Hailing from York, North Yorkshire, ASKING ALEXANDRIA emerges as an influential English rock band, composed of notable members: Ben Bruce and Cameron Liddell, the skilled guitarists; James Cassells, the rhythmic drummer; the charismatic lead vocalist, Danny Worsnop; and the accomplished bassist, Sam Bettley. Their latest offering, titled "Where Do We Go from Here?", stands as the band's eighth studio album. This remarkable musical creation was unleashed on the 25th of August, 2023,...

SIGNS OF THE SWARM, hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an American deathcore band that came together in 2014. The group is made up of drummer Bobby Crow, vocalist David Simonich, guitarist Carl Schulz, and bassist Michael Cassese. Over the years, they have delivered four compelling studio albums, with their bludgeoning fifth album, titled "Amongst the Low & Empty," hitting shelves on July 28, 2023, via Century Media Records. In the podcast, David discusses the band's being...

SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly discusses the band's new album "Truth Killer", working with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette and more on this week's Loaded Radio Podcast SEVENDUST, the Grammy Award-nominated band, is set to unleash their highly anticipated fourteenth studio album, "Truth Killer," on July 28 through their new label, Napalm Records. Following the success of their 2020 album, "Blood & Stone," the upcoming release was once again recorded at Studio Barbarosa in Gotha,...

VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin and RAVEN frontman John Gallagher join us on this week's Loaded Radio Podcast. This week's edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST features two veterans within the genre of heavy metal. Michel "Away" Langevin from Canadian experimental thrashers VOIVOD as well as frontman John Gallagher from New Wave Of British Heavy Metal icons RAVEN. In 2023, VOIVOD are commemorating their remarkable 40-year journey with a momentous milestone: the release of the...

DEVILDRIVER and COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara joins us on this week's Loaded Radio Podcast Dez Fafara is a renowned American vocalist and frontman, best known for his work with the California groove-metal band DEVILDRIVER and Nu-Metal stalwarts COAL CHAMBER. Born on May 12, 1966, in Santa Barbara, California, Fafara developed a passion for music from an early age. He grew up listening to various genres of music, including punk, rock, and metal, which greatly influenced his musical style. ...

TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey talks his new band EYE AM while PUPIL SLICER drummer Josh Andrews discusses his group's new album "Blossom" on The Loaded Radio Podcast  EYE AM, the new band featuring former TYPE O NEGATIVE members Kenny Hickey (guitar/vocals) and Johnny Kelly (drums),along with Kirk Windstein (guitar, vocals; CROWBAR, DOWN, KINGDOM OF SORROW) and Todd Strange (CROWBAR, DOWN),has released its debut single, "Dreams Always Die With The Sun", via Corpse Paint Records.  A...

DAVID ELLEFSON joins us on this week's edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST David Ellefson is a renowned bassist known for his groundbreaking contributions to the heavy metal genre. Rising to prominence as a founding member and bassist of the iconic band MEGADETH, Ellefson's thunderous bass lines have influenced countless musicians. While his time with MEGADETH solidified his place in metal history, Ellefson continues to make waves in the industry through various musical endeavors.  Megadeth...

Former IRON MAIDEN vocalist Paul Di'Anno and VOMITORY drummer Tobias Gustafsson are our guests on this week's LOADED RADIO PODCAST Paul Di'Anno is known as being the vocalist for the two classic IRON MAIDEN albums — the self-titled debut effort in 1980 and "Killers" in 1981 — before being fired and replaced by current frontman Bruce Dickinson. Paul would however go on to front a number of other bands, including KILLERS and BATTLEZONE, and released several solo records. Di'Anno, who...

Legendary NWOBHM disc-jockey Neal Kay, who was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), along with Tommy Vance, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, joins us on The Loaded Radio Podcast Between 1975 and 1980, Neal managed the rock club known as "The Bandwagon Heavy Metal Soundhouse", which catered to the burgeoning genre that we know today as heavy metal. With help from the music papers of the day, "Sounds" and "Melody Maker", Neal established the venue...

OV SULFUR have unleashed their debut full-length album, "The Burden Ov Faith", via Century Media Records. Wilson comments: "Having Howard (Jones - LIGHT THE TORCH, ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) hop on the album version of 'Wide Open' was the best thing that could have happened. We knew we wanted the song on the album, but we also knew it needed new life to live alongside the rest of the songs and not just be tossed on there. It's crazy to us he wanted to work with us - less surprising is the fact...

This week on THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST we are joined by founding TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon amidst the band's 2023 Las Vegas Residency In addition TESLA will be celebrating 36 years of entertaining audiences around the world with a 5 night residency at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada. The residency will begin on Friday, March 17, 2023. Due to overwhelming demand and following a sold-out opening weekend, legendary rockers TESLA have added five additional shows to their...

SUICIDE SILENCE lead guitarist Mark Heylmun goes in-depth with the California deathcore band's latest album "Remember... You Must Die" on THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST "Remember… You Must Die", which will be released on March 10 via Century Media, was produced and mixed by Taylor Young at The Pit Recording Studio. The record will be SUICIDE SILENCE's fourth full-length effort with vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida (ex-ALL SHALL PERISH), who joined SUICIDE SILENCE following the passing of frontman...

This week's edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST features FROM ASHES TO NEW singer Danny Case. FROM ASHES TO NEW hail from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with musician Matt Brandyberry being the founding and sole constant member of the group. The band has released three studio albums, being Day One (2016), The Future (2018), and Panic (2020).  FROM ASHES TO NEW recently delivered an intense and captivating new single “Nightmare,” taken from their upcoming as-yet-titled fourth studio album which is...

STEEL PANTHER guitarist Satchel joins us on this week's edition of The Loaded Radio Podcast The hilarious California glam-metal band will release their sixth studio album, "On The Prowl", on February 24, 2023. The record was produced by STEEL PANTHER and is now available for pre-order in multiple formats, including CD, cassette, and two different color variant vinyl records. From the opening synth intro of "Never Too Late (To Get Some Pussy Tonight)" to the thunderous outro of "Sleeping...

The latest edition of The Loaded Radio Podcast features KILLER DWARFS drummer and co-founder Darrell Dwarf Darrell is currently promoting his new book "Thunder Foot Chronicles of a Rock n Roll Pirate Volume 1" which is hailed as a look into the life and work of Darrell "Dwarf" Millar. A crazy ride in the fast lane of Rock n' Roll spanning over 50 years. KILLER DWARFS (stylized as KiLLeR DWaRfS) are a hard rock band that formed in late 1981 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The band would go...

This week's edition of The Loaded Radio Podcast is a double header. Ohio-based death metal band SANGUISUGABOGG have the follow-up to their 2021’ album "Tortured Whole" on the slab which bears the title "Homicidal Ecstasy", arriving February 3rd via Century Media Records. Helmed by SANGUISUGABOGG drummer Cody Davidson, the LP crushingly splits through with such a horrifying, brutal attack, which is thanks in part to the mixing duties of CONVERGE guitarist and studio vet Kurt Ballou...

Ville Valo's new solo album, "Neon Noir", arrived on January 13 via Heartagram Records and is being distributed by UMG/Spinefarm. Last April, Valo released the first single from "Neon Noir", a song called "Loveletting", which marked his first new music in over two years, following the release of the three-track "Gothica Fennica Vol. 1" EP, also released under the VV moniker, in March 2020. VV's headline tour will make it's way across Europe and North America throughout 2023....

The latest edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST features a conversation with ANTI-FLAG guitarist, singer and songwriter Justin Sane.  ANTI-FLAG have the new album out "Lies They Tell Our Children", which acts as an all out ausio assault to the modern world.  "Lies They Tell Our Children" is billed as ANTI-FLAG's first concept album and sees the band in fine fighting form as they lay bare, and "lay waste to, the root causes of our most imminent threats." In the talk, Justin discusses the...

On this final 2022 edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST we are joined by SAINT ASONIA and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok.  SAINT ASONIA have the 2 new EP's "Introvert" and "Extrovert" out and available now and Mike discusses the creation process for those releases.  The guitarist also discusses how he initially connected with Adam Gontier (formerly of THREE DAYS GRACE) to create the band, the new STAIND album set for 2023, the sound of the new record, working with Aaron Lewis and tons more.

The latest edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST is up and features UNDEATH vocalist Alex Jones and OSYRON singer Reed Alton as guests UNDEATH are currently on the road throughout North America with their skull crushing death metal attack in support of their latest album "It's Time...To Rise From The Grave". A record of sheer, bludgeoning metal which throws back to the classic sound of the genre, yet still stands on it's own as a new collective of audio assaults to the senses. Calgary,...

This all new edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST features discussions with Eric Cutler from death metal pioneers AUTOPSY as well as iconic songwriter and performer Devin Townsend.  AUTOPSY have the new album 'Morbidity Triumphant' available now via Peaceville records and delivers an absolute onslaught of everything you would expect from an AUTOPSY album, complete with gore-ridden lyrics, brutal vocals and pulverizing music. Devin Townsend has the new album 'Lightwork', which drops on...

This week we have another double feature as Loaded Radio's Scott Penfold sits down with KEN MODE vocalist/guitarist Jesse Matthewson and GOATWHORE drummer Zack Simmons. KEN MODE have unleashed their eighth studio LP, "Null", which arrived on September 23 via Artoffact Records. "Null" follows KEN MODE's 2018 album "Loved", and marks the group's first to fully feature new addition Kathryn Kerr (TANSY, VIVA NON) as a full-time member of the band. Kerr had previously played saxophone on...

On the latest edition of THE LOADED RADIO PODCAST, we are joined by WITCHERY guitarist/founder Patrik Jensen as well as the frontman for Mongolian "folk metal" band THE HU, 'Gala'. In the first segment, Patrik discusses WITCHERY's latest album "Nightside". The blackened thrash pioneers have once again arisen from the coven to unleash their latest creation which is a foray into wickedness, darkness, and evil that grooves, thrashes and kicks you right in the ass. The second segment of this...

The Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA was founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from his previous group AFTER FOREVOR. Known worldwide for their incredible contributions to the genre, EPICA bring symphonic metal mastery and brutal death metal influences to the masses with a hypnotic yet pulverizing effect.   EPICA released their latest studio album "Omega" in February 2021 and are still riding high off the LP's magnitude and epic songwriting delivered by the...

THE PRETTY RECKLESS are currently out on the road in support of their latest album "Death By Rock And Roll" along with Michigan rockers GRETA VAN FLEET. "Death by Rock and Roll" marks the fourth studio album by THE PRETTY RECKLESS which arrived on February 12 of last year. The release marked the band's first record released with their new label, Fearless Records. It is also THE PRETTY RECKLESS's first outing since the death of long-time producer, Kato Khandwala. "Death By Rock And Roll" was...