Heavy Metal Maniac
Heavy Metal Maniac | ||||
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Studio album by Exciter | ||||
Released | January 14, 1983 | |||
Recorded | The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec, August 1982 | |||
Genre | Speed metal, heavy metal | |||
Length | 37:59 | |||
Label | Shrapnel | |||
Producer | John Belrose | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
Heavy Metal Maniac is the first studio album by the Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Shrapnel Records in 1983. The album was reissued by Megaforce Records in 2005.[3]
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.[4]
Track listing
- Side heavy
- "The Holocaust" (John Ricci, Dan Beehler) – 1:39 (instrumental)
- "Stand Up and Fight" (Beehler, Ricci) – 2:47
- "Heavy Metal Maniac" (Ricci, Beehler) – 3:47
- "Iron Dogs" (Beehler, Ricci) – 5:58
- "Mistress of Evil" (Allan Johnson) – 5:13
- Side metal
- "Under Attack" (Beehler, Ricci, Clint) – 4:17
- "Rising of the Dead" (Johnson, Beehler) – 3:32
- "Black Witch" (Ricci, Beehler) – 6:59
- "Cry of the Banshee" (Johnson, Beehler) – 3:47
- 2005 CD edition bonus tracks
- "World War III" (Recorded at Nimbus Sound Stage Studios, Toronto, June 1981)
- "Evil Sinner" (Recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, N.Y., November 1983)
- "Interview # 1A"
- "Interview # 1B"
- "Interview # 2"
Credits
- Dan Beehler − vocals, drums
- John Ricci − guitar, backing vocals
- Allan Johnson − bass, backing vocals
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Heavy Metal Maniac review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ↑ "Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ↑ "Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time Special Issue". Decibel. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
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