Heavy Metal Maniac - Composition

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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.[3]

Heavy Metal Maniac

Studio album by

Exciter

Released

1983

Recorded

August 1982

Studio

The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec

Genre

Speed metal[1]

Length

37:59

Label

Shrapnel

Producer

John Belrose

Exciter chronology

Heavy Metal Maniac
(1983)

Violence & Force
(1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]

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 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"	Beehler, Ricci, Clint	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

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. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
"Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time Special Issue". Decibel. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

v t e 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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Heavy Metal Maniac — первый студийный альбом спид-металлической канадской группы Exciter, вышедший на Shrapnel Records в 1983 году. Альбом был переиздан Megaforce Records в 2005 году[3].

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