Killer Elite (album)

For the DragonForce album, see Killer Elite: the Hits, the Highs, the Vids.

Killer Elite is a 1985 album released by the British heavy metal band Avenger.^[4] It was released by Neat Records.^[4]

Killer Elite
Studio album by Avenger
Released	1985
Recorded	Impulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	37:56
Label	Neat
Producer	Keith Nichol
Avenger chronology
Blood Sports (1984) Killer Elite (1985)
Alternative cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10^[2]
Kerrang!	^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ian Swift, except where indicated

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Revenge Attack"	Mick Moore, Gary Young, Swift	4:11
2.	"Run for Your Life"	Greg Reiter, Swift	2:59
3.	"Brand of Torture"	Reiter, Swift	2:14
4.	"Steel on Steel"	Reiter, Swift	4:44
5.	"(Fight for the) Right to Rock"	Moore, Swift	4:11

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"Hard Times"		Reiter, Swift	1:59
7.	"Under the Hammer"		Moore, Swift	2:33
8.	"Face to the Ground"	Swift, Young	Moore, Swift, Young	2:47
9.	"Dangerous Games"		Reiter, Swift	1:49
10.	"Yesterday's Heroes"		Reiter, Swift	4:40
11.	"M.M. 85"		Reiter, Moore, Swift, Young	2:10
12.	"Sawmill"		Reiter, Swift	3:39

Personnel

Avenger

• Ian Davison Swift - lead vocals
• Greg Reiter - guitars
• Mick Moore - bass guitar
• Gary Young - drums

Production

• Keith Nichol - producer, engineer

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Avenger Killer Elite review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. Russell, Xavier (6 March 1986). "London 'Non-Stop Rock'". Kerrang!. Vol. 115. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 26.
4. "Encyclopaedia Metallum - Avenger (Gbr) - Killer Elite". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 24 December 2010.