S3, E7: Declination of Independence by Cold As Life

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.

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