Long Live the Loud

Long Live the Loud
Studio album by Exciter
Released	June 1985
Recorded	February 1985 [1]
Studio	Britannia Row Studios, London
Genre	Speed metal
Length	41:22
Label	Music for Nations
Producer	Guy Bidmead
Exciter chronology
Violence & Force (1984) Long Live the Loud (1985) Unveiling the Wicked (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10 [2]

Long Live the Loud is the third studio album by the Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Music for Nations in 1985 and re-released through Megaforce Records in March 2005 with the EP Feel the Knife. ^[3] This was the last Exciter album to feature guitarist John Ricci until 1992's Kill After Kill .

Track listing

All songs were written by Dan Beehler, except "Victims of Sacrifice" by Allan Johnson and Beehler.

Side one: Heavy

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fall Out"	1:55
2.	"Long Live the Loud"	4:18
3.	"I Am the Beast"	4:50
4.	"Victims of Sacrifice"	4:59
5.	"Beyond the Gates of Doom"	5:15

Side two: Metal

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Sudden Impact"	4:03
7.	"Born to Die"	6:02
8.	"Wake Up Screaming"	10:00

2005 CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Feel the Knife"	2:55
10.	"Violence and Force" (live)	4:24
11.	"Pounding Metal" (live)	6:14

Personnel

Exciter

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

Production

• Guy Bidmead – producer, engineer
• Laura Boisseau – assistant engineer
• Alan Craddock – artwork

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter Long Live the Loud review". AllMusic . Retrieved October 8, 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 110–111. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
3. "Exciter – Long Live the Loud". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved October 9, 2011.