Violence & Force
Violence & Force is the second studio album by the Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Megaforce Records in 1984. The album was produced by The Rods drummer Carl Canedy, who had already produced Anthrax's debut album Fistful of Metal.[4]
| Violence & Force | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1984 | |||
| Recorded | Pyramid Sound Studios, Ithaca, New York, November 1983 | |||
| Genre | Speed metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 41:34 | |||
| Label | Megaforce | |||
| Producer | Carl Canedy, Jon Zazula | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Kerrang! | (mixed)[3] |
The album was reissued in 1999 by SPV/Steamhammer with the same track listing and again in 2004 by Megaforce, without the song "Evil Sinner".[5][6]
Track listing
- Side heavy
- "Oblivion" – 0:34
- "Violence & Force" – 4:04
- "Scream in the Night" – 4:13
- "Pounding Metal" – 4:33
- "Evil Sinner" – 4:58
- Side metal
- "Destructor" – 4:19
- "Swords of Darkness" – 3:58
- "Delivering to the Master" – 6:06
- "Saxons of the Fire" – 3:27
- "War Is Hell" - 6:18
Personnel
Exciter
- Dan Beehler − vocals, drums
- John Ricci − guitar, backing vocals
- Allan Johnson - bass, backing vocals
Production
- Carl Canedy - producer
- Chris Bubacz - engineer
- Alex Perialas - assistant engineer
- Jack Skinner - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
- Jon Zazula - executive producer
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Violence & Force 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.
- Dome, Malcolm (23 February 1984). "Exciter 'Violence & Force'". Kerrang!. 62. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 8.
- David, Leslie (14 January 2011). "Carl Canedy speaks about Exciter's Violence And Force record". Leslie's Metal Blog. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- "EXCITER: Early Albums To Be Remastered, Reissued". Archived from the original on 2015-08-11.
Megaforce Records will release "Violence and Force" on November 9, 2004, with the rest of the catalogue to follow in early 2005.
- "Exciter - Violence & Force". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
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