Cloven Hoof (album)

Cloven Hoof
Studio album by Cloven Hoof
Released	12 May 1984
Recorded	Impulse Studios, Wallsend, 1983
Genre	NWOBHM
Length	36:09
Label	Neat
Producer	Keith Nichol
Cloven Hoof chronology
The Opening Ritual (1982) Cloven Hoof (1984) Fighting Back (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10

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