Didn't Go Platinum
Didn't Go Platinum
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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. Whether it's a rarely mentioned entry from giants like Iron Maiden, or a relatively obscure British thrash band's forgotten comeback, we're interested. Where other metal podcasts look at Rust In Peace, Painkiller and Number Of The Beast, we'd rather discuss Five Serpents' Teeth and Dance Of Death.
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The podcast zeroes in on niche areas of heavy metal music that are often neglected, spanning a variety of subgenres such as metalcore, thrash, and doom. Episodes examine specific albums like Black Flame by Bury Tomorrow and Pitch Black Progress by Scar Symmetry, suggesting a revitalization of interest in these overlooked gems.
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. Whether it’s a rarely mentioned entry from giants like Iron Maiden, or a relatively obscure British thrash band’s forgotten comeback, we’re interested. Where other metal podcasts look at Rust In Peace, Painkiller and Number Of The Beast, we’d rather discuss Five Serpents’ Teeth and Dance Of Death.
Artwork by the very talented Zoe, on Instagram at @cemeterybloom_
Didn't Go Platinum revisits a terrific thrash album while exploring the origins of the podcast itself! Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Philly Byrne and Joe McGuigan of Gama Bomb to discuss the making of 2013's The Terror Tapes.
This was the band's fourth full-length album and first for AFM, and it tends to get overshadowed by their previous ones, but it's a banger. It's a delightful thrash metal journey into a world of violent movies, anti-fascism, and the joy of shouting 'balls' in a gang.
It also served as the inspiration for Didn't Go Platinum itself. Tim got the idea for the show while writing this retrospective for Distorted Sound magazine, and the podcast wouldn't exist without it.
Join us for a deep dive into an overlooked gem, before the sticky buns get possessed and run off.
You can follow Didn't Go Platinum on Threads and Instagram at @dngplatinum or email us at [email protected]
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And listen to The Terror Tapes on Spotify. Thrash 'til death.
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