Didn't Go Platinum is off to Orange County, California. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Jordan Gaw, singer for rising American metallers Against The Grave, to dress up like Spartans and discuss Declaration by Bleeding Through.

Upon its release, the band was engaged in a very public feud with their record label. However, this controversy appears to have overshadowed the music itself. Declaration is really bloody good.

The lads do a deep dive into this oft-overlooked metalcore album and explain why it deserves to be rediscovered. Plus, Tim makes an absolutely massive factual error about Corrosion Of Conformity, which we're all going to politely ignore. We shan't be telling Metal Hammer about that now, shall we?

You can check out Against The Grave on Instagram and listen to their music on Spotify.

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And of course, check out Declaration by Bleeding Through on Spotify.

Stay positive, stay metal.

We're travelling into space with the Mechanicus Cult on the latest episode of Didn't Go Platinum. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by the returning Fae Scott Dench (aka the Death Metal Mum) to discuss Labyrinth by Dissentient.

This hour-long slice of highly technical, futuristic death metal is barely mentioned outside some very small circles, but it's excellent. Dissentient are Canada's unsung heroes of future death and Labyrinth is a blast. Find out why.

You can find Fae on Instagram and discover more about her own podcast here.

Follow Didn't Go Platinum on Instagram and Threads at @dngplatinum or email us at dngplatinum@gmail.com

And of course, check out Labyrinth by Dissentient (not Dissentient by Labyrinth as Tim mistakenly calls it at one point) on Bandcamp.

It's another special episode! Hardcore expert Ellis Heasley returns to Didn't Go Platinum to discuss this year's Outbreak Festival with Tim and talk about which bands you can't afford to miss.

Over the course of an hour, they give shoutouts to bands like Converge, Dynamite, Fiddlehead, Ingrown, Harm's Way, Sanction, Gridiron, Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed, and many others. They also give a brief history of Outbreak, and get excited about vegan brownies.

You can learn more about Outbreak, discover the full line-up, and arrange your trip to the UK's premier hardcore festival at their official website. It takes place on the 26th - 28th June at the B.E.C. Arena in Manchester.

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