Heavy Metal Maniac

Heavy Metal Maniac
Studio album by Exciter
Released	January 14, 1983
Recorded	The Dungeon Studios, Aylmer, Quebec, August 1982
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal
Length	37:59
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	John Belrose
Exciter chronology
Heavy Metal Maniac (1983) Violence & Force (1984)Violence & Force1984

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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.

Track listing

Side heavy

1. "The Holocaust" (John Ricci, Dan Beehler) – 1:39 (instrumental)
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 metal

6. "Under Attack" (Beehler, Ricci, Clint) – 4:17
7. "Rising of the Dead" (Johnson, Beehler) – 3:32
8. "Black Witch" (Ricci, Beehler) – 6:59
9. "Cry of the Banshee" (Johnson, Beehler) – 3:47

2005 CD edition bonus tracks

10. "World War III" (Recorded at Nimbus Sound Stage Studios, Toronto, June 1981)
11. "Evil Sinner" (Recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, N.Y., November 1983)
12. "Interview # 1A"
13. "Interview # 1B"
14. "Interview # 2"

Credits

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