacal Vale
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #60 for 2008 | |
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| 4.5 superb | Homeslice | November 14th 11 |
The two bookends in this album that are over 20+ minutes each, are fantastic. Wouldn't be fair to say, but it almost renders the others songs almost as filler. Though that would not be a fair assessment of those other tracks, but it speaks to the strength of those 2 songs.
If there is one part of the album that is of worthy note is the musical orchestration in the last 13 minutes of Ignotum Per Ignotius that essentially closes out the album, as it is some of the best stretch of music my eardrums have graced. Saying it is sublime would be an understatement.
(Would be interested in writing a review of this, bump if I should)
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| 4.5 superb | ThrashK | June 12th 13 |
Makes all life simply decay, frightening as fuck.
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| 5.0 classic | JossWeedon12 | October 17th 23 |
I was literally laughing for over a minute when this record ended. Thats how insane this album is.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | May 11th 17 |
I'm quite certain that it takes less time to climb the mountains of the Vale than it does to listen to The Maniacal Vale. It's classic Esoteric: massive, eerie, and just a bit long-winded. Though it's not quite as good as the band's last two records, which were more condensed and easily digestible, the album does do a remarkable job improving on the blueprint that albums like Epistemological Despondency laid down. The songs have more variety to them, as does the overall atmosphere, but where the album really shines is its production. It's like a wall of slow-moving, destructive lava, constantly pushing forth and burying everything in its path, leaving fires and intense heat in its wake, yet also cooling and building new earth, as is necessary. It's a little long, but there's enough great moments to keep the listeners attention, and definitely earns itself a spot among Esoteric's best albums.
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| 0.0 | | November 16th 15 |
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| 4.5 superb | Arked | March 21st 25 |
| 4.5 superb | haley | January 15th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | June 12th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Above | September 30th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | September 14th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Bard0 | January 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spag | June 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Zakusz | December 27th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | December 20th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Tb1114 | July 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Voor | June 30th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Taku | April 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Azazzel | April 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | hsb | January 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | November 15th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | P0laris | November 10th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | January 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | June 21st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Basara | March 16th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Laen | January 18th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | CJBobs | December 24th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Fear | December 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | August 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Nud | May 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | May 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | November 4th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Greem | May 31st 15 |
| 5.0 classic | rid | April 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aion | March 6th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Dizchu | November 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | October 19th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Athom EMERITUS | October 14th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | lear | April 2nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Caelum | January 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kinski | December 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Nacen | October 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | October 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Lethe | September 7th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Troggy | May 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maniac! | March 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shvyin | March 1st 12 |
| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | December 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shadow17 | December 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | BIRavyn | December 4th 11 |
| 4.8 classic | Ryan P STAFF | November 22nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | vdop | October 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Likferd | July 18th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | leycec | July 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lakes2 | February 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wakalord | December 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Aether | November 14th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Karwyn | April 10th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Mendigo | January 27th 10 |
| 2.5 average | drewkar | December 28th 09 |
| 3.5 great | krazaln | November 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Set | October 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | UniBr0w | July 30th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | ntrno | April 11th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Wizard | January 31st 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Zoo | December 19th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Iai EMERITUS | June 3rd 08 |
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