Loincloth is an American heavy metal band whose members hail from

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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
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Shelton and Rowells had previously played in

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. 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

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. 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

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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'' (

, 2012) *''Psalm of the Morbid'' (

, 2017)

References

{{reflist Heavy metal musical groups from North Carolina Musical groups from Virginia Musical groups from Raleigh, North Carolina Heavy metal musical groups from Virginia