Cloven Hoof (album) explained

Cloven Hoof
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cloven Hoof
Cover:	Clovenhoofcover.jpg
Released:	May 12th 1984
Recorded:	Impulse Studios, Wallsend, 1983
Genre:	NWOBHM
Length:	36:09
Label:	Neat
Producer:	Keith Nichol
Prev Title:	The Opening Ritual
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Fighting Back
Next Year:	1986

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

5. "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
6. "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:33
7. "Return of the Passover" (Payne, Kevin Poutney) - 9:01

2002 Edition bonus tracks

8. "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:51
9. "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
10. "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