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Artist: Cloven HoofEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2002-08-19
Music Label: Castle
Soundtracks:
- Cloven Hoof
- Nightstalker
- March of the Damned
- The Gates of Gehenna
- Crack the Whip
- Laying Down the Law
- Return of the Passover
- Laying Down the Law [Bbc Friday Rock Show Session Rec.10-6-83] [*]
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Free Music Review: Cloven Hoof lays down the law!
Hit: 4 Stars
The 1984 self-titled debut by Cloven Hoof is one of my favorite New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) albums. Sure, the band's outlandish costumes and their use of the alter-egos Earth, Air, Fire and Water was a bit over the top, but it just shows how seriously they took every aspect of their music. And make no mistake, despite their emphasis on KISS-like showmanship; their music was anything but shallow.
Cloven Hoof's debut album had plenty of the raw energy and aggression that are the trademarks of the NWOBHM movement, but it was also well-written, professional stuff. While blazing away in a powerful Iron Maiden meets Angel Witch style, the band gloriously reveled in the fantasy and occult subject matter that so fascinated the early metalheads (and horrified parents).
Beyond simply being a great metal album, you have to appreciate what this album represents. There was such a freedom in metal at that time; an anything goes mentality that resulted in some of the most interesting examples of youthful energy. A band like Cloven Hoof could say "screw writing about love; we'll give you songs about demons and death, and we'll wear cool costumes too!" This is the kind of mentality that only metal can claim, and to this day it has the power to reach out to the disaffected kids who want more out of music that the typical pop fare.
Sorry, I got off on a bit of a tangent there. This album just says "metal" to me in a very strong way. It's a must-have for any NWOBHM devotee, and well worth checking out for any fan of old school metal.
Edition Notes: The 2002 reissue of Cloven Hoof by (you guessed it) Castle features digitally remastered sound and three bonus tracks. The remastered sound is a plus, but there's only so much they could do with an album with such a rough original production job. The bonus tracks - from the BBC Friday Night Rock Show - are a nice touch as well. In addition to "Laying Down the Law" and "Crack the Whip", one of the BBC tracks is a song called "Road of Eagles", which did not appear on the original Cloven Hoof album.
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