Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast

Scott Penfold
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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 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. New episodes daily. Part of the Pantheon Podcasts network.

  1. 38m ago

    Nicko McBrain Wants In, Forbidden Lose Kontos, Chuck Billy

    Nicko McBrain says there's no plan for a new Iron Maiden album, Steve Harris told him he hasn't thought about one, and if it happens anyway he'd "love to do a couple of songs on it." Scott Penfold on why Harris should say yes. Also: Bay Area thrash veterans Forbidden found out mid-tour that drummer Chris Kontos had quit via social media; guitarist Craig Locicero responds from soundcheck in Worcester. And Testament's Chuck Billy, 64, cuts off the hair he's had his whole life, credits Jerry Cantrell for the nerve, and says up front it's not a health thing. His memoir Holding My Breath is out November 10. Metal Breakdown Daily is Loaded Radio's weekday rock and metal news show, hosted by Scott Penfold. Read more at https://loadedradio.com Listen live: https://loadedradio.com/heavy-metal-radio-stream-hard-rock-loaded-radio/ Get the free Loaded Radio app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/loaded-radio-metal-radio/id1575710502 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loadedradio.player Follow Loaded Radio: Facebook: https://facebook.com/loadedradioofficial Instagram: https://instagram.com/loaded.radio X: https://x.com/loadedradio Threads: https://www.threads.com/@loaded.radio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@loadedradio YouTube: https://youtube.com/loadedradioofficial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Nicko McBrain Wants In, Forbidden Lose Kontos, Chuck Billy

  2. 1d ago

    Mastodon vs. Hinds Estate, Ghost's Repugnant, Alexisonfire

    Mastodon have filed to dismiss part of the lawsuit brought by Brent Hinds's estate, which alleges disputes over his 25 percent interest in the band and the use of his likeness on the Marrow Deep cover, and says the band offered $80,000 for his stake. The band has called the suit meritless; Monday's filing argues it owes nothing for the cover and wasn't obligated to buy him out. Scott Penfold on the number that will follow this case. Also: a poster in a Stockholm record shop suggests Tobias Forge's pre-Ghost death metal band Repugnant will play Vasateatern on April 27, 2027, unconfirmed. And Alexisonfire and Poison The Well announce a 17-date US co-headline tour with Touché Amoré, March 25 to April 17, presale today. Metal Breakdown Daily is Loaded Radio's weekday rock and metal news show, hosted by Scott Penfold. Read more at https://loadedradio.com Listen live: https://loadedradio.com/heavy-metal-radio-stream-hard-rock-loaded-radio/ Get the free Loaded Radio app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/loaded-radio-metal-radio/id1575710502 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loadedradio.player Follow Loaded Radio: Facebook: https://facebook.com/loadedradioofficial Instagram: https://instagram.com/loaded.radio X: https://x.com/loadedradio Threads: https://www.threads.com/@loaded.radio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@loadedradio YouTube: https://youtube.com/loadedradioofficial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mastodon vs. Hinds Estate, Ghost's Repugnant, Alexisonfire

  3. 2d ago

    Meshuggah Europe, Burn Eternal Single, Alex Terrible Doc

    Megaphone subtitle: Meshuggah add 20 European dates ending at Wembley, Burn Eternal name their first single, and Alex Terrible's fight night becomes a film. Meshuggah add a 20-date European leg to The Forty-Year Anomaly tour, September 29 to October 30, 2027, with Periphery and Vildhjarta, closing at London's OVO Arena Wembley. Scott Penfold on why a band with no hit single is headlining Wembley with its own students opening. Also: Burn Eternal, reuniting ex-Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones with guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, release "Wounds I've Made" Thursday on Metal Blade. And Blood 4 Blood: Sound Of War, the Alex Terrible bare-knuckle documentary, hits Prime Video and Apple TV November 11. Metal Breakdown Daily is Loaded Radio's weekday rock and metal news show, hosted by Scott Penfold. Read more at https://loadedradio.com Listen live: https://loadedradio.com/heavy-metal-radio-stream-hard-rock-loaded-radio/ Get the free Loaded Radio app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/loaded-radio-metal-radio/id1575710502 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loadedradio.player Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Meshuggah Europe, Burn Eternal Single, Alex Terrible Doc

  4. 2d ago

    Carmine Appice: Ozzy, Sharon, Bonham And The Beck Band

    Carmine Appice joins Scott Penfold in his eightieth year: the Vanilla Fudge drummer John Bonham copied on the nights Led Zeppelin opened for them in 1968, the author of Realistic Rock, the Appice in Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart's co-writer on Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, and, for nine months in 1983 and '84, Ozzy Osbourne's drummer. He talks about casting Temple Of Blues II with twenty guests (Nugent, Dee Snider, Steve Morse, Eric Gales, Billy Sheehan), how you hit hard at 79 without lifting your arm, what was really going on between him and Bonham, why the Beck band lasted one album, selling his publishing on Sexy and buying real estate instead, and the nine months with Ozzy that he says ended because of Sharon. He goes further on Ozzy and Sharon here than he ever has, including his own view of Ozzy's final months. Full story: https://loadedradio.com/carmine-appice-interview-loaded-radio-podcast/ Free Loaded Radio app, live stream and socials: https://loadedradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Carmine Appice: Ozzy, Sharon, Bonham And The Beck Band

  5. 3d ago

    Turnstile Said No To Metallica, Headbangers Boat UK, Gillan

    James Hetfield says Turnstile turned down the chance to open Metallica's M72 stadium tour: "We wanted to get them on tour, and they said no. They're doing good on their own already." Scott Penfold on why saying no to the biggest band in metal is the healthiest thing a young band did this year. Also today: Lamb Of God's Headbangers Boat gets its first European sailing, Southampton to A Coruña, May 27–31, 2027, with Paleface Swiss, Bleed From Within, Kublai Khan TX, Shadows Fall and Heriot. And Deep Purple cancel Leipzig and Hamburg after Ian Gillan, 81, is hospitalized with a medical emergency; both shows will be rescheduled. Metal Breakdown Daily is Loaded Radio's weekday rock and metal news show, hosted by Scott Penfold. Read more at https://loadedradio.com Listen live: https://loadedradio.com/heavy-metal-radio-stream-hard-rock-loaded-radio/ Get the free Loaded Radio app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/loaded-radio-metal-radio/id1575710502 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loadedradio.player Follow Loaded Radio: Facebook: https://facebook.com/loadedradioofficial Instagram: https://instagram.com/loaded.radio X: https://x.com/loadedradio Threads: https://www.threads.com/@loaded.radio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@loadedradio YouTube: https://youtube.com/loadedradioofficial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Turnstile Said No To Metallica, Headbangers Boat UK, Gillan

  6. Oct 29

    Slipknot 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 with Jim Root and Clown, with producer Matt Wallace in the room. He also reveals the divisive single "Arsenal" didn't come from those sessions at all. It started as a Corey Taylor vocal melody, and Jim Root has already confirmed it won't be on the album. Also on this episode: Al Jourgensen reveals Ministry's final concert will take place October 30, 2027 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, one year to the day after the final album Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery), with Bill Burr flying him home by helicopter. And Till Lindemann announces the 33-date European and UK leg of his World Tour 2027, running from Riga to Prague as part of a run of more than 50 shows. Loaded Radio is hard rock and heavy metal news, interviews and radio. Since 2009. 24/7 metal stream: https://loadedradio.com/heavy-metal-radio-stream-hard-rock-loaded-radio/ Free Loaded Radio app: Apple iOS · Google Play Follow: Facebook · Instagram · X · Threads · TikTok · YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Slipknot Album 8, Ministry's Last Show, Till Lindemann Tour

  7. Oct 28

    KISS 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, promising to show "how the band plans to carry its legacy forward." Parkway Drive's Sydney Opera House film, Home, hits US theaters November 18 with a 20-track live album December 4. Scott Penfold on which one deserves your money, and why one is a concert film and the other is an onboarding video for the avatars. Also today: Malevolent Creation fire bassist Jesse Jolly and guitarist Chris Cannella, Jolly calls the band "far too toxic," and Phil Fasciana responds by offering Cannella $1,000 to play one song without a mistake. Full stories: https://loadedradio.com Free Loaded Radio app, live stream and socials: https://loadedradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    KISS Farewell Doc, Parkway Drive Film, Malevolent Creation

  8. Oct 27

    System Of A Down x4, Meshuggah + Testament, Disturbed 2027

    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 Penfold on why that's the best argument yet against System ever making another record, and what the counter-argument gets right. Also today: Meshuggah's 40th-anniversary North American run, The Forty-Year Anomaly Tour, with Testament and Blood Incantation, on sale Friday, October 30, with Detroit's Masonic Temple (February 16) the first date out. And Disturbed take The Sickness to Australia, New Zealand and Asia for twelve arena shows in April and May 2027, a year after Dan Donegan said the band needed "quite a bit of time off." Full stories: https://loadedradio.com Free Loaded Radio app, live stream and socials: https://loadedradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    System Of A Down x4, Meshuggah + Testament, Disturbed 2027
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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 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. New episodes daily. Part of the Pantheon Podcasts network.

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