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Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast

Scott Penfold

300 episodes

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.

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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 been on the air since 2002.

The Metal Breakdown Daily delivers every major hard rock and heavy metal story of the day in under ten minutes, every weekday. Tour announcements, album news, lineup changes, and the headlines that actually matter — no filler.

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  1. Four Rose Bowls For System Of A Down, Meshuggah And Disturbed Tours

    · 9:48

    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 90,000-seat stadium for a band with no album since 2005. Scott…

  2. Jack Osbourne On AI Ozzy, Crowbar Writing, Dead Wyte Debut

    · 11 min

    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 building the "digital fingerprint" is about owning his…

  3. Blind Channel's Niko Moilanen, Plus She's With The Band's Tori Kravitz

    · 50 min

    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 band called twenty months of deliberate silence. He talks…

  4. Sonic Temple 2027, Fehn On Pawn Stars, Deafheaven Tour

    · 11 min

    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 In Reverse on top and Alice In Chains, Faith No More,…

  5. Sharon's Ozzy Secret, Godsmack New Music, Obituary Reissues

    · 9:15

    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 that she never told Black Sabbath or her own children how sick…

  6. Nirvana Pass AC/DC, Alice Cooper No. 1, Metal Allegiance

    · 9:10

    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 sales to 66,831,000, per Chartmasters. AC/DC still lead on…

  7. Slipknot Told Eloy Not To Be Joey, Crüe Vegas, Papa Roach

    · 9:23

    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 have another Joey in the band," and that the Brazilian…

  8. Sleep Token Statement, Manson Wembley Row, SOAD LA Tease

    · 11 min

    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 that such claims "are not made with our blessing." The band…

  9. Dave Lombardo: Lustmord, Shatner, Reign In Blood At 40

    · 38 min · Explicit

    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 turned forty. He explains why he 'wasn't ready' to make the…

  10. Heafy Nearly Quit Trivium, Arch Enemy Album, Mustaine Book

    · 9:30

    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 send him back, why drummer Alex Bent left in October, and…

  11. Floor Jansen Leaves Nightwish, Hagar's Olive Branch, Harris

    · 10 min · Bonus

    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 end of the band; instead Nightwish say they'll record a new…

  12. Ian Hill's No Choice, Dream Theater 17, Sharon On Megadeth

    · 9:04 · Bonus

    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 a decision he says he'd already made. 'I had no choice,…

  13. Hetfield's No-Politics Vow, Kelly Osbourne, Butcher Babies

    · 8:31 · Bonus

    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 you.' He didn't name names. He didn't need to. Scott takes…

  14. Mastodon Fossil Vinyl, Lost Sabbath Tapes, Metallica Sphere

    · 9:18 · Bonus

    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 teeth the band was given twenty years ago, ground to powder…

  15. Kenny Hickey On Type O Negative's Future And New Silvertomb

    · 31 min

    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 unreleased Peter Steele song found on a cassette, will be released;…

  16. Def Leppard 2027 Tour, Billy Idol Day, Deafheaven Go Heavy

    · 8:39 · Bonus

    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 Canadian stops. A dollar from every ticket goes to City of…

  17. Sabbath's Lost Album, Ozzy Film Premiere, Slayer Bleeds

    · 9:36 · Bonus

    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 with a long email from Bill Ward, but Iommi told Classic Rock…

  18. Mustaine's Leftovers, Lamb Of God's Logo, Staind Go Big

    · 8:17 · Bonus

    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 over from the sessions to see if any are worth finishing,…

  19. Sepultura's Smaller Goodbye, Scorpions Movie, Chad Gray

    · 9:19 · Bonus

    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 the finale. Scott argues the downgrade is the most honest…

  20. Metallica Deep Cuts, Ice Nine Kills Xmas EP, Voivod Cancel

    · 7:13 · Bonus

    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 Outlaw Torn" for the first time in seven years. Two shows into…

  21. We're Back with Left To Suffer And Dead Poet Society: Two New Albums

    · 41 min

    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 tour opening for Dying Fetus and Sanguisugabogg. Who…

  22. Metallica At The Sphere, Kid Rock Gospel, Mantas On Cronos

    · 7:15 · Bonus

    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 Ktulu" dedicated to Cliff Burton, 40 years after his death.…

  23. Root On Manson, Sandoval Quits I Am Morbid, Alice Cooper

    · 6:46 · Bonus

    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 told a fan on Instagram. "Forgive my ignorance about who we…

  24. Slipknot Fans Vs Manson, Anthrax Carry On, Ex-Fear Factory

    · 7:25 · Bonus

    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 denies all allegations against him, and the LA DA closed a…

  25. Slipknot Warn Fans, Andy Williams Statue, Type O Live Album

    · 6:55 · Bonus

    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," Root replied "Agreed." Tracked live with Eloy Casagrande,…

  26. Nirvana's VMA Moment, Fieldy And Head Reunite, GWAR Loss

    · 7:25 · Bonus

    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 stage with no performance, just a montage and a speech — the…

  27. Knocked Loose Donate, Jasta On Hetfield, Ill Niño vs Rizzo

    · 8:58

    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 Louder Than Life set. No statement, no press release — just…

  28. Bullet For My Valentine, King Diamond, Sabbath Cover Model

    · 8:01 · Bonus

    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 Costanza of Against The Current guesting. Scott Penfold on what…

  29. Angry Anderson Dies, Peart Memorial, Maria Brink Solo

    · 7:53 · Bonus

    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 fifty years, eight albums and the song Guns N' Roses made…

  30. Slipknot Tour Tease, Axl And Carrie, Mastodon Lawsuit

    · 8:15 · Bonus

    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 what's coming, why 'Arsenal' has split the fanbase, and why…

  31. Chad Gilbert Has Died, And Geezer Butler On Lzzy Hale

    · 10 min · Bonus

    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 morning of September 20, with his wife and mother beside…

  32. Danzig Threw Emmure's Singer Off The Stage, New Pepper Keenan Album Coming

    · 7:36 · Bonus

    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, after he attempted to strike up a conversation while…

  33. Ozzy's Final Show Is Going To Cinemas, Metallica Book 2027

    · 7:05 · Bonus

    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 July 5, 2025 — including the original Black Sabbath…

  34. Ellefson Plays Countdown, Zakk Sells BLS, Abbath Scrap 2026

    · 7:16 · Bonus

    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 twelve dates from December 3 to 19 — five days after Dave…

  35. Roth And Alex Van Halen Reunite, Alex Terrible Responds, New As I Lay Dying

    · 8:00 · Bonus

    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 about why great art requires risk. Roth called it "a step…

  36. Iommi Says No To A Sabbath Album, Nicko Says Yes To Maiden,Alex Terrible vs. Online Trolls

    · 9:53 · Bonus

    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 album with the original lineup, Bill Ward included, and that…

  37. Miss May I's Levi Benton On No Place For Me, Plus Autumn Kings' Jake Diab On Epiphanies

    · 43 min

    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 State Records — a record he's described as everything he's…

  38. Mustaine On Ellefson, Mastodon Sued, New Suicide Silence

    · 7:32 · Bonus

    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 near" its end even before the 2021 leaked-video scandal that…

  39. NBC Cut Away From Soundgarden, AC/DC Cancel Toronto, AEW Mourns Andy

    · 8:07 · Bonus

    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 medley including "Outshined" and "Spoonman" — and NBC aired…

  40. Slipknot Album 8, King Diamond Splits, As I Lay Dying Vote

    · 6:41 · Bonus

    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 record label since 1998. Producer Matt Wallace is behind the…

  41. Pantera Rumored For New Orleans Festival, Gene Simmons On Ace Frehley And Peter Criss, Details Emerge On Andy Williams

    · 7:38 · Bonus

    Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Live Nation tease "The Great NOLA Trendkill" at New Orleans' Lakefront Arena, with a rumored lineup including Pantera, Down, Crowbar, Corrosion Of Conformity, Eyehategod, Power Trip and Pig…

  42. 70000 Tons Announces Half Its 2027 Lineup, Static-X Sue Filmmaker Matt Zane, Wage War Announce Landfall

    · 7:07 · Bonus

    Friday, September 4, 2026. 70000 Tons Of Metal reveals the first thirty bands for its January 2027 sailing — Exodus, Arch Enemy, HammerFall, Moonspell, Obscura and more — with public tickets going on sale Monday and…

  43. Iron Maiden Bring Eddie's Dive Bar To America, Scorpions Postpone Vegas A Full Year, Carcass Reschedule Asia-Pacific Run

    · 6:58 · Bonus

    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 Lives leg opening Saturday in New Jersey, free and open to…

  44. Alex Van Halen Knighted In The Netherlands, Michael Sweet On King Diamond, AJ Rebollo Corrects His Bad Wolves Exit

    · 7:39 · Bonus

    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. Stryper's Michael Sweet explains why he'd never join King…

  45. Rush Add Four More Shows, Epica Book The Royal Albert Hall, Jay Weinberg On Life After Slipknot

    · 7:50 · Bonus

    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 time they turned out not to need. Epica announce a 25th…

  46. Bruce Dickinson's Lake Ontario Moment, Sharon Osbourne Defends Marilyn Manson, Zoltan Bathory On Ivan Moody

    · 7:37 · Bonus

    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 directing the lake be renamed, and a line that drew one of the…

  47. Eric Vanlerberghe of I Prevail on Carrying the Band Alone, "Paradise" and What Comes Next

    · 34 min

    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 Brian Burkheiser stepped away following an Eagle syndrome…

  48. Anthrax Reopen Saint Vitus, Carnifex Announce More Than Misery, Sid Wilson Back In The Studio

    · 6:43 · Bonus

    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 250-capacity venue was shut down mid-show by the Department of…

  49. Tobias Forge Explains The Ghost Hiatus, Maynard Gets A New Hip And Refuses To Cancel, Death Metal Hits Miss World

    · 7:40 · Bonus

    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, and he won't force one. Maynard James Keenan reveals he…

  50. Soundgarden Return With Taylor Momsen, Bad Wolves Dropped From Skillet Tour, Aaron Lewis Goes Acoustic

    · 7:21 · Bonus

    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 Mike McCready joining — only their fifth performance since…

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