Heavy Metal Maniac
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{{Infobox album
| name = Heavy Metal Maniac
| type = studio
| artist = Exciter
| cover = Heavymetalmaniac.JPG
| alt = 1983
| recorded = August 1982
| venue =
| studio = The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec
| genre = Speed metal
| length = 37:59
| label = Shrapnel
| producer = John Belrose
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Violence & Force
| next_year = 1984
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/heavy-metal-maniac-r79005/review | title = Exciter Heavy Metal Maniac review | accessdate = October 8, 2011 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic }}
| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 6/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 | page=110}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Exciter/Heavy_Metal_Maniac/2907 | title = Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac | accessdate = October 9, 2011 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum | archive-date = October 18, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111018134059/http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Exciter/Heavy_Metal_Maniac/2907 | url-status = live }}
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.{{cite web |title=Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time Special Issue |url=https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/special-issues/products/top-100-old-school-metal-albums-special-issue |website=Decibel |accessdate=August 6, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115141908/http://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/special-issues/products/top-100-old-school-metal-albums-special-issue |url-status=live }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one: Heavy
| title1 = The Holocaust
| writer1 = John Ricci, Dan Beehler
| length1 = 1:39
| note1 = Instrumental
| title2 = Stand Up and Fight
| writer2 = Beehler, Ricci
| length2 = 2:47
| title3 = Heavy Metal Maniac
| writer3 = Ricci, Beehler
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Iron Dogs
| writer4 = Beehler, Ricci
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = Mistress of Evil
| writer5 = Allan Johnson
| length5 = 5:13
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one: Metal
| title6 = Under Attack
| writer6 = Richard Beehler, D. Beehler, Ricci
| length6 = 4:17
| title7 = Rising of the Dead
| writer7 = Johnson, Beehler
| length7 = 3:32
| title8 = Blackwitch
| writer8 = Ricci, Beehler
| length8 = 6:59
| title9 = Cry of the Banshee
| writer9 = Johnson, Beehler
| length9 = 3:47
| total_length = 37:59
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2005 CD edition bonus tracks
| title10 = World War III
| note10 = Recorded at Nimbus Sound Stage Studios, Toronto, June 1981
| length10 = 3:41
| title11 = Evil Sinner
| note11 = Recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, New York, November 1983
| length11 = 4:58
| title12 = Interview # 1A
| length12 = 1:36
| title13 = Interview # 1B
| length13 = 7:09
| title14 = Interview # 2
| length14 = 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
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Category:Exciter (band) albums
Category:Shrapnel Records albums
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