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 this album and discuss their favourite tracks, while taking numerous detours into Viking mythology. Also, Tim's son makes an unexpected cameo which could probably have been edited out but wasn't.

Tim Bolitho-Jones has a chat with Distorted Sound's resident metalcore scholar Chris Earl about a forgotten gem; The Opposite From Within by Caliban.

Originally released in 2004, this album did reasonably well at the time, but since then has rarely been mentioned by the wider metal world. Caliban have had an incredible career in mainland Europe, but the English-speaking metal community tends to ignore them in favour of bands like Killswitch Engage. We'll examine the reasons why, discuss why this record deserves a re-appraisal and what legacy it left.

Plus, there's a brief discussion on the worst metal cover songs and Tim forgets who The Doors are.

Tim Bolitho-Jones sits down with God's Favourite Metalhead and Distorted Sound's own Elliott Leaver to discuss an oft-overlooked gem; Dance Of Death by Iron Maiden.

Usually ignored in favour of classics like Number Of The Beast, Powerslave and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, Dance Of Death is nonetheless an incredible album by one of the most famous metal bands in the world. Why? Here's why.

Also, Elliott has a few things to say about Bruce Dickinson's monkey dance.

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Didn't Go Platinum is the new podcast from Distorted Sound magazine. We take a deep dive into the world of heavy music to discuss albums that we think are unfairly overlooked.

In this pilot episode, host Tim Bolitho-Jones sits down with journalist Will Marshall to discuss Five Serpents' Teeth, the third album by Yorkshire thrash veterans Evile. They look at (almost) every track, discuss the history of the band, and ask the all-important question: is this an overlooked classic, or is it just a really good thrash album that deserves a revisit?

This episode was recorded in Autumn 2023 but was delayed, so some of the conversation towards the beginning is slightly out of date.