Readers were able to clip this ad and mail it in to Reprise for a free cassette copy of The Madness Begins.... A video for the song "Terminator" was aired on MTV at this time.

Other than a US tour opening for Overkill, a video featured on MTV of their single "Nice Dreams" and a cameo appearance in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart (where they go from playing their own music to Elvis Presley's with Nicolas Cage singing), Powermad never achieved notable commercial success.

Their releases in the 1980s, however, were critically acclaimed and are considered collectors items today by fans of thrash and speed metal music.

On February 9, 2008, the band updated their blog on MySpace with a link to download The Madness Begins... and Absolute Power as unprotected mp3s – these have since been removed.

A new song called Souls Descending was released on their website, and it was made available for download (music video, ogg and mp3) and on YouTube.