The Vanflip Podcast

Of Mice & Men (OM&M) is a metalcore/rock band from Costa Mesa, California. Founded in 2009 the band has seen insane success with chart-topping album releases and touring with some of rock's biggest drawing bands. Aaron Pauley is the band's bass player who handled clean vocal duties until the second departure of their lead vocalist, Austin Carlile, in late 2016. Since then Aaron has moved toward handling the band's clean and unclean vocals...

Furnace Fest originally ran in the early 2000s as a collection of punk, hardcore, metal, metalcore, and emo-type bands at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL. If you have seen one of the festival's DVDs, then you know exactly what Furnace Fest is. If you don't we strongly suggest you look it up. Chad Johnson was a driving force in putting on such an event...

We link up with Matty Mullins of the metalcore band Memphis May Fire for a second time on the podcast. Matty was first appeared on Ep #005 in April 2019, making Matty our first official repeat guest! MMF recently released two brand new singles off their upcoming album, which could be released at any time. You can check out "Blood & Water" and "Bleed Me Dry" out on any music streaming platform or you can catch MMF opening up for Breaking Benjamin and Papa Roach starting September 11th.

Carnifex is an American deathcore band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Nuclear Blast Records, and just released their 8th full-length studio album, "Graveside Confessions". You can find Carnifex currently on tour with The Black Dahlia Murder and on their headlining tour in October.

Aborted is a Belgian death metal/grindcore band formed in 1995. The group recently released their 11th studio album, "Mainacult", on September 10th through Nuclear Blast.

The Fest is an annual music festival in Gainesville, Florida, organized by Tony Weinbender, formerly of No Idea Records. It is a predominantly punk rock and pop-punk festival, though there are also a good number of indie rock, hardcore punk, metal, and ska acts. The Fest first took place May 24 and 25, 2002, and has since attracted a large turnout throughout the years. Bands perform across a variety of venues (varying from small bars to large concert halls) in the downtown Gainesville area.

Signs Of The Swarm, formed in 2014, is a Pittsburgh-based Deathcore band. David Simonich replaced CJ McCreedy on vocals in 2018 while Bobby Crow (who is a longtime member) handles drums and bass, currently, though the band has a touring bassist and David play drums. The group recently dropped their 4th studio album, Absolvere, on Unique Leader records and are currently on tour with Ov Sulfur and Enterprise Earth. Video Version:  YouTube FOR MORE ON SIGNS OF THE SWARM IG: https://www.instagram...

For over 30 years the Cavalera name has been mentioned in Metal. Max started Sepultura with his younger brother, Igor, in 1984. Since then, Max has been one of the busiest people in the metal world. Outside of his time in Sepultura, Max has created or been a part of projects such as Nailbomb, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, and Killer Be Killed to name a few. He has been featured and collaborated with a very long laundry list of other musicians and heavy bands throughout his career.

Dallas Taylor is best known for his time in Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. However, he was also the original vocalist of Underoath and is credited on the band's first 3 releases. In 2003 Dallas would step away from Underoath, Dallas would find himself in MATSOD in 2004...

Frontierer is an unrelenting, uncompromising brand of sonic punishment fusing Metal, Mathcore, and electronics for fans of Full Of Hell, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Converge. Lead by Scottish primary guitarist Pedram Valiani and U.S.-based vocalist Chad Kapper, the unit debuted in 2016 and since has performed on several European tours and many European festivals. In 2021 the band released Oxidized, probably their best work yet.