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.[5]
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"
Richard Beehler, D. Beehler, Ricci
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
^"Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Open Publishing. June 14, 1983. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
