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Us pressed music cassette. White cassette with black text. Limited 300 copies

Exciters second album, ‘Violence And Force’, the first product from a contract with Jonny Zazula’s fast-emerging Megaforce Records. But when they completed 1984’s Violence And Force, the results were somewhat below expectations, and the band sounded as if they were trying to emulate fellow Canadian’s Anvil (which necessarily isnt a bad thing). Produced by the Rods drummer Carl Canedy, who had just worked on Anthrax’s debut Fistful Of Metal, the album simply lacked the raw aggression and Judas Priest meets punk rock attitude of its predecessor. Except for the album’s solid title track and the anthemic “Swords Of Darkness,” most of Violence And Force sounds rushed and uninspired — particularly tracks like “Pounding Metal” and “War is Hell,” which have only gotten worse with age. Thankfully, the band would bounce back the following year with what many consider their best effort Long Live the Loud. However sales wise it wasnt bad. It arrived in February of 1984 and soon shifted a healthy 75’000 copies.

Track list:
1. Oblivion
2. Violence And Force
3. Scream In The Night
4. Pounding Metal
5. Destructor
6. Swords Of Darkness
7. Delivering To The Master
8. Saxons Of The Fire
9. War Is Hell