Didn't Go Platinum

Didn't Go Platinum is going where owls don't know our name! Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by the Heavy Metal Philosopher himself, Mr. Jon Barbas, to discuss The Work by Rivers Of Nihil. This was the fourth album by the ground-breaking death metal band and one of Jon's favourite records. We take a deep dive into the themes it presents and its place in the band's history,...

It's the height of summer, so what better time than to talk about the most optimistic sludge-doom-prog band ever? Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by the returning Tom Lewis to discuss Melted On The Inch by Boss Keloid. Boss Keloid are one of the more offbeat bands to emerge from the UK's prog scene and their fourth album is forty minutes of eclectic, riff-heavy bliss. The lads tal...

Didn't Go Platinum takes a trip to Birmingham, a city with a rich heavy metal history, and discovers one of the unsung heroes of sludge metal. Slab were three local lads who delivered an unholy amalgamation of big riffs, gnarly vocals and intense drumming, but who seem to have been largely ignored outside of their immediate scene. Their Megafaunal Genocide album is a dark and uncompromising li...

It's time for some post-hardcore on the Didn't Go Platinum podcast. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Liam Knowles of Hidden Mothers to discuss Gris Klein, by enigmatic French lads Birds In Row. Their third album is a ramshackle collection of emotive post-hardcore with a subtle black metal influence, and while Birds In Row are a long way from being household names, the people who...

It's a special crossover episode is what it is! Didn't Go Platinum host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Jimi and Dazz from the Bangers & Mosh podcast to talk about couple of their favourite albums that nobody else seems to like. We take a look at Slither, the controversial fourth record from metalcore legends Earth Crisis, and Check Your People, an underrated gem from rap-metal heroes Downset....

It's time for a retro deep dive on the Didn't Go Platinum podcast. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by rock journalist Naomi Sanders to discuss Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reap Souls, the controversial debut album by Satanic prog-rockers Coven. Released all the way back in February 1969, this is one of rock history's greatest 'What If' stories. Witchcraft Reaps Minds....

Didn't Go Platinum welcomes Matt Hudson of Battle Born and Metaprism back for his second episode in a row and this time, we're discussing the exceptional Curse And Chapter by Hell. A cult band from the latter years of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Hell's career was cut tragically short and they looked to be lost forever, until Andy Sneap resurrected them in the mid-2000's. Their subsequent...

Didn't Go Platinum returns to ask the all-important question; should Glen Danzig have played Wolverine and could he have pulled off the blue and yellow suit? Tim is joined by Matt Hudson of Battle Born and Metaprism to discuss Danzig's oft-overlooked fourth album. In the wake of the band's massive success with the 'Mother' single, Danzig 4 was a wildly uncommercial album; a pitch-black, blues-meta...

Season two of Didn't Go Platinum continues with a deep dive on a late-90's gem; The Chemical Wedding by Bruce Dickinson. Tim is joined by the returning Elliot Leaver to discuss the fourth solo album by the much-loved Iron Maiden singer, and why it is an overlooked classic. This episode sees both presenters doing an impression of Arthur Brown, waxing philosophical on the failures of alchemy...

Youthanasia by Megadeth is an absolutely cracking album, but is it their best? This episode of Didn't Go Platinum revisits the oft-overlooked 1994 record and looks at its impact, as well as its place in the band's discography. How does it compare to it's immediate forebear Countdown To Extinction, and classics like Peace Sells or Rust In Peace? And what exactly is a Thigh Master? For t...

Set your alien death ray maximum strength! Didn't Go Platinum is back and this month, we're looking at War Of The Worlds Part 2 by Michael Romeo. Tim is joined by Svalbard's Serena Cherry to discuss an underrated gem from the world of power metal. The third solo effort by the Symphony X guitarist is an exceptional piece of work, but it's rarely mentioned anywhere and deserves a rev...

Didn't Go Platinum series 2 is go, and we're kicking off with an absolutely killer album; Black Flame by Bury Tomorrow. Tim is joined by "Zombie" Simon Crampton of Rock Sins to discuss the fifth album by the south coast metalcore heroes and explore why it might not have the legacy it deserves. The lads discuss their histories with the band and the album, go off on a tangent about...

Warm up the gravy and drizzle it all over your spuds, it's the Didn't Go Platinum Christmas episode! Tim welcomes Chris Earl back to sit by a roaring fire, drink mulled wine and discuss the self titled third album by that most festive of metal bands, Chimaira. They discuss their own histories with the Cleveland heroes, examine the band's wider place in the New Wave Of American Metal and why the ri...

Didn't Go Platinum turns back the clock to 1990. Tim is joined by Jazmin L'Amy of the I'm Your Biggest Fan podcast to discuss The Razor's Edge by AC/DC. Enormously popular at the time, the twelfth album by the Aussie rockers has been largely forgotten in the following decades. The opening Thunderstruck is a classic song, but the rest are good too. They take a look at the album in depth and its pla...

Didn't Go Platinum is back to discuss whether the 'h' in 'Hellripper' is silent or not, and along the way, takes a deep dive into the world of Zimbabwean industrial metal. Tim is joined by Lindsay C, the presenter of The Heavy Metal Journal Youtube channel to discuss Seagrave, the fourth album by Nuclear Winter. This was one of 2023's great, overlooked albums. Nuclear Winter are a one-man project...

Didn't Go Platinum returns and it's time for a dark operatic masterpiece. This Godless Endeavor is one of the best albums by Seattle's moody melancholic metallers Nevermore, but has largely disappeared from discourse since. Host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Maiden Voyagers presenter Sam Khaneka to revisit this incredible record and the lads go on a big nerdy deep dive. They wind up discussing (a...

And now for something completely horrible; it's death metal time! Tim takes a deep dive into Front Towards Enemy, the debut album by Italy's unsung genre heroes HusqwarnaH. He's joined by the Death Metal Mum herself, the wonderful Fae Scott Dench to discuss the album in depth and why it may have got lost in the shuffle. Along the way, they'll also go off on tangents about Quentin Tarantino movies,...

Will Marshall returns to the show! He joins regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones to discuss Empire Of Light, by London-based post-hardcore band Devil Sold His Soul. Originally released in 2012, the band's third album is an enthralling slice of ambient post-hardcore and in Will's words, is "a landmark album in a genre that didn't yet exist." The lads talk about their personal experi...

It's about time we did a power metal episode. Rock Out Stand Out founder Lottie Whittingham joins Tim to discuss To The End, the third full-length from Germany's Orden Ogan. It's a brilliant album, jam-packed with anthemic choruses, big hooks and impressive riffs, but it was all but ignored in the UK when it was released in 2012. Tim and Lottie do a deep dive into the record and their...

Tim is joined by Matt and Keith from industrial metallers Biomechanimal to discuss the recent Bloodstock Open Air. They talk about the band's scene-stealing performance on the New Blood stage, how their Bloodstock journey unfolded, and which other bands impressed at this year's festival. There's also a brief chat about the best places to eat when visiting Bloodstock and why staying up...

Didn't Go Platinum returns for some Massachusetts metalcore, courtesy of the legendary Killswitch Engage. One of the most loved bands of the early 2000s, Killswitch Engage are rightly lauded for the groundbreaking Alive Or Just Breathing and the incredibly popular The End Of Heartache, released in 2002 and 2004 respectively. But their 2019 release Atonement does not get the same level of love....

It's a bonus mini-episode! Having just discovered he's going to Bloodstock, Tim lists some of the lesser-known bands on the line-up and why you should check them out. This includes no less than two bearded stoner bands to watch while under the influence of cider, a thrash-hardcore hybrid band with a love of Grand Theft Auto, and Exist Immortal, whose name we're including in the descrip...

Chris Earl returns for his second podcast appearance and this time, he's talking about Pitch Black Progress, the second album by Swedish melodeath underdogs Scar Symmetry. He joins regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones to discuss the album's place in the pantheon of metal, why it may have got lost in the mid-noughties melodeath mix, and why it's an overlooked gem that deserves another look. T...

Tim sits down with Distorted Sound's doom aficionado Tom Lewis to discuss Swamp Coffin, the very best New Orleans sludge metal to come from...uh...Rotherham. The lads take a deep dive into the band's debut album Noose Almighty and why they think it's an overlooked classic. Along the way, they also talk about the best places to buy a steak in Disneyland, why Warhammer lore is metal, and...

Tim Bolitho-Jones and Distorted Sound's resident history buff Tom Fordham take a deep dive into With Oden On Our Side by Amon Amarth. The Swedes' sixth full-length is often overlooked in favour of the follow-up, the landmark Twilight Of The Thunder God, but deserves reappraisal as a classic in its own right. The lads have a painfully nerdy conversation about their personal histories with t...