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 podcast online on Spotify and Instagram.

You can follow Didn't Go Platinum on Instagram and Threads at @dngplatinum, email the show at dngplatinum@gmail.com, or visit Tim's Substack.

And be sure to check out Deliver Us by Darkest Hour on Spotify.

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 bands that we saw and enjoyed. From Fiddlehead to Alexisonfire to Trapped Under Ice to Static Dress, Hatebreed, Converge, Ingrown, Trash Talk, I Promise The World, and a bunch of others.

Join us for a stage-diving, crowd-killing, circle-pitting extravaganza. And if anyone did get video of Ellis doing a cartwheel, please send it in.

You can follow Didn't Go Platinum on Instagram and Threads at @dngplatinum or email the show at dngplatinum@gmail.com

Be sure to check out Outbreak Festival too, it's bloody great.

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 standout vocal performance from singer Nicole Lee.

Join us as we take a deep dive into this forgotten classic and explore why it was overlooked. Spoiler: because of the artwork. The dreadful, dreadful artwork.

You can follow Alicia online by visiting her Linktree and exploring her various musical projects.

You can also follow Didn't Go Platinum on Instagram and Threads at @dngplatinum, or email us at dngplatinum@gmail.com

And be sure to check out Act Of God on Spotify.