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Didn't Go Platinum is the podcast that looks at the unloved and the overlooked from the world of heavy metal. We ignore the classics and instead, focus on the lesser-discussed gems.
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S3, E14: Say Hello To Sunshine by Finch (opens the original)
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We Say Hello To Sunshine in the latest episode of Didn't Go Platinum. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Dave Stewart of the Noise Cartel to discuss the excellent but frequently misunderstood second album by Finch. This remarkable slice of mid-2000's post-hardcore has become something of a cult favourite, but a sizeable chunk of Finch's early fanbase positively hated it. And that's not surprising; from the artwork that initially seems nice but gets weirder the longer you look at it, to
S3, E13: A Pathway To The Moon by Unreqvited (opens the original)
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Didn't Go Platinum goes into space, as we follow A Pathway To The Moon. Lindsay from the Heavy Metal Journal returns to discuss her love of this excellent album by one-man Canadian black metal genius Unreqvited. It's a dense and enthralling trip into the void, defined by lengthy passages of exquisite beauty and some throat-ripping, soul-crushing extremity. But Unreqvited's first non-instrumental album is also an overlooked gem, and we're going to try and figure out why. You can find Lindsay on I
S3, E12: Deliver Us by Darkest Hour (opens the original)
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Is it metalcore or is it melodic death metal? Either way, it's Deliver Us, the fifth album by the eternally underrated Darkest Hour. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Brother John of the Menn Metal Mayhem podcast for a deep dive into this high-velocity slice of angry, but also kinda sad, American metal. This mid-2000's gem was excellent, but never got the credit it deserved. Let's find out (or at least, theorise) why. You can find Brother John and the rest of the Menn Metal Mayhem podc
Bonus Episode: The Didn't Go Platinum Outbreak Festival Review (opens the original)
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It's a special festival review episode of the Didn't Go Platinum podcast. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by hardcore scholars Chris Earl and Ellis Heasley to discuss this year's Outbreak festival in depth. We look at all the important questions surrounding Britain's biggest hardcore fest: were the vegan brownies good? What's the best way to smuggle mini cheddars into a festival? And what's with all the Wu-Tang Clan being played on the PA? Oh, and we discuss the veritable mountain of ba
S3, E11: Act Of God by Znowhite (opens the original)
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Didn't Go Platinum unearths a real gem in this latest episode. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Judicator guitarist and Transgressive genius Alicia Cordisco to discuss Act Of God by Znowhite, a thrash metal band that even hardcore genre fans rarely mention. Act Of God was the only full-length this Chicago-based group ever recorded, which is a damn shame because it's bloody great. It's a vibrant and energetic slice of melodic thrash packed with choruses and riffs, not to mention a stan
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