Heavy Metal Maniac
1983 studio album by Exciter
Heavy Metal Maniac | ||||
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Studio album by Exciter | ||||
Released | June 14, 1983[1] | |||
Recorded | August 1982 | |||
Studio | The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec | |||
Genre | Speed metal[2] | |||
Length | 37:59 | |||
Label | Shrapnel | |||
Producer | John Belrose | |||
Exciter chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
Heavy Metal Maniac is the debut studio album by the Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Shrapnel Records in 1983. The album was reissued by Megaforce Records in 2005.[4]
Heavy Metal Maniac was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame in a special issue regarding the Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Holocaust" (Instrumental) | John Ricci, Dan Beehler | 1:39 |
2. | "Stand Up and Fight" | Beehler, Ricci | 2:47 |
3. | "Heavy Metal Maniac" | Ricci, Beehler | 3:47 |
4. | "Iron Dogs" | Beehler, Ricci | 5:58 |
5. | "Mistress of Evil" | Allan Johnson | 5:13 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Under Attack" | Richard Beehler, D. Beehler, Ricci | 4:17 |
7. | "Rising of the Dead" | Johnson, Beehler | 3:32 |
8. | "Blackwitch" | Ricci, Beehler | 6:59 |
9. | "Cry of the Banshee" | Johnson, Beehler | 3:47 |
Total length: | 37:59 |
No. | Title | Length |
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10. | "World War III" (Recorded at Nimbus Sound Stage Studios, Toronto, June 1981) | 3:41 |
11. | "Evil Sinner" (Recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, New York, November 1983) | 4:58 |
12. | "Interview # 1A" | 1:36 |
13. | "Interview # 1B" | 7:09 |
14. | "Interview # 2" | 1:41 |
Total length: | 57:04 |
- Tracks 12 & 13 interviews were recorded on November 7, 1982, on CKCU in Ottawa, Canada.
- Track 14 backstage interview recorded in August 1982 for CHEZ 106 before opening for Black Sabbath at Ottawa Exhibition.
Credits
- Dan Beehler − vocals, drums
- John Ricci − guitar, backing vocals
- Allan Johnson − bass, backing vocals
Production
- Andy Brown – artwork, concept
References
- ^ "Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Open Publishing. June 14, 1983. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Heavy Metal Maniac review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ "Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time Special Issue". Decibel. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
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Exciter
- John Ricci
- Dan Beehler
- Allan Johnson
- Brian McPhee
- Rob Malnati
- David Ledden
- Jeff McDonnald
- Jacques Belanger
- Marc Charron
- Rik Charron
- Paul Champagne
- Rob DeGroot
- Rob "Clammy" Cohen
- Kenny Winter
- Heavy Metal Maniac (1983)
- Violence & Force (1984)
- Long Live the Loud (1985)
- Unveiling the Wicked (1986)
- Exciter / O.T.T. (1988)
- Kill After Kill (1992)
- The Dark Command (1997)
- Blood of Tyrants (2000)
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- Death Machine (2010)
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