Exciter is the fifth studio album

Studio album

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 by the Canadian speed metal

Speed metal

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....

 band Exciter

Exciter (band)

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 2.3 million units in the USA and a total sells at 10 million units worldwide...

, released through the Canadian label Maze Music in 1988. The album was re-released in 1995 Magnetic Air Records and again by Megaforce Records

Megaforce Records

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 in 2005 with the title O.T.T., which stands for Over the Top. This is the first album as a quartet, with new frontman Rob Malnati replacing Dan Beehler

Dan Beehler

Dan Beehler was the original drummer and lead vocalist for Canadian metal band Exciter, from its inception in 1978 as Hell Razor to 1993. However, he did not do vocals on the Exciter O.T.T. album, but he did continue to play drums until the band split after the release of Better Live Than Dead in...

 as lead vocalist of the band.

Track listing

All songs by McPhee, Johnson and Beehler.

1. "Scream Bloody Murder" – 4:40
2. "Back in the Light" – 3:34
3. "Ready to Rock" – 4:17
4. "O.T.T." – 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

Credits

• Rob Malnati - lead vocals
• Brian McPhee − guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
• Allan Johnson - bass
  Electric Bass
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• Dan Beehler
  Dan Beehler
  Dan Beehler was the original drummer and lead vocalist for Canadian metal band Exciter, from its inception in 1978 as Hell Razor to 1993. However, he did not do vocals on the Exciter O.T.T. album, but he did continue to play drums until the band split after the release of Better Live Than Dead in...
  
   − drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals