diff --git a/amg/tag.py b/amg/tag.py
index 9d39127..abf01f8 100644
--- a/amg/tag.py
+++ b/amg/tag.py
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ def __init__(self, artist, album):
     # fix paired chars
     self.registerCleaner(PairedCharCleaner(execute_once=True))
 
+    # remove some punctuation
+    self.registerCleaner(FunctionCleaner(lambda x: x.strip("-"), execute_once=True))
+
     # normalize case
     self.registerCleaner(FunctionCleaner(sanitize.normalize_tag_case, execute_once=True))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tag.py b/tests/test_tag.py
index d50b47a..0417a68 100644
--- a/tests/test_tag.py
+++ b/tests/test_tag.py
@@ -306,18 +306,6 @@ def test_normalize_title_tag(self):
                    "Stallion",
                    "From the Dead",
                    "Waiting for a Sign"),
-                  ("Dystopia -Vanishing Point-",
-                   "Boris",
-                   "Dear",
-                   "Dystopia -Vanishing Point-"),
-                  ("DEADSONG",
-                   "Boris",
-                   "Dear",
-                   "Deadsong"),
-                  ("D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise-",
-                   "Boris",
-                   "Dear",
-                   "D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise-"),
                   ("OBSCURITY - WAS UNS BLEIBT (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) | TROLLZORN",
                    "Obscurity",
                    "Streitmacht",
@@ -489,7 +477,11 @@ def test_normalize_title_tag(self):
                   ("ABSTRACTER - Ashen Reign (2018) I, Voidhanger Records/Sentient Ruin Laboratories/Daymare Recordings",
                    "Abstracter",
                    "Cinereous Incarnate",
-                   "Ashen Reign"))
+                   "Ashen Reign"),
+                  ("SECRET CUTTER - Trampled By Light   --LYRIC VIDEO--",
+                   "Secret Cutter",
+                   "Quantum Eraser",
+                   "Trampled by Light"))
 
     for source, artist, album, expected_result in references:
       with self.subTest(source=source, expected_result=expected_result, artist=artist, album=album):