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Hailing from Port Pirie, South Australia, MANIACAL is a five piece Metal band concentrating on writing original music with a style that blends Groove, Thrash and Death Metal. Current members are Dave Hawkins (Guitars), Kane Sampson (Guitars), Layne Anderson (Bass), Sam Verco (Drums) and Andy Kite (Vocals). The band originally formed back in late 2008 where a number of months were spent writing new music and in mid 2009 the band entered Against The Grain Studio to record their first album “Buried In Hell” which was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Kite. This album was released in early 2010 which was met with great reviews both locally and worldwide. After the release of “Buried In Hell”, the band spent the rest of 2010 promoting the album, playing at numerous venues around South Australia with their music also appearing on compilation CD’s such as “Of Great Magnitude” and “Streetcult Loud Music Compilation #14”, alongside bands like “Fear Factory”, “Kingdom Of Sorrow”,