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[Photo by: Rob Sheley] When the Virginia/North Carolina math-metal outfit LOINCLOTH entered the scene back in 2000, heads in the underground swiveled so hard they threatened to pop off their bodies like champagne corks. The dynamic sonic crunch of guitarists Tannon Penland and Pen Rollings against the rhythmic algebra of bassist Cary Rowells and drummer Steve […]

Loincloth Iron Balls Of Steel It's taken 12 years, one instantly out-of-print 2003 demo, and the departure of a founding member (guitarist Pen Rollings), but Virginia/North Carolina instru-metal trio Loincloth can finally cement their legacy with a full-length debut. Album—and song (“Sactopus,” anyone?) titles notwithstanding—Iron Balls Of Steel is as serious as a metal recording […]