The Maniacal Vale

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Maniacal Vale

| type = studio

| artist = Esoteric

| cover = The Maniacal Vale.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2008

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Priory Recording

| genre = Funeral doom metal

| length = 101:49

| label = Season of Mist

| producer = Esoteric

| prev_title = Subconscious Dissolution into the Continuum

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Paragon of Dissonance

| next_year = 2011

}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = MetalReview

|rev1score = {{rating|5|6}}[http://www.metalreview.com/Reviews/4593/Esoteric-The-Maniacal-Vale.aspx ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827143300/http://www.metalreview.com/Reviews/4593/Esoteric-The-Maniacal-Vale.aspx |date=August 27, 2008 }}

|rev2 = Sputnikmusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=26102 |title=Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale (album review) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=2008-06-26 |accessdate=2015-10-05}}

| rev3 = AllMusic

| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=the-maniacal-vale-mw0000788347}}

| noprose = yes

}}

The Maniacal Vale is the fifth studio album by the British funeral doom metal band Esoteric.{{cite web|url=http://www.esotericuk.net/discography.html |title=Esoteric :: Discography |publisher=Esotericuk.net |date= |accessdate=2015-10-05}} 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.