Cloven Hoof
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 10th 1984
RecordedImpulse Studios, Wallsend, 1983
GenreNWOBHM
Length36:09
LabelNeat
ProducerKeith Nichol
Cloven Hoof chronology
The Opening Ritual
(1982)
Cloven Hoof
(1984)
Fighting Back
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]

Cloven Hoof, released in 1984, is the first full-length studio album by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. The track "Gates Of Gehenna" from the band's debut E.P., The Opening Ritual, was re-recorded in this album. Neat Records re-released this album on CD in 2002 and included 3 bonus tracks that were recorded on 10 June 1983 for the BBC Friday Rock Show.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Payne, unless indicated otherwise.

Side one
  1. "Cloven Hoof" - 6:51
  2. "Nightstalker" (Payne, Stephen Rounds) - 3:52
  3. "March of the Damned" - 1:49
  4. "Gates of Gehenna" - 5:27
Side two
  1. "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
  2. "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:33
  3. "Return of the Passover" (Payne, Kevin Poutney) - 9:01

2002 Edition bonus tracks

  1. "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:51
  2. "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
  3. "Road of Eagles" - 6:08

Personnel

Cloven Hoof
  • David Potter - vocals
  • Steve Rounds - guitar
  • Lee Payne - bass
  • Kevin Poutney - drums
Production
  • Keith Nichol - producer, engineer

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  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. 74. ISBN 978-1894959315.


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