(1984, Neat Records, UK, 34.09)
01 Cloven Hoof
02 Nightstalker
03 March of the Damned
04th Gates of Gehenna
05th Crack the Whip
06th Laying Down the Law
07th Return of the Passover
One of today's metal generation has indeed sometimes miss a few beats on the back of the head so that they can reflect on its true origin and the magic that she herself has displaced long ago, back of the bottle. And what is suitable to not outstanding as an old Cloven Hoof album? theatrical debut certainly the best known and most widespread plant of the British - Although the later albums like "Dominator" and "A Sultan's Ransom" by even the highest quality were the demonic is. And it goes immediately into the full band with the hymn "Cloven Hoof". It begins with a driving, mid-paced Part, where a eruptive vocal line is going over in a quiet, dark section that something imploring has in itself, makes previous bending to sheer force of steel, allows for a short time again the overture appear and goes further to of the way, another quiet passage begins the intense conclusion to pile on the infernal solos. Singer David has a pleasant, medium-altitude Headquartered in force voice that he missed the songs the finishing touch. Cloven Hoof in their orientation, easily and yet not superficial. "Nightstalker" is following "Cloven Hoof" is a straight Banger anthem with a catchy chorus and a nice heavy riffing has, all in all, an earthy touch. Yet even here there can the British do not incorporate a song in the song, a solo part with modified, prancing rhythm and dark melody. GEIL! Quasi the "Nightstalker" symbolizing how he haunts the nights out hehehe. But since a cold shiver down the spine. A short instrumental, driven and yet dominated by heavy guitars, a march of the damned in itself preclude. "March of the Damned" has a melancholic melodies, which has a truly majestic expression. Next piece is the Hymn "Gates to Gehenna", often regarded as an LP track. A medium-heavy fast song based on a triplet, with a huge chorus and some very spherical Breaks. The charisma is something very demonic, as if one of the princes of darkness in person at the studio was to be visited and who was given in honor of then intoned a welcome song. Metal should sound like, obsessed, just obsessed, you hear only singer David as he cries out his obsession. Cloven Hoof possessed at that time not just an absolute super sound, not even for 80 conditions, the material has only gutgetan, it almost explodes with life and furious Passion. "Gates to Gehenna" will change the way its a short term orientation, a song in the song, this time a little longer. The used parts are all straight and understandable arranged so that the audience must have no fear of excessive display of musical skills. And who was the previous song overkill that comes with "teh whip crack 'compensation, a catchy hard rockers stomping nature, whose guitar lines are simple, but also damn heavy and effective. Cloven Hoof are virtually the British answer to Cirith Ungol and Manilla Road, just rock, ultra heavy, cranky, filled with magic and inspired a completely own Way to go. "Laying down the law" is further evidence for this theory, straight ahead shredded, with powerful vocals and berserk again this beguiling melodies. Epic, and this still completely insane it is to the nine-minute "Return of the passover." It begins with a truly Düsterniß to hard to be taken part, in which only guitars can be heard, some heavy, others feeling cautiously ahead, others deleted infernal as with a violin bow. A satanic symphony to set the mood and then a stomping Riffinferno you away with a raging melody. Again simple, but still extremely evocative in its effect. The majestic Solos on this song and his sheer force of it can be an absolute classic of its era. It will be on its intensity hinfortgeweht easily without resistance can make even close. The whole song is sometimes a really doomy character, which at that time was not unusual. For all NWoBHM Heads of course, a compulsory exercise, even if most of the elegant late-stage with vocalist Russ North and slices as eternal cult prefer "A Sultan's Ransom." I find both worlds, in which the hoof gespalt'ne ever faced, stunningly beautiful immortal.
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