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Heavy Metal Maniac

Summary

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
1983
Studio album by
Exciter
ReleasedJune 14, 1983[1]
RecordedAugust 1982
StudioThe Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec
GenreSpeed metal[2]
Length37:59
LabelShrapnel
ProducerJohn Belrose
Exciter chronology
Heavy Metal Maniac
(1983) 		Violence & Force
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[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.[5]

Track listing edit

Side one: Heavy
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Holocaust" (Instrumental)John Ricci, Dan Beehler1:39
2."Stand Up and Fight"Beehler, Ricci2:47
3."Heavy Metal Maniac"Ricci, Beehler3:47
4."Iron Dogs"Beehler, Ricci5:58
5."Mistress of Evil"Allan Johnson5:13
Side one: Metal
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Under Attack"Richard Beehler, D. Beehler, Ricci4:17
7."Rising of the Dead"Johnson, Beehler3:32
8."Blackwitch"Ricci, Beehler6:59
9."Cry of the Banshee"Johnson, Beehler3:47
Total length:37:59
2005 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
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 edit

  • Dan Beehler − vocals, drums
  • John Ricci − guitar, backing vocals
  • Allan Johnson − bass, backing vocals

Production edit

  • Andy Brown – artwork, concept

References edit

  1. ^ "Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Open Publishing. June 14, 1983. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Heavy Metal Maniac review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time Special Issue". Decibel. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2018.