Filth Hounds of Hades

Filth Hounds of Hades
Studio album by Tank
Released	March 1982
Recorded	December 1981–January 1982
Studio	Ramport Studios, London
Genre	Heavy metal, punk rock, speed metal
Length	38:25
Label	Kamaflage (UK), Attic (Canada)
Producer	Eddie Clarke
Tank chronology
Filth Hounds of Hades (1982) Power of the Hunter (1982)
Singles from Filth Hounds of Hades
"Turn Your Head Around" / "Steppin' on a Landmine" Released: 1982

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]

Filth Hounds of Hades is the debut album by heavy metal band Tank, released in March 1982 on the Kamaflage label.

The album was produced by "Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motörhead, and recorded between December 1981 and January 1982 at Ramport Studios in London. The Canadian pressing on Attic Records had an alternate blue cover with the dogs in maroon and with a different logo.

The title seems to be deliberately or unconsciously sourced from Viv Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, originally a radio series recorded for the John Peel show in 1975, and later a 1978 album and 1980 film:

"Filth hounds of Hades!: Sir Henry Rawlinson surfaced from the blackness, hot and fidgety, fuss, bother and itch, conscious mind coming up too fast for the bends, through pack-ice thrubbing seas, boom-sounders, blow-holes, harsh-croak Blind Pews tip-tap-tocking for escape from his pressing skull...."

Track listing

All songs by Tank

Side one

1. "Shellshock" – 3:10
2. "Struck by Lightning" – 3:10
3. "Run Like Hell" – 3:40
4. "Blood, Guts, and Beer" – 3:42
5. "That What Dreams Are Made Of" – 5:32

Side two

6. "Turn Your Head Around" – 3:25
7. "Heavy Artillery" – 3:28
8. "Who Needs Love Songs" – 3:06
9. "Filth Hounds of Hades" – 3:56
10. "(He Fell in Love with a) Stormtrooper" – 5:17

Initial copies of the album came with a free 7":

1. "Don't Walk Away" (live)
2. "The Snake"

Personnel

Tank

• Algy Ward – vocals, bass
• Peter Brabbs – guitar
• Mark Brabbs – drums

Production

• "Fast" Eddie Clarke – producer
• Will Reid Dick – engineer
• Neil Hornby – tape operator

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tank - Filth Hounds of Hades review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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. 350. ISBN 978-1894959315.