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Description Check the exclusive video, showing the vinyl for sale! Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! Buy the 2 Yperano Records LPs by Medieval Death and Mordicus : https://yperano.com/vid Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac Label: Roadrunner Records – RR9710 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Europe Released: 1986 Style: Thrash Metal, Speed Metal A1 The Holocaust A2 Stand Up And Fight A3 Heavy Metal Maniac A4 Iron Dogs A5 Mistress Of Evil B1 Under Attack B2 Rising Of The Dead B3 Blackwitch B4 Cry Of The Banshee Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Shrapnel Records Copyright © – Roadrunner Productions B.V. Published By – Varney Metal Music Co. Bass, Backing Vocals – Allan Johnson Drums, Lead Vocals – Dan Beehler Guitar, Backing Vocals – John Ricci Rights Society: STEMRA Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 1): RR 9710-A in god we trust HCB Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 2): RR 9710-B HCB EXCITER – HEAVY METAL MANIAC Just about every day I wish I wasn’t so fascinated by music history, but every single day I’m grateful to be a heavy metal maniac. What do these two things have in common? An awful lot when it comes to Ottawa’s heaviest export, Exciter. They’re often lumped in as “also rans” alongside Metallica, Slayer, etc., but the fact is that they predate just about everyone in the North American speed metal sweepstakes. They recorded a demo in 1980 that contained a song called “World War III” that eventually wound up on Shrapnel Records 1982 compilation US Metal Volume II. The first Metal Massacre compilation with Metallica on it also came out in 1982 but I’m not sure which one came first. Throughout 1982 Metallica was writing their first batch of originals and releasing them on demos alongside covers of obscure New Wave Of British Heavy Metal covers. Exodus, Slayer, Overkill and Anthrax were all doing mainly covers and Megadeth didn’t exist yet. Meanwhile, in the summer of ’82, Exciter were recording demos that would eventually be released as their debut album by Shrapnel in January 1983. Also in the summer of 1982 they got the chance to open for Black Sabbath in their hometown. Kill ‘Em All is often mentioned as the album the really kicked off the speed/thrash/whatever you want to call it movement of the ‘80s but for my money, the prize should go to Exciter. Distribution for this kind of metal was hard to come by, the general metal audience wasn’t ready for it and the label didn’t have enough resources to put the band on the road so most people discovered Exciter about a year later as the market started to get crowded. Now that the history lesson’s over, Heavy Metal Maniac stands up as one of the heaviest, most belligerent documents of its time. A gust of spooky wind opens the album as a prelude to the brief instrumental “The Holocaust.” At least I think it’s wind. It’s hard to tell from all the tape hiss on top of the hiss coming out of John Ricci‘s guitar amps. An explosion ends the song and piledrives you straight into the metal anthem “Stand up and Fight.” Fast, furious and completely balls to the wall. John Ricci‘s guitar sounds like a swarm of distorted bees rounded out by Allan Johnson‘s thudding bass work. Dan Beehler‘s double bass drumming takes your head off but it’s his frantic screaming that really seals the deal. Any band with a singing drummer gets extra points, but the tally is ridiculously high when you’re hammering out beats like this. When it comes to frenzied metal preaching, Beehler‘s work here is up there with Paul Baloff on the classic Bonded by Blood album. The song “Heavy Metal Maniac” is even more inspired. The opening lyrics “Hey little honey come along with me/Won’t you take a free ride,” not only references Edgar Winter but gets you revved up for the chorus of “I’M A HEAVY! METAL! MANIAC!! STAND BACK!!!” I remember clearly listening to this song in my bedroom and being inspired to do more than just headbang. The music compelled me to jump around like an idiot and it felt good running straight into the walls. This was long before I ever saw “moshing” at metal shows. How do they follow up those two speed metal classics? By reminding everyone that only playing fast isn’t heavy at all. “Iron Dogs” starts off with one of the most crushing metal riffs of all time. I’m convinced that a lot of the New York hardcore bands studied this song for use in their “mosh” parts. For a bunch of dudes from Canada they capture a bleak urban feel as they unfold the horror story of “IRON DOGS EAT THE CITY!!!” When John Ricci switches gears to a faster riff you can hear him almost stumble but there’s no way he was going to stop the take and punch it in. This is raw meat metal at its finest. “Mistress of Evil” wraps up Side Heavy in fine molten style. Flipping it over to Side Metal, you are under attack. Literally. Dan Beehler unloads a killer double bass fill before the band erupts on the pummeling thrasher “Under Attack.” They try to restrain themselves a bit on the intro of “Rising of the Dead” but quickly things get fast ‘n’ furious. About halfway through a nice “Children of the Grave”-style speed boogie emerges. The seven-minute “metal ballad” of “Black Witch” is interesting. A year later on Ride the Lightning, Metallica would include a seven-minute “metal ballad” called “Fade to Black” that bears some similarities to “Black Witch.” I’m sure Lars was keeping close tabs on the competition. I doubt Metallica intentionally ripped off Exciter but both songs share a lot of common roots. “Cry of the Banshee” gets things back to full on thrashing. Starting off with another classic Beehler drum intro, John Ricci‘s tortured Strat screams out another killer riff. They must have been proud of the lyrics to this one because they blew up one of the lines to print on the back cover – “When twilight burns across the sky you’d better run and hide/The beast will roar from deep inside.” As great as the music is, encountering Heavy Metal Maniac in a record store back then was even better. If you were looking for full-on metal, you knew this one wasn’t false advertising. You couldn’t hear this stuff anywhere so you had to go by gut instinct. Sometimes you’d see a killer album cover, take a chance and it would be kinda weak. There’d be keyboards, too many ballads or some horrible Geoff Tate-like vocalist. Not with Exciter. The front cover is an arm with studded leather wristbands and a tattoo of a heart with the word “METAL.” The hand is holding a switchblade and stabbing a Marshall speaker cabinet. The Exciter logo and words Heavy Metal Maniac are in blood red and in a font easy enough for anyone to scribble on a desk, wall or book cover. Flip it over and you see three metal maniacs covered in denim, leather and hair. Their friends and roadies thanked on the back cover have cool nicknames like T.N.T., Clint, Headbanger and Crank It Up. The guys in Animal Collective or Grizzly Bear don’t hang out with anyone named Crank It Up. I’ve never actually looked at one of their records. It seems unbelievable that a 1984 UK tour of The Rods, Metallica and Exciter was cancelled due to lack of ticket sales but it’s true. It wasn’t until December of 1984 that I actually got to see Exciter‘s brand of pounding metal live in concert with Motörhead and Mercyful Fate. Exciter performance is so over-the-top and contains SO MUCH energy. Laugh all you want, but you’ll sift through 1,000 bands or more before you find another with the raw, manic energy these guys had in their glory days! Old School Thrash at its very best!!!!, This is the best Exciter album of all time. To make my review short and to the point, this makes you want to bang your head through the wall!!!!!! Nuff said!! Exciter is a Canadian speed metal band from Ottawa, Ontario. They are widely considered to be one of the first speed metal bands and a seminal influence of the thrash metal genre. Exciter have sold nearly 300,000 units in the USA and a total sales close to 500,000 units worldwide. Despite many changes in personnel, the band has managed to keep a small but dedicated following for over 30 years. https://yperano.com/product/exciter-long-live-the-loud-lp-signed-autographed-check-samples/ https://yperano.com/product/exciter-violence-n-force-lp-with-promo-clippingssigned-autographed/ https://yperano.com/product/exciter-violence-force-lp-super-rare-signed-white-label-test-pressing-mfn-lp-signed-autographed-by-all/ EXCITER: Wicked Tour 1986 CDR. Free for CD orders of £66.6 EXCITER: Live in Montreal 12-3-1986 Unveiling the Wicked tour VHS Video tape. Free if you buy the signed Exciter vinyl LPs. EXCITER: Pounding London 22-3-1984 CDR. 11 tracks Free £0 for orders of £150 EXCITER: Kill after Kill CD. Check video. Signed Autographed EXCITER: Better Live Than Dead CD. 1 hour of total mayhem, live! 1993 (original). Signed Autographed EXCITER: New Testament CD 2004 ADVANCE PROMO CARD SLEEVE CD press release. Re-recordings of 15 classic Exciter songs. EXCITER: Live Beasts (Making Noise) CDR Live in Canada 1984. Free £0 for CD orders of £99 EXCITER: Devil’s Soul CDR. Live in Stuttgart Germany 1984 -85. Free £0 for orders of £150 EXCITER: Live in Chicago 20-5-1985. When Twilight Burns Chicago 2CDR. (Double). Free £0 for orders of £199 EXCITER: Live in Offenbach 11-3-85 CDR. Check sample. Free £0 for cd orders of £90 EXCITER: Evil sinners Live At Barrymore’s, Ottawa, Canada 1984 Pounding London CDR. 11 tracks Free £0 for orders of £90 BEEHLER: CD 2nd Demo 2003 Fully signed, Autographed (Exciter singer / drummer Exciter bassist) a video of the CD that is for sale here! https://yperano.com/product/deeper-into-the-vault-cd-compilation-1991-original-rare-signed-autographed-unreleased-songs/ Metal Treasures And Vinyl Heavies. Compilation LP SIGNED / autographed by all EXCITER members. Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! HELL COMES TO YOUR HOUSE compilation LP 1985 (Hard Rock, Metal) MFN 30, Red vinyl, no picture sleeve. SIGNED by Exciter. Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! Speed Kills – The Very Best In Speed Metal LP 1985. Music For Nations compilation. Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! Check audio. Exodus, Destruction, Metallica, Slayer, Possessed, Exciter, Venom, Voivod, Megadeth, Celtic Frost, etc. KERRANG No. 42 May – June 1983. Near MINT condition. Rush on cover, Wendy O Williams WoW, Iron Maiden, Hanoi Rocks, Heavy Pettin, Plasmatics, Bow Wow, Exciter, Saxon, Styx KERRANG No. 42 May – June 1983. Near MINT condition. Rush on cover, Wendy O Williams WoW, Iron Maiden, Hanoi Rocks, Heavy Pettin, Plasmatics, Bow Wow, Exciter, Saxon, Styx KERRANG No. 42 Check exclusive video showing all pages. May – June 1983. OK condition. Rush on cover, Wendy O Williams WoW, Iron Maiden, Hanoi Rocks, Heavy Pettin, Plasmatics, Bow Wow, Exciter, Saxon, Styx Metal Treasures And Vinyl Heavies. Compilation LP SIGNED / autographed by all EXCITER members. Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! Metal Hammer 156, 1/98 January 1998. Ozzy Osbourne on cover, Manowar on cover, Metallica, Sepultura, AC/DC, Iced Earth, Exciter Metal Hammer 188, 8/2000 Aug. Fates Warning on cover, 90s Metal on cover, Exciter, Rockwave Festival 2000 w. Dream Theater KERRANG No.39 APR 1983 Near mint condition ZZ Top on cover, Saxon, Journey, Twisted Sister, Dio, WASP, Krokus, Plasmatics, Ratt, Armored Saint, Warlord, Exciter KERRANG No. 42 May – June 1983. MINT condition. Rush on cover, Wendy O Williams WoW, Iron Maiden, Hanoi Rocks, Heavy Pettin, Plasmatics, Bow Wow, Exciter, Saxon, Styx KERRANG No. 62 February March 1984 Phil Collins on cover, Shy, Great White, Rock Goddess, Genesis, W.O.W Wendy O Williams, Spider, Exciter, Slayer Warzone IV (4) CD 1998 Compilation with Exciter, Valley’s Eve, Astarte, Premonition etc. 15 bands. Check audio
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