title: Cloven Hoof (album)
text: # Cloven Hoof (album)
  
  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
  
  * "Cloven Hoof" - 6:51
  * "Nightstalker" (Payne, Stephen Rounds) - 3:52
  * "March of the Damned" - 1:49
  * "Gates of Gehenna" - 5:27
  
  ### Side two
  
  * "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
  * "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:33
  * "Return of the Passover" (Payne, Kevin Poutney) - 9:01
  
  ### 2002 Edition bonus tracks
  
  * "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:51
  * "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
  * "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
  