Power from Hell (Onslaught album)

Power from Hell

Studio album by Onslaught

Released

February 1985

Recorded

1984

Studio

AVM Studios, Stoke on Trent, England

Genre

Thrash metal • Black metal • Speed metal

Length

42:01

Label

Children of the Revolution, Pusmort (US)

Producer

Les Hunt

Onslaught chronology

What Lies Ahead
(demo, 1983)

Power from Hell
(1985)

The Force
(1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(favourable)^[1]
Metal Forces	(10/10)^[2]
Martin Popoff	^[3]

Power from Hell is the debut studio album by English thrash metal band Onslaught, released in February 1985. Apparently confusion has arisen as to who coined the term Death Metal, as it was Onslaught who wrote their song 'Death Metal' in early 1984 and recorded the album version later in the same year, Possessed who recorded their song entitled "Death Metal" on their 1984 demo tape of the same name.^[4] "Power from Hell" was reissued in 1996 by Powerage Records, again in 2005 by Blackend Records and received a full remaster by Jacob Hansen for the 2012 release on AFM Records;^[5] the 2012 release rectifies the track listing problem encountered on previous releases and has revamped artwork with liner notes by Steve Grice.

Track listing

All music by Onslaught. Lyrics written by Nige Rockett except where noted^[6]

Side A - Death
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Damnation"		0:36
2.	"Onslaught (Power from Hell)"		4:48
3.	"Thermonuclear Devastation"	P. Hill	1:31
4.	"Skullcrusher I" (Instrumental)		4:39
5.	"Lord of Evil"		7:07
6.	"Death Metal"		3:42

Side B - Metal
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Angels of Death"	3:21
8.	"The Devil's Legion"	4:07
9.	"Steel Meets Steel"	3:55
10.	"Skullcrusher II" (Instrumental)	3:46
11.	"Witch Hunt"	3:45
12.	"Mighty Empress" (Instrumental)	0:58
Total length:		42:15

25th anniversary remastered edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thermonuclear Devastation of the Planet Earth"
2.	"Power from Hell"

Notes

"Mighty Empress" contains part of O Fortuna
The 25th anniversary release by AFM Records contains 2 re-recorded versions of "Thermonuclear Devastation of the Planet Earth" and "Power from Hell" from 2011

Personnel

Paul Mahoney – vocals
Nige Rockett – guitar
Jase Stallard – bass
Steve Grice – drums

Production

Les Hunt – Producer
Steve Woolley – Cover art
Steve Grice – Art direction
Des Parton – Engineering

References

↑ Huey, Steve. "Onslaught - Power from Hell review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
↑ Doe, Bernard (1985). "Onsalught - Power from Hell". Metal Forces (11). Retrieved 2014-11-11.
↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Possessed/Death_Metal/21654
↑ "Onslaught - Power from Hell releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
↑ Onslaught – Power from Hell, Discogs, accessed on 2 May 2013.

Onslaught
Sy Keeler Andy Rosser-Davies Jeff Williams Nige Rockett Mike Hourihan Jase Pope Paul Hill Roge Davies Paul Davis Paul Mahoney Jase Stallard James Hinder Rob Trotman Steve Grimmett Tony O'Hora Alan Jordan Steve Grice
Studio albums	Power from Hell The Force In Search of Sanity Killing Peace Sounds of Violence VI
Compilations	Shadow of Death
Singles	"Let There Be Rock" "Welcome to Dying" "Shellshock" "Bomber/ The Sound of Violence"
Live albums	Live Damnation
DVDs	Live Polish Assault 2007

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