ACID - Maniac LP+7 HRR 711, ltd 500, 150 x black vinyl, 150 x silver vinyl + 200 x transparent blood red vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, black vinyl bonus 7" in p/s, 2nd pressing: ltd 500, 150 x black, 150 x transparent red/ silver marbled + 200 x bone vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, transparent ultra clear vinyl bonus 7" in p/s, 3rd pressing: ltd 500, 250 x black vinyl 12”+7” + 250 x red/ black bi-color 12” + red vinyl 7”, 4th pressing: ltd 500, 350 x 180g black vinyl + black vinyl bonus 7”, 150 x transparent red/ black/ white marbled + bone vinyl bonus 7” Kate - Vocals Demon - Lead Guitar Dizzy Lizzy - Solo Guitar T-Bone - Bass Anvill - Drums 01 Max Overload 02 Maniac 03 Black Car 04 America 05 Lucifera 06 No Time 07 Prince of Hell and Fire 08 Bottoms Up Bonus 7" 01 Black Car 02 Drop Dead 03 The Day You Die 04 Exterminator 1st-3rd pressing: SOLD OUT! 4th pressing: March 14th

Audio restoration and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in March 2019. Vinyl cutting by SST. Just a few months after their initial full-length “Acid” in 1983, Belgium’s finest of the same name churned out a record that perfectly blended their debut’s spontaneous energy with the subtlety of a well-practised band at the height of its powers. “Maniac” is Acid’s key work without any doubt and belongs to the canon of early extreme metal, with genuine classics such as swaggering opener ‘Max Overload,’ the satanic romp of ‘Black Car’ or the rhythmically complex closer ‘Bottoms Up’ and, of course, ‘Lucifera’ as the group’s unofficial anthem. The Bruges-based troupe, led by drum dervish Anvill and one-of-a-kind front woman Kate de Lombaert, were able to combine the spirit of punk and rock ’n’ roll with a degree of precision that antedated thrash as we know it today, thus becoming a much-revered name within the international underground. As such, the album is the proverbial “all killer, no filler” affair, giving the likes of Black Sabbath, Motörhead and Venom – all of which shared stages with Acid – a hard time wherever the band played live … and will do so again. Right on time for Acid’s first reunion performance at Keep It True Festival 2020 in Germany, High Roller represses “Maniac” together with its pre- and successors. The four tracks from the 1984 EP “Black Car” serve as bonus for both the CD and LP versions, added to the latter on a seprate 7” with with picture sleeve while the album proper comes in different colours, housed in 425g cardboard with lyric insert and poster. Patrick W. Engel restored and mastered the best lossless audio sources available at Temple of Disharmony, the LPs were cut at SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels. Andreas Schiffmann