Dominator, released in 1988

1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

, is the third full-length studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by the British

British people

The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Cloven Hoof

Cloven Hoof (band)

Cloven Hoof are a heavy 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 Iron Maiden and Diamond Head...

. This science fiction

Science fiction

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 concept album

Concept album

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 debuts singer Russ North

Russ North

Russ North, born 22 July 1965 in England, is a singer, best known for his role in the heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. North had two stints with Cloven Hoof, from 1987 to 1990, and again from 2006 to 2009...

 and guitarist Andy Wood (both from Tredegar

Tredegar

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) in the band, as well as drummer Jon Brown. This album also shows Cloven Hoof's musical direction leaning more towards power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 than their previous releases.

In 2011 the album has been digitally remastered and reissued by Metal Nations (UK record label). The CD can be pre-ordered (first 50 orders include a free sew-on patch of the album) online on the band's site.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Payne

Lee Payne (bassist)

Lee Payne is the founding bassist and main songwriter of the British heavy metal/power metal band Cloven Hoof. Payne is a self-taught musician and is the only member of Cloven Hoof to feature in every line-up of the band to date.He started playing guitar at age of 17, but eventually switched to bass...

, unless indicated otherwise.

1. Rising Up - 4:48
2. Nova Battlestar - 5:41
3. Reach for the Sky - 5:31
4. Warrior of the Wasteland - 5:15
5. The Invaders - 5:25
6. The Fugitive - 4:20
7. Dominator - 4:42
8. Road of Eagles - 6:08

Trivia

• Songs "The Fugitive" and "Reach for the Sky" were previously recorded on their 1986 live album
  Live album
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   Fighting Back, and "Road of Eagles" was originally recorded on their first 1982 demo and also recorded live in studio for the BBC
  BBC
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   Rock Sessions in the mid 1980s.
• This album was only officially pressed on cassette tape and vinyl
  Gramophone record
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Credits

• Russ North
  Russ North
  Russ North, born 22 July 1965 in England, is a singer, best known for his role in the heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. North had two stints with Cloven Hoof, from 1987 to 1990, and again from 2006 to 2009...
  
   - Vocals
• Andy Wood - Guitar
• Lee Payne
  Lee Payne (bassist)
  Lee Payne is the founding bassist and main songwriter of the British heavy metal/power metal band Cloven Hoof. Payne is a self-taught musician and is the only member of Cloven Hoof to feature in every line-up of the band to date.He started playing guitar at age of 17, but eventually switched to bass...
  
   - Bass
• Jon Brown - Drums