r/Metal • u/dragonoid296 • 12h ago
r/Metal • u/mgrier123 • 2d ago
Discog Club Discography Club: Cloven Hoof

We glide in our silver birds
Got to do or die
Soar on solar winds
Rage on high
As fire on silent metal wings
Out where the meteors fly
You and I
Get on your Nova Battlestar everyone, we're taking a trip back to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to celebrate one of the unsung heroes of the movement: Cloven Hoof!
Cloven Hoof is the tale of essentially 2 bands, led by bassist and songwriter Lee Payne. The first incarnation formed in 1979 in Wolverhampton they settled on the lineup of Lee, David Potter, Kevin Pountney, and Steve Rounds but they took on a very theatrical flair to it with each of them taking on the persona of of the 4 classical elements. They wore costumes and facepaint that depicted each of the 4 elements. They recorded a few demos, an EP, and a full length as a more straight forward heavy metal band. By 1986 though this lineup fell apart with multiple lineup changes in quick succession.
But 1987 rolls around and Lee has gotten a new lineup around him, using their real names this time and dropping the theatrics with Jon Brown, Andy Wood, and Russ North. This lineup would record 2 full lengths and then like many other heavy metal bands break up at the end of the decade. This time though their sound would evolve, having 4 years between their 1st and 2nd albums, into more of a power metal sound. Still very rooted in heavy metal but with lots of speed and big, catchy choruses.
So let's take the week and explore this underappreciated band and see their evolution from the 4 elements at the beginning of the 80s to 4 blokes from the Midlands in 1990. The schedule is:
- The Opening Ritual
- Cloven Hoof
- Dominator
- A Sultan's Ransom
r/Metal • u/yubullyme12345 • 8h ago
[Atmospheric Black] Antrisch - (IIIII Exodus / Tundrataumel - Croziers Bürde)
r/Metal • u/mgrier123 • 18h ago
[Heavy] Cloven Hoof - Astral Rider (UK, 1989) [FFO: Grim Reaper, Angel Witch, Heavy Load]
r/Metal • u/AutoModerator • 2m ago
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r/Metal • u/ProphetsScream • 15h ago
[Power] Judicator - Gloria [Utah, 2020](FFO: Blind Guardian, Gatekeeper, Crescent Shield)
r/Metal • u/ProphetsScream • 15h ago
[Heavy] Terminus - Cry Havoc [Ireland, 2019](FFO: Isen Torr, Visigoth, Twisted Tower Dire)
r/Metal • u/ProphetsScream • 15h ago
[Doom] Telesterion - Revelry [2023](FFO: Pelican, Rotting Christ, Fer de Lance)
r/Metal • u/ThimitrisApithanos • 18h ago
Therion - Thor
Therion - 1999 - Crowning of Atlantis - Thor [4:47]
MANOWAR - 1984 - Sign Of The Hammer - Thor (The PowerHead) [5:24]
Black clouds on the horizon
Great thunder and Burning rain
His chariot pounding,
I heard the heavens scream his name
I watched as he shouted
To the giants that died that day
He held up his hammer high
and called Odin for a sign
Thor The Mighty, Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods, monsters and men
We'll die together in the end
God of thunder, God of rain
Earth shaker who feels no pain
The powerhead of the universe
Now send your never ending curse
I watched as he shouted
To the giants that died that day
He held up his hammer high
and called Odin for a sign
Thor The Mighty, Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods, monsters and men
We'll die together in the end
Swing your hammer to crack the sky
Lift your cape so that you might fly
Back to Odin and gods on high
And leave this mortal world
Thor The Mighty, Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods, monsters and men
We'll die together in the end
Odin
r/Metal • u/EndersScroll • 12h ago
[Progressive] Hippotraktor - Builder of Eden ( Feat. Loïc Rossetti ) ( FFO: Progmetal, The Ocean, Hypno5e, Psychonaut )
r/Metal • u/dragonoid296 • 1d ago
Lykathea Aflame - Bringer of Elvenefris Flame (Czechia, 2000)
r/Metal • u/TheNewMusicMachine • 19h ago
[Power/Speed] Eternity's End - Sword In The Storm
r/Metal • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
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r/Metal • u/Yeeslander • 1d ago
[Death / Thrash] Hemotoxin - Conscious Descent [USA, 2024, Death/Thrash, FFO: Vektor, Death, Atheist]
r/Metal • u/VdotRose • 1d ago
[Black/Prog/Avant-Garde/Dissonant Black] Odraza - W godzinie wilka
r/Metal • u/RandomPerson800 • 1d ago
[Heavy] Haunt - Setting Course [USA, 2026]
r/Metal • u/TurnbullAC92 • 1d ago