Filth Hounds Of Hades

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Filth Hounds of Hades is the debut studio album by English 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. This was also used on the 2023 remastered LP reissue on High Roller Record. The European (except Germany and the Netherlands) and Australian releases featured a dark blue cover with black dog, while the Dutch one had a light blue cover and retained the black dog. The German cover had a black cover and black dog. The title came 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 blackne, hot and fidgety, fu, bother and itch, conscious mind coming up too fast for the bend, through pack-ice thrubbing sea, boom-sounder, blow-hole, harsh-croak Blind Pews tip-tap-tocking for escape from his pressing skull...." In an interview with Sound, drummer Mark Brabbs said that "It came from Viv Stanshall's book and it just sounded apt 'cos we all like his humour. It just seemed to describe the sort of people who came to see us when we first started they were the same as u, just having a party, starting drinking each day at lunchtime, so it seemed apt, 'cos we called them The Filth even then, though not in a derogatory way!" Danish Thrash Metal band Artillery named their band after the song “Heavy Artillery” Algy Ward – vocal, bass Peter Brabbs – guitar .

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