Loincloth is an American heavy metal band whose members hail from Raleigh, North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia.
History Loincloth was formed in 2000 by two musicians from Raleigh, Steve Shelton and Cary Rowells, and two from Richmond, Pen Rollings and Tannon Penland.Iron Balls of Steel review , Drowned in Sound Shelton and Rowells had previously played in Confessor,LOINCLOTH Featuring CONFESSOR Members: New Album Due In January. Blabbermouth.net, October 18, 2011. and Rollings was a member of Breadwinner.Review of Iron Balls of Steel. The A.V. Club. The group recorded a four-track demo in 2003 and released a 7" record, "Church Burntings"/"New Jersey", but did not release a full-length until 2012, when Iron Balls of Steel was released on Southern Lord Records.Review of Iron Balls of Steel, Pitchfork Media. Penland cites the group's long-distance status (Raleigh and Richmond are approximately a three-hour drive away from each other) as one factor in the album's long gestation period.Interview with Tannon Penland. About.com
Members Current Steve Shelton - drums Tannon Penland - guitar Tomas Phillips - bass Craig Hilton - guitar
Former Cary Rowells - bass Pen Rollings - guitar
Discography At War with Norway (demo, 2003) Swami Sound System VoL 1 (Swami Records, 2003) Church Burntings 7" (Southern Lord Records #25.5, 2003) Iron Balls of Steel (Southern Lord Records, 2012) Psalm of the Morbid (Southern Lord Records, 2017)
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