The cover was then changed on later pressings to a basic black cover with the Stryper logo and the album title in the center. The original artwork depicted four long haired angels (closely resembling the band members) throwing the devil into a fiery pit. "Honestly" was the biggest single from the record peaking at #23 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart. The first single/video video for "Calling on You" also reached No. 1 on Dial MTV, the daily MTV list of most requested videos. Throughout 1987, both music videos for "Free" and "Honestly" ranked No. Ian Christe, author of the heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003), mentions To Hell with the Devil in his book as one of the landmarks of the glam metal movement. The album was the only heavy metal album on the list. 88 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. It remained the best-selling Christian metal album until P.O.D.'s Satellite in 2001. It was the first Christian metal album to achieve platinum status, selling over one million copies. To Hell with the Devil is the third studio album by the Christian metal band Stryper, released in 1986.
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