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Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
Heavy metal news, hard rock interviews and the stories behind the music — hosted by Scott Penfold, a 20-year rock radio broadcaster and the founder of Loaded Radio. Two shows, one feed. The Loaded Radio Podcast brings long-form interviews with the biggest names in metal — Dave Mustaine, Corey Taylor, Randy Blythe, Max Cavalera, Phil Anselmo, Dave Lombardo and more. Not press-cycle soundbites. Real conversations about the records, the lineups, the fallouts and the comebacks, from someone who’s…
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Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSlipknot Album 8, Ministry's Last Show, Till Lindemann Tour
Eloy Casagrande has finished recording drums for Slipknot's eighth album, his first with the band, and says the record grew out of hours-a-day jam sessions…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastKISS Farewell Doc, Parkway Drive Film, Malevolent Creation
KISS have announced End Of The Road, a documentary on the farewell tour, premiering November 19 on KissOnline.com for $14.99 before any other platform…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastFour Rose Bowls For System Of A Down, Meshuggah And Disturbed Tours
System Of A Down have added a fourth and final Rose Bowl show, June 12, 2027 with Gojira, after the first three sold out inside a week: four nights at a…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastJack Osbourne On AI Ozzy, Crowbar Writing, Dead Wyte Debut
Jack Osbourne says the backlash to the family's AI Ozzy avatar "was my own fault," that people wrongly assumed "Ozzy Osbourne selling cell phones," and that…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastBlind Channel's Niko Moilanen, Plus She's With The Band's Tori Kravitz
Niko Moilanen of Blind Channel joins Scott Penfold two weeks before Painstream, the band's sixth album and the first with every vocal on him, after what the…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSonic Temple 2027, Fehn On Pawn Stars, Deafheaven Tour
Sonic Temple 2027 is out: nearly 150 acts, May 13–16 in Columbus, with Iron Maiden (one of the last two Run For Your Lives shows), Korn, Blink-182 and Falling…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSharon's Ozzy Secret, Godsmack New Music, Obituary Reissues
Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy's doctors warned that Back To The Beginning "would kill him," that Ozzy answered "I know I'm dying... I want to go this way," and…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastNirvana Pass AC/DC, Alice Cooper No. 1, Metal Allegiance
Nirvana's Nevermind has passed AC/DC's Back In Black to become the sixth best-selling album of all time, by one thousand copies: 66,832,000 equivalent album…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSlipknot Told Eloy Not To Be Joey, Crüe Vegas, Papa Roach
Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande says Clown told him on day one, "you don't have to be concerned about playing everything right," that the band "don't want to…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSleep Token Statement, Manson Wembley Row, SOAD LA Tease
Sleep Token have broken a year of silence with a rare statement saying they have "no affiliation with any outside musical project that invokes this name" and…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastDave Lombardo: Lustmord, Shatner, Reign In Blood At 40
Dave Lombardo joins Scott Penfold six days after The Pulse Of Atoms, his first album with dark-ambient pioneer Lustmord, and one day after Reign In Blood…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastHeafy Nearly Quit Trivium, Arch Enemy Album, Mustaine Book
Matt Heafy walked out of a Trivium recording session last year, called his wife and told her he was done with the band. He tells Metal Hammer what she said to…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastFloor Jansen Leaves Nightwish, Hagar's Olive Branch, Harris
Floor Jansen and Nightwish have parted ways after 14 years, 'in mutual agreement.' Tuomas Holopainen once said her leaving would be 'one hundred percent' the…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastIan Hill's No Choice, Dream Theater 17, Sharon On Megadeth
Ian Hill explains why he left Judas Priest after 56 years: arthritis in his shoulder and thumb, six shows in eight days, a tendon that snapped in Brussels, and…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastHetfield's No-Politics Vow, Kelly Osbourne, Butcher Babies
James Hetfield stopped Metallica's fourth Sphere show to tell the crowd what the band isn't: 'Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMastodon Fossil Vinyl, Lost Sabbath Tapes, Metallica Sphere
Mastodon are pressing real mastodon fossil into vinyl. The Bone Dust Edition of Marrow Deep is 170 copies at $150, made from a bag of 11,000-year-old mastodon…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastKenny Hickey On Type O Negative's Future And New Silvertomb
Kenny Hickey of Type O Negative, in full: the live album is almost edited, Mike Marciano is mixing it and the target is early 2027; 'Prometheus', the…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastDef Leppard 2027 Tour, Billy Idol Day, Deafheaven Go Heavy
Def Leppard announce a 45-date 2027 North American arena tour with Goo Goo Dolls and The Struts, March 2 in Allentown to July 2 in Indianapolis, with five…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSabbath's Lost Album, Ozzy Film Premiere, Slayer Bleeds
Black Sabbath nearly made one last album with the original four. Producer Andrew Watt says Ozzy, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were all in and the plan died…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMustaine's Leftovers, Lamb Of God's Logo, Staind Go Big
Dave Mustaine says Megadeth's number one farewell album may not be the last word: at a Grammy Museum Q&A he revealed plans to go through the "half-songs" left…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSepultura's Smaller Goodbye, Scorpions Movie, Chad Gray
Sepultura's last show ever moved from a 26,000-capacity stadium to a 9,000-seat hall, and the band added an intimate 'Last Ceremony' event two nights before…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMetallica Deep Cuts, Ice Nine Kills Xmas EP, Voivod Cancel
Metallica played a completely different 16-song set on night two at the Las Vegas Sphere, including "Devil's Dance" for the first time since 2008 and "The…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastWe're Back with Left To Suffer And Dead Poet Society: Two New Albums
Left To Suffer guitarist Peter Higgs joins the show days before Unwelcome Guest, the Atlanta band's first album for Hopeless Records, mid-way through a 32-date…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMetallica At The Sphere, Kid Rock Gospel, Mantas On Cronos
Metallica opened their Las Vegas Sphere residency with a 16-song set that included "...And Justice for All" for the first time since 2014 and "The Call of…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastRoot On Manson, Sandoval Quits I Am Morbid, Alice Cooper
Slipknot's Jim Root has answered the Marilyn Manson backlash — by saying he doesn't know who the band tours with. "I stay out of the logistics of touring," he…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSlipknot Fans Vs Manson, Anthrax Carry On, Ex-Fear Factory
Slipknot fans are pushing back on Marilyn Manson's spot on the 2027 stadium tour — six dates including Wembley — with some vowing to skip his shows. Manson…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSlipknot Warn Fans, Andy Williams Statue, Type O Live Album
Slipknot's Jim Root says the new album is "gonna hurt some feelings" — no repeat of Iowa or the self-titled, and when a fan begged for "heavy, not Stone Sour,"…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastNirvana's VMA Moment, Fieldy And Head Reunite, GWAR Loss
Nirvana accepted the MTV Video Vanguard Award, and Krist Novoselic used the moment to call Kurt Cobain "one of one." Dave Grohl, Krist and Pat Smear took the…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastKnocked Loose Donate, Jasta On Hetfield, Ill Niño vs Rizzo
Knocked Loose have quietly become the single biggest donor to Jamie Ulshoffer, the woman left paralysed when a man fell from a tree onto her during the band's…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastBullet For My Valentine, King Diamond, Sabbath Cover Model
Bullet For My Valentine have announced their eighth album, 'Social Apocalypse', out 19 March 2027 on Spinefarm, with Will Ramos of Lorna Shore and Chrissy…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastAngry Anderson Dies, Peart Memorial, Maria Brink Solo
Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson has died at 79, weeks after suffering a heart attack during the band's European farewell tour. Scott Penfold looks back at…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSlipknot Tour Tease, Axl And Carrie, Mastodon Lawsuit
Slipknot have plastered cryptic posters across ten cities in the Americas, pointing to a site that spits out the numbers 9 and 28. Scott Penfold breaks down…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastChad Gilbert Has Died, And Geezer Butler On Lzzy Hale
New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has died at the age of 45, following a cancer diagnosis in 2021. The band said he passed peacefully in his sleep on the…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastDanzig Threw Emmure's Singer Off The Stage, New Pepper Keenan Album Coming
Emmure frontman Frankie Palmeri says Glenn Danzig's security removed him from the side of the stage at Louder Than Life in Louisville and took his access pass…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastOzzy's Final Show Is Going To Cinemas, Metallica Book 2027
Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning gets a worldwide theatrical release from October 28, documenting Ozzy Osbourne's final performance at Villa Park on…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastEllefson Plays Countdown, Zakk Sells BLS, Abbath Scrap 2026
David Ellefson has announced the December leg of his Bass Warrior European tour, and he'll be playing Megadeth's Countdown To Extinction in its entirety across…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastRoth And Alex Van Halen Reunite, Alex Terrible Responds, New As I Lay Dying
David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen have appeared together in public for the first time in years, sitting alongside muralist Robert Vargas at a TEDxFargo event…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastIommi Says No To A Sabbath Album, Nicko Says Yes To Maiden,Alex Terrible vs. Online Trolls
Tony Iommi has told Classic Rock that producer Andrew Watt — the man behind Ozzy Osbourne's final two solo albums — offered to record one more Black Sabbath…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMiss May I's Levi Benton On No Place For Me, Plus Autumn Kings' Jake Diab On Epiphanies
Miss May I frontman Levi Benton joins Scott Penfold on the Loaded Radio Podcast to talk about the band's eighth album No Place For Me, out October 2 via Solid…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMustaine On Ellefson, Mastodon Sued, New Suicide Silence
Rolling Stone has published an excerpt from Dave Mustaine's memoir In My Darkest Hour in which he writes that David Ellefson's time in Megadeth "was likely…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastNBC Cut Away From Soundgarden, AC/DC Cancel Toronto, AEW Mourns Andy
Soundgarden reunited at halftime of the Seahawks–Patriots game at Lumen Field with Taylor Momsen on vocals and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on guitar, playing a…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSlipknot Album 8, King Diamond Splits, As I Lay Dying Vote
Jim Root has confirmed Slipknot are tracking their eighth studio album — the first without Sid Wilson, the first with Eloy Casagrande, and the first with no…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastPantera Rumored For New Orleans Festival, Gene Simmons On Ace Frehley And Peter Criss, Details Emerge On Andy Williams
Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Live Nation tease "The Great NOLA Trendkill" at New Orleans' Lakefront Arena, with a rumored lineup including Pantera, Down…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast70000 Tons Announces Half Its 2027 Lineup, Static-X Sue Filmmaker Matt Zane, Wage War Announce Landfall
Friday, September 4, 2026. 70000 Tons Of Metal reveals the first thirty bands for its January 2027 sailing — Exodus, Arch Enemy, HammerFall, Moonspell, Obscura…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastIron Maiden Bring Eddie's Dive Bar To America, Scorpions Postpone Vegas A Full Year, Carcass Reschedule Asia-Pacific Run
Thursday, September 3, 2026. Iron Maiden bring their Eddie's Dive Bar meetups to the United States for the first time — ten dates alongside the Run For Your…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastAlex Van Halen Knighted In The Netherlands, Michael Sweet On King Diamond, AJ Rebollo Corrects His Bad Wolves Exit
Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Alex Van Halen receives the Netherlands' highest civilian knighthood in Nijmegen, the city he and Eddie left as children in 1962…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastRush Add Four More Shows, Epica Book The Royal Albert Hall, Jay Weinberg On Life After Slipknot
Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Rush add four new US arena dates to the Fifty Something tour, with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson explaining they built in recovery…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastBruce Dickinson's Lake Ontario Moment, Sharon Osbourne Defends Marilyn Manson, Zoltan Bathory On Ivan Moody
Monday, August 31, 2026. Bruce Dickinson greets a Toronto crowd by noting Iron Maiden "crossed the Lake Of Ontario" — a pointed nod to the executive order…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastEric Vanlerberghe of I Prevail on Carrying the Band Alone, "Paradise" and What Comes Next
I Prevail frontman Eric Vanlerberghe joins Scott Penfold on the Loaded Radio Podcast. In May 2025, I Prevail lost the clean-vocal half of their identity when…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastAnthrax Reopen Saint Vitus, Carnifex Announce More Than Misery, Sid Wilson Back In The Studio
Friday, August 28, 2026. Anthrax will play the grand re-opening of Brooklyn's Saint Vitus Bar on September 4 — two and a half years after the beloved…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastTobias Forge Explains The Ghost Hiatus, Maynard Gets A New Hip And Refuses To Cancel, Death Metal Hits Miss World
Thursday, August 27, 2026. Tobias Forge tells Kerrang! why Ghost are on hiatus — he's exhausted after 70 shows, he doesn't have an idea for the next record…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSoundgarden Return With Taylor Momsen, Bad Wolves Dropped From Skillet Tour, Aaron Lewis Goes Acoustic
Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Soundgarden play the halftime slot at the Seattle Seahawks' season opener at Lumen Field, fronted by Taylor Momsen with Pearl Jam's…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastIn Flames And Trivium Announce European Tour, Ghost Drop A Live Album, Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding Returns
Tuesday, August 25, 2026. In Flames and Trivium announce a 26-date European co-headline run for spring 2027 with Paleface Swiss and VOLA, trading top billing…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastBruce Dickinson's Advice To Dave Mustaine, Body Count Title Album Death Wish, Bret Michaels Pulled Off The Road
Monday, August 24, 2026. Dave Mustaine reveals in the new Metal Hammer that Bruce Dickinson — a fellow throat cancer survivor — gave him something no one else…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastAlpha Wolf Split With Lochie Keogh And Cancel 2026, Crystal Lake Name A New Frontman, Nita Strauss Returns To SoFi
Friday, August 21, 2026. Alpha Wolf announce a mutual split with longtime vocalist Lochie Keogh and cancel their European headline tour along with every…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastDemon Hunter Sue Netflix, Ozzfest 2027 Confirmed As One Day, Alex Terrible Addresses The Nazi Allegations
Thursday, August 20, 2026. Demon Hunter file suit against Netflix, Netflix Studios and AEG Presents over KPop Demon Hunters, with a fan's $500 ticket mix-up…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastZZ Top's Frank Beard Dies At 77, Heavy Healing Documentary Gets A Release Date, MTV Axes Best Rock
Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Frank Beard, ZZ Top's drummer for 56 years and the only member of the band without a beard, has died at 77 at his ranch in Texas —…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastMegadeth's Unreleased Songs, Ozzfest Returns To Villa Park, Chad Gray Hints Mudvayne May Be Done
Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Dave Mustaine reveals at least two songs left over from Megadeth's final album — "Bloodlust" and "Farewell My Love," plus a possible…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastSid Wilson Confirms His Slipknot Exit, Limp Bizkit Back In The Studio, Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Perfecth
Monday, August 17, 2026. Sid Wilson ends two and a half weeks of chaos by quietly updating his Instagram bio to read "@slipknot 1997-2026" — a definitive…
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio PodcastLogan Burns of Scarlett O'Hara on the Industrial Turn, Rise Records, and the Years the Band Didn't Exist
Scarlett O'Hara guitarist and founding member Logan Burns joins Scott Penfold on the Loaded Radio Podcast. The South Texas metalcore band have spent 2026…