Anthrax Reopen Saint Vitus, Carnifex Announce More Than Misery, Sid Wilson Back In The Studio
Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast
Release Date: 08/28/2026
Iommi Says No To A Sabbath Album, Nicko Says Yes To Maiden,Alex Terrible vs. Online Trolls
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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 he turned it down. Iommi said Watt was "a bit too excited" and didn't understand what working with the original band was like, adding that having already been through the 13 sessions with Rick Rubin he didn't want to go straight into another record. Also on this episode: Nicko McBrain tells Metal Hammer he'd be "delighted" to drum on Iron Maiden's next album, three years...
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Miss May I's Levi Benton On No Place For Me, Plus Autumn Kings' Jake Diab On Epiphanies
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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 felt for a long time but never had the words for. We get into where it came from, the decision to release five singles from a ten-track album, the entirely DIY video for "Death Threat," and nineteen years fronting a band from Troy, Ohio that outlasted most of the scene it came from. Plus the Perpetual Iron tour with Born of Osiris. Also on the episode: Jake Diab of Autumn Kings...
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Mustaine On Ellefson, Mastodon Sued, New Suicide Silence
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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 got him fired — reflecting on their 2004 lawsuit, Ellefson's 2010 return as a salaried player rather than a creative partner, and a friendship he says was built on shared addiction. For the record: the person Ellefson was involved with was nineteen, the grooming allegations made online were false, and Ellefson reported the unauthorised distribution of the footage to police...
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NBC Cut Away From Soundgarden, AC/DC Cancel Toronto, AEW Mourns Andy
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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 little to none of it, sending fans straight to social media. Their final album featuring Chris Cornell's last recordings is currently in post-production. Also on this episode: AC/DC's September 16 show at Toronto's Rogers Stadium has been cancelled outright after a storm the venue's own meteorologist called a hundred-year event, with damaged sections needing to be removed and...
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Slipknot Album 8, King Diamond Splits, As I Lay Dying Vote
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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 board and the band went in with around fifty song ideas. Also on this episode: King Diamond breaks his silence on splitting with Andy La Rocque after forty years, explains why Gus G is replacing him, and reveals he wrote seventy percent of the band's music himself. And As I Lay Dying finish their ninth album with twelve songs recorded and only ten making the cut — so they're...
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Pantera Rumored For New Orleans Festival, Gene Simmons On Ace Frehley And Peter Criss, Details Emerge On Andy Williams
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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 Destroyer. Gene Simmons speaks at length with Michael Moynihan about Ace Frehley's death, his influence on a generation of guitar players, the empty chair at the Kennedy Center Honors, and his current relationship with Peter Criss. And Enjoy Wrestling co-owner Kurt Hackimer issues a full statement to KDKA on what happened to Andy Williams at Saturday's event in Pennsylvania....
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70000 Tons Announces Half Its 2027 Lineup, Static-X Sue Filmmaker Matt Zane, Wage War Announce Landfall
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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 only 3,000 spots available. Static-X, Tony Campos and frontman Edsel Dope file a lawsuit against filmmaker Matt Zane alleging copyright infringement, false light and more, seeking damages in excess of $1 million. And Wage War announce their new album Landfall for October 9 via Fearless, premiering the title track. Scott Penfold breaks it all down in under five minutes. Full...
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Iron Maiden Bring Eddie's Dive Bar To America, Scorpions Postpone Vegas A Full Year, Carcass Reschedule Asia-Pacific Run
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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 the public, pouring the new Trooper West Coast IPA brewed with Lagunitas. Scorpions postpone their Planet Hollywood residency by a full year, citing unforeseen circumstances, with new dates in September 2027. And Carcass reschedule their Australia, New Zealand, China and India dates after drummer Dan Wilding is faced with a family emergency, while urging fans to still attend...
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Alex Van Halen Knighted In The Netherlands, Michael Sweet On King Diamond, AJ Rebollo Corrects His Bad Wolves Exit
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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 Diamond's band but would tour with Mercyful Fate in a heartbeat, and tells the story of meeting Kim Petersen backstage in Mexico. And AJ Rebollo publicly corrects his own account of leaving Bad Wolves, confirming Dolly Parton's team blessed the "Jolene" cover and that founder John Boecklin approved the release. Scott Penfold breaks it all down in under five minutes. Full stories...
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Rush Add Four More Shows, Epica Book The Royal Albert Hall, Jay Weinberg On Life After Slipknot
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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 anniversary show at London's Royal Albert Hall on October 6, 2027, with a full orchestra and choir. And former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg opens up to HeartSupport about seeking therapy after his November 2023 dismissal, describing the search for the right therapist and why the first one not fitting shouldn't be the end of it. Scott Penfold breaks it all down in under five minutes....
info_outlineFriday, 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 Buildings — ahead of their first album in a decade, Cursum Perficio. Carnifex announce More Than Misery for November 6 via Sumerian, recorded with Whitechapel guitarist Zach Householder in a first-time production pairing. And Sid Wilson appears in a studio photo with rapper Rome Fortune three weeks after his Slipknot exit, captioned with the name of his own label.
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