Exciter (Exciter album)

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Exciter
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1988
RecordedMetalworks Studios, Toronto, Canada
GenreHeavy metal, speed metal
Length38:55
LabelMaze Music
ProducerEd Stone, Exciter
Exciter chronology
Unveiling the Wicked
(1986)
Exciter
(1988)
Kill After Kill
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]

Exciter is the fifth studio album by Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Maze Music in 1988. It was re-released in 1995 by Magnetic Air Records and again by Megaforce Records in 2005 with the title O.T.T.,[1] which stands for "Over the Top".[3] This is the first album as a quartet, with new frontman Rob Malnati replacing Dan Beehler as lead vocalist of the band; however Beehler still performs drums and backing vocals.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by McPhee, Johnson and Beehler

No.TitleLength
1."Scream Bloody Murder"4:40
2."Back in the Light"3:34
3."Ready to Rock"4:17
4."O.T.T." (stands for "Over the Top")3:59
5."I Wanna Be King"4:22
6."Enemy Lines"4:00
7."Dying to Live"4:35
8."Playin' with Fire"4:34
9."Eyes in the Sky"4:54

Bonus track 1995 & 2005 editions[edit]

No.TitleLength
10."Termination"2:17

Credits[edit]

  • Rob Malnati – lead vocals, guitar
  • Brian McPhee – guitar, vocals
  • Allan Johnson – bass
  • Dan Beehler – drums, vocals
Production
  • Leidecker Productions – production management
  • J.C. Caprara – concept
  • Zoran Busic – management

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter – O.T.T." AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ "Exciter – Exciter". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved October 9, 2011.