Cloven Hoof

England's Cloven Hoof combine blazing riffs, potent melodies, and power metal pageantry to deliver larger-than-life hard rock tales rooted in the occult, sci-fi, and fantasy. Riding the sonic coattails of bands like Saxon, Diamond Head, and Judas Priest, the group's innate musicality and dynamic stage presence (members initially adopted pseudonyms based on the four elements, Water, Fire, Air, and Earth) helped make them leading lights of the second generation of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Cloven Hoof issued a trio of acclaimed efforts, including their eponymous 1984 ...