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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It's a special episode of the Didn't Go Platinum podcast, as Tim is joined by Dr Hell and Count Gravedigga of Evil Scarecrow for a trip to the cinema! We're revisiting the soundtrack to Last Action Hero, the cult classic Arnold Schwarzenegger movie from 1993.

With a host of artists on the track list, including AC/DC, Cypress Hill, Queensryche, Alice In Chains, and Anthrax (kinda), this soundtrack is a snapshot of nineties alt-music. Hard rock, rap, and thrash metal sit side-by-side as Arnie delivers one-liners, bad guys get gunned down, and Charles Dance portrays a character so evil, he'd make Tywin Lannister wince.

And along the way, we discover the origin of the word 'wanker.'

There are a few tangents in this episode.

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Big thank you to Jimi from Bangers and Mosh for making the thumbnail for this episode at short notice.

Listen to metal.

Didn't Go Platinum visits the worst neighbourhoods in Detroit, as we explore Cold As Life's excellent second album, a forgotten gem of nineties hardcore. Cold As Life might be the most dangerous band to ever emerge from the American underground, whose songs of brutal slice violence and urban paranoia mask a tragic, heartbreaking career.

Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Loudstakk mainman Ron D. Rock, and the two discuss their favourite tracks, the band's history, and the mythology of the nineties hardcore scene. And given that this is a Detroit-heavy episode, Chicago gets a minor kicking.

You can explore Loudstakk and their premium MIDI grooves for metalheads by visiting their website, or checking out their Instagram page.

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Tim also just started a Substack which you can find here.

And of course, check out Declination of Independence on Spotify here.