Violence & Force

Violence & Force is the second studio album by the Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Megaforce Records in 1984. The album was produced by The Rods drummer Carl Canedy, who had already produced Anthrax's debut album Fistful of Metal.[4]

Violence & Force
Studio album by Exciter
Released	February 1984
Recorded	Pyramid Sound Studios, Ithaca, New York, November 1983
Genre	Speed metal, heavy metal
Length	41:34
Label	Megaforce
Producer	Carl Canedy, Jon Zazula
Exciter chronology
Heavy Metal Maniac (1983) Violence & Force (1984) Long Live the Loud (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]
Kerrang!	(mixed)[3]

The album was reissued in 1999 by SPV/Steamhammer with the same track listing and again in 2004 by Megaforce, without the song "Evil Sinner".[5][6]

Track listing

Side heavy

1. "Oblivion" – 0:34
2. "Violence & Force" – 4:04
3. "Scream in the Night" – 4:13
4. "Pounding Metal" – 4:33
5. "Evil Sinner" – 4:58

Side metal

6. "Destructor" – 4:19
7. "Swords of Darkness" – 3:58
8. "Delivering to the Master" – 6:06
9. "Saxons of the Fire" – 3:27
10. "War Is Hell" - 6:18

Personnel

Exciter

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

Production

• Carl Canedy - producer
• Chris Bubacz - engineer
• Alex Perialas - assistant engineer
• Jack Skinner - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Jon Zazula - executive producer

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Violence & Force review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
3. Dome, Malcolm (23 February 1984). "Exciter 'Violence & Force'". Kerrang!. 62. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 8.
4. David, Leslie (14 January 2011). "Carl Canedy speaks about Exciter's Violence And Force record". Leslie's Metal Blog. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
5. "EXCITER: Early Albums To Be Remastered, Reissued". Archived from the original on 2015-08-11. Megaforce Records will release "Violence and Force" on November 9, 2004, with the rest of the catalogue to follow in early 2005.
6. "Exciter - Violence & Force". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-10-09.