The English heavy rock band Sergeant Thunderhoof will release a covers album, Hot Hits, Heavy Hooves, on Friday 11 December 2026 through Pale Wizard Records. It has eleven tracks, and the press release reached LRMA from Jade Perry of Memphia Music PR & Management. A first taste arrives on 20 November, when the band puts out its version of Kate Bush’s “Cloudbusting”.

Whose songs they play

The mailing names four of the eleven covers: Kate Bush’s “Cloudbusting”, Alice Cooper’s “Halo of Flies”, Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)” and Budgie’s “Parents”. Pink Floyd’s “Time” is mentioned as well. The label calls the record a decade-spanning collection of adventurous interpretations; that is the label’s description, and LRMA has not heard the album, so there is no verdict here.

The album was recorded and mastered by guitarist Josh Gallop at Stage 2 Studios in Bath, apart from track 11, which was recorded with Ben Turner.

Why a covers record now

Singer Dan Flitcroft says the band is busy with its sixth studio album, due in summer 2027, and that it has been a couple of years since the last one, so the covers are meant as “something to keep them busy over Christmas” for friends and supporters. The press release adds that the sixth album follows a Kickstarter campaign that raised almost £30,000.

The band

Sergeant Thunderhoof describe themselves as a desert-rock five-piece from Somerset in south-west England. According to the band’s biography they formed in 2013; the line-up is Daniel Flitcroft, Mark Sayer, Josh Gallop, Jim Camp and Darren Ashman. The last studio album, The Ghost of Badon Hill (2024), is the fifth, and the press release says it reached No. 24 in the Official UK Album Chart. We have not checked that chart position ourselves.

For another recent release from the heavier end of the spectrum, see Dantalion’s tenth album.

Key details

  • Album: Hot Hits, Heavy Hooves (11 tracks, covers)
  • Artist: Sergeant Thunderhoof (England)
  • Release: Friday, 11 December 2026, CD and streaming
  • Label: Pale Wizard Records
  • Single: “Cloudbusting”, Friday, 20 November 2026

Links

Sources

  • Press release, Memphia Music PR & Management (Jade Perry), mailed to LRMA on 11 November 2026

Photo: Sergeant Thunderhoof press photo; photographer not credited in the materials we received.