Origin: San Diego, California, USA  
Genres: Doom Metal
Page online: November 6, 2007
Last update/review: January 26, 2014

Leather Nun

"Leather Nun?", I asked myself when a new album by said band appeared on the metal radar. Weren't they some sort of 80's goth band? As it turns out, my memory wasn't far off, as Leather Nun was indeed a cult Swedish goth/garage/punky band during the 80's, but this San Diego trio is not related to that group in any way. This is prime garage doom along the lines of Spirit Caravan, which makes some sense as leader John Sarnie grew up in the Maryland area, home of Wino and the infamous DC doom scene. In fact, this is more than a vague similarity, as Sarnie has Wino's voice and riffs nailed to a T. Since around 2008 the official band name is Leather Nun America, presumably changed for legal reasons.

Current Members

John Sarnie

guitars/vocals

Francis Roberts

bass

Sergio Carlos

drums

Former Members/Guests

Jeff Wiederkehr

bass

Noel Holloway

bass

George Davis

bass

Nobutoshi

drums

Greg Mason

drums

Mark Markowitz

drums

John Pasquale

drums


Discography


Leather Nun  EP
2005 Embryonic
  1. Soulless
  2. Indra
  3. Riffer
  4. Inner Sanctum
  5. Redneck Stomp II


My Congregation  EP
2006 Embryonic
  1. Leather Nun
  2. Going South
  3. The Process
  4. Dixie Proud
  5. Black Oak
  6. Inner Sanctum II


All Your Kin  
2006 PsycheDOOMelic
  1. Overdope
  2. Horsehair and Red Silk
  3. Troglodyte
  4. The Hunter
  5. Maryland Winter
  6. The Onkh
  7. Urban Plight
  8. Melmoth
  9. The Oath
  • John Sarnie
  • Jeff Wiederkehr
  • Nobutoshi


Tools Of The New Church  
2007
  1. Leather Nun
  2. Going South
  3. The Process
  4. Dixie Proud
  5. Inner Sanctum
  6. Soulless
  7. Indra
  8. Riffer
  9. Perpetual Motion
  • John Sarnie
  • Noel Holloway
  • Greg Mason


Absence Of Light  
2008 PsycheDOOMelic
  1. Emblem
  2. Portcullis
  3. Ly Loa
  4. Below Zero
  5. Some Might Grow
  6. Tools Of The New Church
  7. Final Resting Ritual
  8. Dark Crusade
  9. Hm Ending
  • John Sarnie
  • George Davis
  • Mark Markowitz


Kult Occult  
2011 PsycheDOOMelic
  1. Murderkkult
  2. Indra
  3. Lasting Dose
  4. White Horse
  5. Anointed with Blood of the Snake
  6. Sacrosanct
  7. Born Cold
  8. Damiana
  9. Leadcatcher
  • John Sarnie
  • Noel Holloway
  • John Pasquale


Buddha Knievel  
2015
  1. Prologue
  2. Into Abyss
  3. Warwolf
  4. Bourgeois Pig
  5. Interlude
  6. Burning Village
  7. Barghest
  8. Priestess
  9. Gloom
  10. Winter Kill
  11. Irish Steel
  • John Sarnie
  • Francis Roberts
  • Sergio Carlos



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