About METALloyd

METALloyd is an American heavy metal band from Celina, Texas. Formed in May of 2022, the group consists of vocalist Lloyd Bailey, guitarist Lloyd Bailey, bassist Lloyd Bailey, and Lloyd Bailey on keyboard and drums. The band is considered an insignificant member of the new wave of the American heavy metal movement with tens of fans across the globe. Since their formation, METALloyd has released two studio albums, three EPs, and six singles. The band’s cumulative sales equal almost naught-point-one dollars in the United States.

In reality, METALloyd is a project of Armed Lutheran Radio host Lloyd Bailey, taking the theologically rich words from Lutheran hymns and working them into heavy metal songs.

Origin of the Name

In the early 1990s, when Lloyd Bailey was in college, he interned at the college radio station for an outgoing senior whose show was called “Time to Rage.” When Lloyd hosted his own show in the Spring, he called it “Time to Rage: Revisited” as an homage to his mentor and chose the on-air moniker “METALloyd.” When the band formed in 2022, the name was re-used.

Soundtracks

When Lloyd started the Armed Lutheran Radio podcast in 2016 he decided that the soundtrack of the show would be heavy metal. Early years featured royalty-free and paid metal tracks from services like Pond5 and AudioBlocks. In 2021 Lloyd purchased a guitar and began tinkering with the idea of creating his own soundtracks. Recording began in early 2022 with Lloyd on guitar, Lloyd on bass, and Lloyd on drums. The first host-produced soundtrack appeared in episode 306 in March of 2022.

METALloyd is Born

After recording a few soundtracks, the band decided to try creating full songs with the goal of entertaining rock and metal fans while also teaching the faith. Lloyd, reluctant to sing himself, auditioned a number of text-to-speech voices, and ultimately Brian joined the band as the group’s vocalist. “We felt like Brian gave us a unique sound,” Lloyd said in an interview later. “I can’t sing, and we wanted a voice that was unique and which was easy to understand.” The “Brian Experiment” was ended in May of 2023 after Brian was replaced by vocalist Lloyd Bailey, rounding out the band’s current lineup. The band went on to re-record many of their old songs, releasing the new versions in their “Sing a New Song,” “Forth to War,” and “Cross of Sorrow” EPs.