Heavy Metal Maniac

Heavy Metal Maniac
Heavy Metal Maniac
Studio album by Exciter
Released	June 14, 1983
Recorded	August 1982
Studio	The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec
Genre	Speed metal
Length	37:59
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	John Belrose
Exciter chronology

Professional ratings
Review 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

Side one: *Heavy*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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: *Metal*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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 tracks
No.	Title	Length
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.

[1] "Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Open Publishing. June 14, 1983. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

[allmusic-2] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Heavy Metal Maniac review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

[martin-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.

[dB_HoF-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	(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)