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Exciter ‎– Heavy Metal Maniac
Shrapnel Records ‎– SHRAPNEL 1004 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1983 Genre: Rock Style: Heavy Metal, Speed Metal TracklistHide Credits Side Heavy A1The Holocaust Written-By – Beehler*, Ricci* A2Stand Up And Fight Lyrics By – Beehler* Music By – Beehler*, Ricci* A3Heavy Metal Maniac Lyrics By – Beehler* Music By – Beehler*, Ricci* A4Iron Dogs Lyrics By – Beehler* Music By – Beehler*, Ricci* A5Mistress Of Evil Music By, Lyrics By – Johnson* Side Metal B1Under Attack Lyrics By – Clint (13) Music By – Beehler*, Ricci* B2Rising Of The Dead Lyrics By – Johnson*, Beehler* Music By – Johnson* B3Blackwitch Lyrics By – Beehler* Music By – Beehler*, Ricci* B4Cry Of The Banshee Lyrics By – Johnson* Music By – Johnson*, Beehler* Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Thunderbolt Records (4) Marketed By – Thunderbolt Records (4) Phonographic Copyright (p) – Shrapnel Records Copyright (c) – Shrapnel Records Published By – Varney Metal Music Co. Recorded At – The Dungeon Studios Mastered At – The Automatt Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-10258 Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-10259 Designed At – Dead Parrot Productions Credits Bass, Backing Vocals – Allan Johnson (2) Cover, Concept By, Artwork – Andy B.* Drums, Lead Vocals – Dan Beehler Guitar, Backing Vocals – John Ricci Mastered By – Paul Stubblebine Other [Arm By] – East Side Slasher Photography By – William P. McElligott Producer – John Belrose Notes Recorded in August 1982 at The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Mastered at The Automatt - S.F. CA.
Heavy Metal Maniac is the first 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 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 heavy "The Holocaust" (John Ricci, Dan Beehler) – 1:39 (instrumental) "Stand Up and Fight" (Beehler, Ricci) – 2:47 "Heavy Metal Maniac" (Ricci, Beehler) – 3:47 "Iron Dogs" (Beehler, Ricci) – 5:58 "Mistress of Evil" (Allan Johnson) – 5:13 Side metal "Under Attack" (Beehler, Ricci, Clint) – 4:17 "Rising of the Dead" (Johnson, Beehler) – 3:32 "Black Witch" (Ricci, Beehler) – 6:59 "Cry of the Banshee" (Johnson, Beehler) – 3:47 2005 CD edition bonus tracks "World War III" (Recorded at Nimbus Sound Stage Studios, Toronto, June 1981) "Evil Sinner" (Recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, N.Y., November 1983) "Interview # 1A" "Interview # 1B" "Interview # 2" Credits Dan Beehler − vocals, drums John Ricci − guitar, backing vocals Allan Johnson − bass, backing vocals