Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast

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 Hope, where Vivian Campbell is being treated after revealing his cancer has returned.

Also: Los Angeles declares November 13 Billy Idol Day, with a free City Hall set from Idol and Steve Stevens the day before their Rock Hall induction, and Deafheaven surprise-release the three-song At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb EP, which Kerry McCoy calls their heaviest ever. Scott asks why heavy is back.

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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 this summer he never wanted a follow-up to 13. Scott picks a side.

Also: the Osbourne family host the purple-carpet world premiere of Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning in Los Angeles on October 14 ahead of its worldwide cinema run from October 28, and Slayer mark 40 years of Reign In Blood with a liquid-filled zoetrope vinyl, out November 20.

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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, stressing it would only come from recordings already made. Scott explains why the word "final" is the one to watch.

Also: Randy Blythe says he didn't know Lamb Of God had a new logo until he saw the Into Oblivion artwork ("nobody tells me anything"), and Staind announce a 27-date second leg of the Break The Cycle 25th anniversary tour with Seether, Hoobastank and Hinder, including Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.

0:00 Megadeth: Mustaine on the leftover half-songs 1:35 Lamb Of God: Randy Blythe and the logo nobody told him about 2:35 Staind: Break The Cycle second leg, dates and on-sales 3:30 The Take: leave the word "final" alone 4:25 Outro

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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 thing a metal band has done this year, and answers the 'not without the Cavaleras' crowd.

Also: the Scorpions biopic Wind Of Change has a trailer and a January 2027 release date, with Dominic West as Doc McGhee. And Chad Gray cancels two solo shows over 'deep vocal issues' with a statement more singers should copy.

0:00 Sepultura: the smaller goodbye and The Last Ceremony 1:35 Scorpions: Wind Of Change trailer, cast, release date 2:40 Chad Gray cancels San Diego and Santa Ana 3:35 The Take: Sepultura without the Cavaleras, and the farewell industry 4:30 Outro

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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 the residency, that's four songs most of the room had never seen them play.

Also: Ice Nine Kills announce the Christmas EP "A Very Vicious Christmas" (November 9), built from their Terrifier Terror Tram music, and confirm "The Silver Scream 3: Every Flick In The Book" for 2027. And Voivod cancel their October US tour with BAT over a "family health emergency," with no new dates promised.

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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 "STFU" was really aimed at, why the new record has one guest feature instead of several, what Hopeless changed, and which song he's most nervous to play live.

Then Dead Poet Society frontman Jack Underkofler on Monarch, out now on Spinefarm: producer Paul Meany of Mutemath, the fight over "Lost," what "djent pop" actually means, how a Mexican blog broke the band before America noticed, and who's the best live band right now. The co-headline tour with Honey Revenge starts October 23.

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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. Twenty-four shows run through March, and the band says no two weekends get the same set list.

Also: Kid Rock announces a Christian album, "Halfway To Jesus," out October 17 with Eminem on "7 Sins," saying he and Em "differ politically" but "stayed friends through it all." And original Venom guitarist Mantas pays tribute to Cronos: "We changed the direction, the movement and the history of metal as we know it."

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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 do shows with." Manson denies all allegations; the LA DA closed its investigation with no charges. The Take: fans weren't asking about logistics.

Also: Pete Sandoval quits I Am Morbid, saying he and David Vincent "can't continue working together," after learning another drummer had been hired for Europe. And Alice Cooper, ahead of his memoir Devil On My Shoulder, says crack — not alcohol — "almost killed me," and that his wife's 1983 ultimatum is what saved him.

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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 four-year investigation without charges. Neither band has responded. The Take: look at where Manson is on this tour, and where he isn't.

Also: Anthrax's Scott Ian and Charlie Benante tell Eddie Trunk they're not retiring despite an album called Cursum Perficio ("I finish the journey") — "You built the store. Why close it?" And ex-Fear Factory members Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera have renamed Angst Fabrik as Machines Of Hate.

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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, all analogue, Matt Wallace producing.

Also, a Loaded Radio exclusive: Kenny Hickey tells Scott the unreleased Type O Negative song from the October Rust sessions is called "Prometheus," and the live album lands in Q1 2027. And North Tonawanda is building a statue and bench for Every Time I Die's Andy Williams, who died this month at 48.

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