ELEMENTAL MUSICIndependently released on Elemental, "
The Opening Ritual" is an EP by the British (Wolverhampton) heavy metal band
CLOVEN HOOF formed in 1979, their official debut release after two demos in the same year, 1982.
TRACKS:1. The Gates of Gehenna 06:10
2. Stormride 04:17
3. Back in the USA 04:40
4. Starship Sentinel 06:40
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MOONDANCER RECORDS [Live Album]A live album of all new songs, "
Fighting Back" released by the label Moondancer in 1986. In 2005, is re-bootleg togheter "
The Opening Ritual EP". Unusually for a live album, it features a selection of new tracks not featured on previous albums, although the song "Eye of the Sun" would later resurface on their 2006 album of the same name and "Reach For the Sky" and "The Fugitive" were used on the follow-up 1988 album, Dominator. This is the only Cloven Hoof release to feature singer Rob Hendrick, and the last with guitarist Steve Rounds and drummer Kevin Poutney before breaking up the band. Links:
Official Cloven Hoof,
@Myspace.
TRACKS:1. Reach for the Sky 08:02
2. The Fugitive 05:16
3. Daughter of Darkness(Tom Jones cover) 04:26
4. Heavy Metal Men of Steel 08:03
5. Raised on Rock 04:48
6. Break it Up 04:26
7. Could This Be Love? 04:02
8. Eye of the Sun 05:58
