Heavy Metal Maniac

1983 studio album by Exciter

Heavy Metal Maniac

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
|  | Heavy Metal Maniac
(1983)  | Violence & Force
(1984)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
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

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Side one: HeavyNo.| 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

Side one: MetalNo.| 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

2005 CD edition bonus tracksNo.| 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

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

### Production

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* Andy Brown – artwork, concept

## References

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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.

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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

Studio albums|

* 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)
* Thrash Speed Burn (2008)
* Death Machine (2010)

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