Shred Sessions Podcast

Abated Mass of Flesh is a brutal slam metal band from Unionville Tennessee. The band began as a Christian Metal solo project by founded guitarist Zack Plunkett and eventually evolved into the non-religious slam metal band fronted by brother and vocalist Matthew Plunkett, Topher Stanfield (drums) and Grant Alan (bass). The band has been playing a string of live shows all around Middle Tennessee sup...

Grant Robinson is a Nashville born extreme metal bass player. He recently got off the "Level Up Tour" where he filled in on bass for Psycho Frame. Angelmaker, Humanity's Last Breath and Gloom in the Corner were also on the month-long tour. Grant has played bass for bands such as Crown Magnetar, Widowmaker and Chariot the Moon. Follow Grant on Instagram: @grantmrobinson

Dissonation is a progressive deathcore band from Nashville, TN. They released a new song called "Ignite Hell" on June 3rd, 2025. Vocalist Taylor Pace and drummer James Hunt discuss the development of the band, the process of writing and recording the new song, scaling up as a band and their future plans for the band over the coming months.

Fuzzripper is a horror infused heavy metal band from Clarksville, TN consisting of Dusty Mahan on guitar and vocals, Tommy Scott on Guitar, Dom Miller on Bass and Joshua Porche on Drums. The band released their brand new full length record "Poltergeist" in April of 2025 and released two singles, "Poltergeist" and "These City Nights." Join us as we discuss the history...

On this episode of Shred Sessions I interview two of Nashville's busiest members of the hardcore/metal scene. Norman Regan is the vocalist and main songwriter of Hard Reset, and Seger Rauls is the drummer. These two "djents" run the very impressive Phoenix Studios, where they work with a long list of clients from metal bands, pop artists and even a range of different podcasts. In thi...

Waste is a deathcore band from the Twin Cities, Minnesota. They have a unique style of heavy, tough guy beat-down deathcore and during the time of this interview, they were in Nashville recording a new EP. In this episode we discuss the history of the band, the MN heavy music scene, growing up in Canada, politics and what's coming up next for the band.

Barry Donegan is the vocalist for genre bending progressive metal funk band LOOK WHAT I DID. The band released their breakout full length record "Minuteman For the Moment" in 2005 and continued to release records throughout the 2010s. The band went on to play on the Warped Tour in 2005 and 2006 as well as tour with Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Human Abstract, Animosity, Ion Dissonance and Tub...

Andy Jones is a full time gigging guitarist who plays with Monte and The Monsters on Broadway in Nashville. Andy hails from Ocala Florida where he honed his chops and played in various local bands in the area. Andy is an incredible shred style guitar player who grew up listening to Dream Theather, Steve Vai, Satriani, Malmsteen, MacAlpine, Shawn Lane, Holdsworth and all the great shredders. Join u...

Sunmancer is a metalcore band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band has only been active for a year but has two EPs to date as well as brand new songs, "Doom Temple" and "Chasm Darkly." The band is releasing a new single on 11/1/2024 called "Lower Cavalier."Join us for this exciting conversation around how the band was formed, how they write their music and all of the fun d...

Christian Colabelli is a progressive metal guitarist from Long Branch, New Jersey. Christian has played guitar all over the world with various artists, wedding bands, on cruise ships and with his progressive metal band called Circuitry. Christian also worked for Eventide as a product manager and content creator. Christian recently moved to Nashville to be closer to where all the music is happening...

Brandon Adams is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and mixing engineer living in Nashville Tennessee. Brandon is the lead vocalist and guitarist of progressive alt rock band Proteus. Brandon also collaborates with Paul Mayo on a “no genre restrictions” project called Spice Garden. Brandon has mixed dozens of records and EPs ranging from Pop, Country and Metal. Join us for this interesting and insi...

Sammy Slamdance is a heavy metal content creator with thousands of followers across instagram, TikTok and YouTube. He is the former vocalist of Nashville metal acts like Adelaide and Infiri and he is currently the vocalist and main songwriter for Nashville deathcore act Abyss Walker. Joining him is his longtime bandmate, Adam Conran, who plays guitar in Abyss Walker. Adam also plays guitar in Diss...

Yugen is a 4 piece progressive metalcore band from Nashville Tennessee consisting of vocalist Shane Runnels, guitarist Jake Morton, bassist David Naglak and drummer Branndon Center. Join the band as they discuss their previous EP "Blood, Fire and Sand" and their upcoming release, a song called "Stay," out everywhere on September 20th, 2024.

Zan Greene and Brannon Crumpton are the guitar player and drummer (respectively) for the Nashville Death Metal band Moru. Join us as we discuss the making of the new full length album "The Gods We Thought We Were" and several entertaining memories.

In this episode of the podcast, I interview my own bandmates. Hang out with us as we discuss how we met and how we formed the band.

In this episode of the metal podcast, I talk with Cane, Perry and Marcus from Autumn Lies Buried. Learn how they developed their unique sound and their future plans for the band.

Jack Anderson is the drummer for Tennessee's funeral grind masters Knoll, death metallers Torsion and extreme punk maestros Toxic Culture. Join us as we discuss what it's like playing extreme drums in 3 bands and touring the US and Europe.

Nick Cross and Thomas V. Rodriguez are the vocalist and drummer (respectively) of Divisive, a rising star in the deathcore and metal scene, hailing from middle Tennessee. Divisive just wrapped up a tour with Waste (Twin Cities Deathcore) and Exitwounds (Midwest Metalcore) and were eager to talk about touring in the US and their favorite vintage anime TV shows.

Adam Easterling is the vocalist of Nashville based metalcore band ORTHODOX. Adam is recently off a full US tour with Boundaries, Kaonashi and No Cure. Join us as we learn how Adam got involved in the hardcore scene in Nashville and the growth of his band ORTHODOX over the past several years.

Taylor Pace is the vocalist and songwriter for Nashville Progressive Deathcore outfit Dissonation. Join us for this hour-plus long discussion on a variety of topics that are sure to peak your interest.