A Sultan's Ransom

A Sultan's Ransom, released in 1989, is the third full-length studio album released by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. It is also the last Cloven Hoof album to feature Andy Wood on guitar, due to contractual difficulties that forced the whole band itself to split up from 1990 to 2001. All songs written by Lee Payne, unless indicated otherwise. *Note:The title of the third track, "D.V.R." is an acronym for Death Valley Racer.

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Cloven Hoof

Cloven Hoof is a power metal band from Wolverhampton that was active from 1979 to 1990, and again from around 2000 onwards. The band were associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, alongside bands such as Motörhead, Iron Maiden and Diamond Head. Enduring many line-up changes...
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