Hellish Crossfire

Hellish Crossfire
Studio album by Iron Angel
Released	July 1985
Recorded	Caet Studio, Berlin, Germany, May 1985
Genre	Speed metal
Length	41:19
Label	SPV GmbH
Producer	Horst Muller
Iron Angel chronology
Hellish Crossfire (1985) Winds of War (1986)

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Hellish Crossfire is the debut album by German speed metal band Iron Angel, released in 1985.

Track listing

Side - Iron

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Metallian"	Matthes	Strüven, Wittke	4:17
2.	"Sinner 666"	Matthes	Wittke	2:50
3.	"Black Mass"	Matthes	Wittke	5:48
4.	"The Church of the Lost Souls"	Matthes	Strüven	3:11
5.	"Hunter in Chains"	Matthes, Berg	Strüven	4:37

Side - Angel

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"Rush of Power"	Matthes	Strüven, Wittke	3:25
7.	"Legions of Evil"	Matthes	Wittke, Strüven	4:53
8.	"Wife of the Devil"	Berg	Wittke	3:48
9.	"Nightmare"	Matthes	Wittke	5:25
10.	"Heavy Metal Soldiers"	Matthes	Strüven	3:05

The 2004 and 2014 CD re-issues contains the 1984 Power Metal Attack demo

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Open the Gate/Devil's Gate"	4:59
2.	"Rush of Power"	3:37
3.	"Maniac of the Night"	4:35
4.	"Sea of Flames"	3:07
5.	"Wife of the Devil"	4:07
6.	"Hounds of Hell"	6:29

Personnel

Band members

• Dirk Schröder - vocals
• Peter Wittke - guitars
• Sven Strüven - guitars
• Thorsten Lohmann - bass
• Mike Matthes - drums

Production

• Uwe Karczewski - cover art
• Edda Karczewski - artwork
• Horst "Hoddle" Müller - production
• Joachim Peters-Schnee - photography