# Mastodon's New Album, Sleep Token's Platinum Plaque, and Coal Chamber's Mikey Cox Update

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Podcast: [Heavy Metal News & Interviews: The Loaded Radio Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-news-interviews-the-loaded-radio-podcast-1112882)
Published: 2026-07-13T11:29:00+00:00
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Mastodon announces their first album since losing Brent Hinds — and it comes with a surprise Josh Homme cameo. Sleep Token keeps racking up RIAA hardware, with "Caramel" going platinum and "Dangerous" going gold. And we've got a genuinely great health update from Coal Chamber drummer Mikey "Bug" Cox after his latest cancer surgery. In this episode: [0:00] Intro [0:25] Mastodon announce "Marrow Deep," out August 28 — first album since Brent Hinds' passing, featuring Josh Homme's first Mastodon appearance since 2006 [1:30] Sleep Token's "Caramel" goes platinum, "Dangerous" goes gold — the latest in a string of RIAA certifications for "Even In Arcadia" [2:30] Coal Chamber's Mikey Cox shares a hopeful update after what's hopefully his final cancer-related surgery [3:50] Wrap-up New episodes of Metal Breakdown Daily drop every weekday morning. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one, and follow Loaded Radio at loadedradio.com and across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for daily hard rock and heavy metal news.

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