The Vanflip Podcast

After a ten-year hiatus, Arizona technical death metal group Job For A Cowboy announced their comeback along with a new album and the band's first appearance on stage in a decade playing last year's ill-fated Blue Ridge Rock Festival. The band is set to release Moon Healer, the follow-up to 2014's Sun Eater, on February 23rd through Metal Blade Records...

Oklahoma's Cell is fairly new to the hardcore/metalcore world, having started as a side project shortly after the Covid pandemic. Though it wasn't the member's main project at the time, with early success online and multiple tours with bigger acts over time Cell has come to the front...

Comeback Kid is a Canadian melodic hardcore band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, formed in 2001. In the beginning, Andrew Neufeld was one of the band's guitarist/backing vocalists and eventually, he would take over lead vocals when frontman Scott Wade exited the band in 2006. Neufeld's recording debut would be on the band's third studio album, Broadcasting... (2007). Guitarist Stu Ross joined CBK in 2012 when guitarist Casey Hjelmberg departed and debuted on the group's fifth LP, Die Knowing (2014)...

Daryl Palumbo is the lead vocalist for Glassjaw and Head Automatica. Glassjaw has been a post-hardcore force of nature for the last three decades, influencing nearly every band you probably listen to. Found in 1993 by Palumbo and long-time guitarist Justin Beck, the band signed to Roadrunner Records and released their debut LP, then made the unfortunate leap to a major label when they signed with Warner Bros for their sophomore release 'Worship & Tribute'...

Yegor Savonin is the founding mastermind and guitar/synth player of the Connecticut-based Melodic Black metal group Fires In The Distance. Signed to Prosthetic Records, the band released their sophomore album, Air Not Meant For Us, in April and it has gained some critical acclaim, having popped up on multiple AOTY lists from many outlets, including my list.

At this point, if you aren't familiar with Kirk Windstein from one of his many bands from the last 40 years, then you must live under a rock. The New Orleans-based guitarist is responsible for writing some of the most memorable riffs that have influenced generations of guitar players...

Alex Vakartzas is probably most known for his time spent in one of the most notable early 2000s metalcore / "mallcore scene kid" bands, Atreyu. Alex spent over 20 years in that group, releasing classics such as their debut LP "Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses" in 2002 and (in our opinion) most notably "The Curse" which followed their debut...

Formed in 2013 near Antwerp, Carnation, the Belgian death metal quartet, has amassed a formidable discography comprising multiple full-lengths, two EPs, splits, and live albums. Their recent release, 'Cursed Mortality,' the third LP, is out via Season Of Mist. Led by vocalist Simon Duson, the band signed with Season Of Mist in 2018. While yet to perform in North America, the release of 'Cursed Mortality' signals Carnation's ambition to make North American appearances a regular occurrence.

Boston hardcore mainstay Colin Campbell of Colin Of Arabia joins us on this week's episode of The Vanflip. Colin rarely ever does press, but having dropped a new C.O.A. release for the first time in over a decade, the man graced us with his presence and words...

Garrett Russell is the frontman for the Azusa, California metalcore band Silent Planet. Since being formed in 2009, the group has traveled the world performing their brand of heavy and progressive metalcore releasing five studio albums, the latest being Superbloom recently released via Solid State Records on November 3rd. On this podcast, we dive into how aliens, of all things, influenced the latest record.