Caleb Shomo of Beartooth on Pure Ecstasy, Jordan Fish, and Finally Being Himself | Plus Fresh Meat: Waking The Sleeper
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
Release Date: 08/09/2026
Caleb Shomo of Beartooth on Pure Ecstasy, Jordan Fish, and Finally Being Himself | Plus Fresh Meat: Waking The Sleeper
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo joins Scott Penfold on the Loaded Radio Podcast to talk about Pure Ecstasy, the band's sixth album, out August 28 on Fearless Records. After fourteen years of writing, playing and producing Beartooth records almost entirely by himself, Shomo let somebody else in — co-producer Jordan Fish, a title track born out of a session with Misha Mansoor of Periphery, and drummer Connor Denis behind the kit. We get into the reaction to "Free," the AI mess that nearly killed the "Bullshit" lyric video, the Pure Ecstasy world tour, and the year that changed what a Beartooth...
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Kelly Osbourne And Sid Wilson End Engagement | Mercyful Fate Announce First Show In Three Years | Music Journalism Takes A Hit
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
People magazine reports that Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson have ended their engagement — Scott Penfold explains why this isn't new, why it isn't connected to the Slipknot situation no matter how the timing looks, and what's actually changed this week. Plus Mercyful Fate announce their first live show in over three years, headed to Leyendas Del Rock in Spain in August 2027 with King Diamond, Hank Shermann, Mike Wead, Bjarne T. Holm and Becky Baldwin — and their long-awaited album still hasn't surfaced. And a harder one to close on: Veeps and Live Nation have gutted Revolver, Alternative...
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Nikki Sixx Says You Were Lied To | Anthrax Drop Everybody's Got A Plan | The Neil Peart Documentary
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Nikki Sixx answered a fan asking why Mötley Crüe use backing tracks — and traced the whole practice back to Queen and "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975. Scott Penfold breaks down the distinction everybody argues past: the difference between augmenting a live show and replacing one, and the one piece of evidence John 5 offered that actually holds up. Plus Anthrax release the video for "Everybody's Got A Plan," the third single from Cursum Perficio — their first album in ten years, out September 18, recorded at Dave Grohl's Studio 606. And the Latin title translates to something worth thinking...
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Glenn Hughes Retires From The Stage And Faces Heart Surgery | Linkin Park's Unshatter | Tool's Drummer Clears His Autumn
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On Saturday night in Rancho Mirage, Glenn Hughes sang four Deep Purple songs with Kings Of Chaos, including "Stormbringer." Nobody in that room knew what they were watching. The Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath and Black Country Communion legend has announced his retirement from touring and live performances, revealing he needs another open-heart surgery. Scott Penfold looks at the career, and at the interview from twelve months ago where Hughes told Eddie Trunk that retirement wasn't a word he used — that he'd come home from a European run reinvigorated, with new purpose, and had never...
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Slipknot Had Sid Wilson's Exit Announcement Ready | Tobias Forge Directs Horror | Chris Holmes Needs Help
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
The detail almost everyone skipped: Slipknot were planning to announce Sid Wilson's departure themselves this week, and lost control of it when the story broke early. Scott Penfold explains why that one line makes four days of cryptic posts and total silence suddenly make sense — and why the two Sid Wilson stories that broke over the same weekend are separate, no matter what the internet has already decided. Plus: the V/H/S horror anthology returns with V/H/S/MIXTAPE, a music-driven installment landing October 9 on Shudder. Ghost frontman Tobias Forge directed a music video for it, GWAR...
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Slipknot Still Silent On Sid Wilson | Ozzfest Returns To Villa Park | Megadeth Announce European Farewell Tour
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
Four days on, and Slipknot still haven't said a word about Sid Wilson. Scott Penfold breaks down where the story actually stands: the single anonymous TMZ source it all rests on, Jim Root telling fans to stop and think — and the song he chose to play underneath it — Mick Thomson's wife Stacy openly mocking the rumour mill, Sid's only post being a merch ad, and the Los Angeles studio doorstep where he was asked point blank and said nothing. Plus Sharon Osbourne confirms a film of Back To The Beginning arrives this year featuring every band who played, and Ozzfest returns in 2027 at Villa...
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Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. on the 1984 To Headless Tour, the New Album, His Book, and Chris Holmes
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W.A.S.P. founder Blackie Lawless joins Scott Penfold on the Loaded Radio Podcast. Blackie breaks down the 1984 To Headless tour — the fall 2026 run with KK's Priest celebrating W.A.S.P.'s first four albums, kicking off September 10 and running through October 31 across the US and Canada, with European dates to follow. Selected material from the 1984 self-titled debut, The Last Command, Inside The Electric Circus and The Headless Children, with a stage production built to bring the album covers to life. Blackie has called it the first and only time the band will do this. He also gives an...
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Tony Iommi Wanted Geezer Butler On His New Album | Tommy Lee Breaks Silence On Mick Mars Lawsuit | Cinderella Reunion Update
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Tony Iommi reveals he asked Geezer Butler to play bass on his new solo album From The Dark (out October 23 via BMG) — and why Geezer couldn't do it. Plus, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee opens up to Billy Corgan about the "hurtful" legal battle with Mick Mars, and what really happened onstage during the 2022 Stadium Tour. And Cinderella drummer Fred Coury tells Eddie Trunk that he and Eric Brittingham are ready to reunite the band — they're just waiting on Tom Keifer.
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Tony Iommi Announces Solo Album From The Dark With Jorn Lande + Two Ozzy Haunted Houses | Metal Breakdown Daily
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Scott Penfold breaks down Thursday's biggest stories in rock and metal: Tony Iommi announces his first solo album in 21 years, From The Dark, via BMG — with Jorn Lande on vocals and co-writing credits across every track, plus bassist Becky Baldwin and drummer Karl Brazil, led by the single "World Alone"; Universal Studios opens two Ozzy Osbourne: Prince Of Darkness haunted houses at Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando and Hollywood, inspired by all 13 of his solo albums; and Godsmack add ten October US dates to The Rise Of Rock tour with Dorothy, as Mike Mangini settles in behind the kit. All...
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Soundgarden's Final Chris Cornell Album Enters Mixing + Chris Holmes Battling Cancer | Metal Breakdown Daily
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Scott Penfold breaks down Wednesday's biggest stories in rock and metal: Soundgarden have begun mixing the eight-song final album featuring the late Chris Cornell, with Terry Date producing and Joe Barresi mixing — Matt Cameron explains how the record was built from demos he and Cornell traded from 2013 onward; System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian joins the cast of Dexter: Resurrection season two as R.H. Martin; and former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes reveals a prostate cancer diagnosis as his wife launches a GoFundMe to cover mounting medical costs in France. All the details and links...
info_outlineBeartooth frontman Caleb Shomo joins Scott Penfold on the Loaded Radio Podcast to talk about Pure Ecstasy, the band's sixth album, out August 28 on Fearless Records.
After fourteen years of writing, playing and producing Beartooth records almost entirely by himself, Shomo let somebody else in — co-producer Jordan Fish, a title track born out of a session with Misha Mansoor of Periphery, and drummer Connor Denis behind the kit. We get into the reaction to "Free," the AI mess that nearly killed the "Bullshit" lyric video, the Pure Ecstasy world tour, and the year that changed what a Beartooth record can be about.
Then in this week's Fresh Meat, Raven Le Rouge of Wichita metal band Waking The Sleeper on building a band in Kansas, the Frequencies concept record, and what's next.
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