It's the height of summer, so what better time than to talk about the most optimistic sludge-doom-prog band ever? Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by the returning Tom Lewis to discuss Melted On The Inch by Boss Keloid.

Boss Keloid are one of the more offbeat bands to emerge from the UK's prog scene and their fourth album is forty minutes of eclectic, riff-heavy bliss. The lads talk about their personal histories with the band, delve into the song topics, and ask whether it was overshadowed by it's more successful follow-up?

Melted On The Inch is an underrated prog metal gem, join us!

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Didn't Go Platinum takes a trip to Birmingham, a city with a rich heavy metal history, and discovers one of the unsung heroes of sludge metal. Slab were three local lads who delivered an unholy amalgamation of big riffs, gnarly vocals and intense drumming, but who seem to have been largely ignored outside of their immediate scene. Their Megafaunal Genocide album is a dark and uncompromising listen, but it doesn't deserve to be lost to history.

Joining regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones for this voyage through the Midlands is Eradikator guitarist Andy MacNevin, and the duo discuss Slab's role in their local scene, their place in the wider metal landscape, and asks the big question; is it better to treat a band as a hobby than as a career?

Andy also explains that playing solo acoustic guitar while a bride walks down the aisle is the single most terrifying gig a musician can ever play.

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And listen to Megafaunal Genocide by Slab on Spotify

It's time for some post-hardcore on the Didn't Go Platinum podcast. Regular host Tim Bolitho-Jones is joined by Liam Knowles of Hidden Mothers to discuss Gris Klein, by enigmatic French lads Birds In Row.

Their third album is a ramshackle collection of emotive post-hardcore with a subtle black metal influence, and while Birds In Row are a long way from being household names, the people who like them really, really like them. And Gris Klein is an easily-overlooked gem.

The guys also have a short discussion about avantgarde silent cinema, discuss why some hardcore isn't suitable for the gym, and Tim forgets that New Noise isn't the opening track on that Refused album.

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Find Hidden Mothers on Instagram at @hiddenmothersuk and listen to them on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ngzSYix3OAL3ph7OjDXzn

You can also find Gris Klein by Birds In Row here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/19DOARmoP1fongIfEjg80g