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. All lyrics as noted.^[6]

Side one

1. "Damnation" – 0:36
2. "Onslaught (Power from Hell)" – 4:45 (Nige Rockett)
3. "Thermonuclear Devastation" – 1:30 (P. Hill)
4. "Skullcrusher 1" – 4:39 (Rockett)
5. "Lord of Evil" – 7:06 (Rockett)
6. "Death Metal" – 3:42 (Rockett)

Side two

7. "Angels of Death" – 3:21 (Rockett)
8. "The Devil's Legion" – 4:06 (Rockett)
9. "Steel Meets Steel" – 3:55 (Rockett)
10. "Skullcrusher 2" – 3:45 (Rockett)
11. "Witch Hunt" – 3:42 (Rockett)
12. "Mighty Empress" – 0:54 (contains part of O Fortuna)

Personnel

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

References

1. Huey, Steve. "Onslaught - Power from Hell review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
2. Doe, Bernard (1985). "Onsalught - Power from Hell". Metal Forces (11). Retrieved 2014-11-11.
3. 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.
4. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Possessed/Death_Metal/21654
5. "Onslaught - Power from Hell releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
6. Onslaught – Power from Hell, Discogs, accessed on 2 May 2013.