Hellish Crossfire

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

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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