A long forgotten album.


Hailing from the West Midlands like fellow bands Diamond Head and Witchfinder General, Cloven Hoof didn`t put out their first album until 1984 despite forming in the late 1970s and by then a lot of the existing bands had already established themselves or fallen by the wayside. Nevertheless on their debut album, Cloven Hoof captured the power and energy of the NWOBHM releases from 1980 and 1981, and had their debut been released a couple of years earlier, it probably would`ve been held in much higher esteem. After this debut though, band line-up changes would find the band steering into a power metal direction, making them one of the early British purveyors of power metal.

The great opening track on the album:


Cloven Hoof - "Cloven Hoof" - YouTube

i got that Def Lep album (High N Dry) for a lark

mostly cos somebody on another board said it sounded like AC/DC

And you think it sounds like AC/DC?

haven't spun it yet but i am a fan of their later "hair metal" stuff - Adrenalise is in my top 50 best rock albums

As you know Def Lep are very light as far as metal bands go and High N Dry was a great light metal album for its time, easy to listen to with plenty of what is now regarded as cliched metal hooks and tunes, it sets the stage for their best album Pyromania.

isn't it time for you to update this thread, US?

once you're back from your hols?

Who's stopping you from posting something interesting? Ya lazy bastard.

I'll probably update this thread in the next week or so.

Have you ever heard this?
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...SYD8HLY1HKq75A

Yes the cover is absolutely awful but this little gem from '83 is well worth a listen and is definitely an undiscovered gem. If you can't find it just holler and I will up it for you.