The Opening Ritual
| The Opening Ritual | ||||
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| Released | July 1982 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 21:47 | |||
| Label | Elemental Music | |||
| Cloven Hoof chronology | ||||
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The Opening Ritual is an EP by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof, and their debut release. The track in this EP, "The Gates Of Gehenna" was re-recorded by the same band for their self-titled first full-length studio album. There exists a bootleg split album of this EP and the band's live album Fighting Back.