Wes Breedwell is the vocalist of legendary Nashville metalcore band, Alcina. Wes was also a key member of the Nashville hardcore scene for many years starting in 2006 when he started booking hardcore and metal shows at his friends houses in Mt. Juliet, TN. Wes was also instrumental in putting on local shows at Cafe Express, 615 Records, Cafe Coco and Rocketown for many years. Wes was a partner with booking agencies Music City Booking and AM/PM Booking where they put on some of the best shows in the scene. In this episode Wes talks about how he initially got involved in the Nashville Hardcore scene, how he booked shows and how he was eventually let go from his employer in 2013 for wearing a Hostage Calm T Shirt that said: "I Support Same Sex Marriage" to work. If you're a card carrying member of the Nashville Hardcore scene, you're going to love this episode.

K Enagonio aka "K the Screamer" is the vocalist for melodic metalcore band Chasing Satellites. K has also recently joined The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus as their harsh vocalist! In addition to making music and playing shows with these bands, K is a talented videographer and handles rocket launch photography and video for Interstellar Gateway. K also loves exploring and photographing abandoned buildings and spaces with No Tracers Urban Exploring. K sat down with me for a couple hours and we discussed their background growing up in the middle east, living in Australia, photographing the most insane live shows in metal ever, and joining The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus as a vocalist.

Ray Suhy is the lead guitarist and touring guitarist for Six Feet Under. Ray also currently tours with New Jersey Death Metal band Waking the Cadaver. Ray is an extremely accomplished guitarist who not only plays extreme death metal, but also jazz and fusion styles in the groups The Lewis Porter Quartet and Gematria, which is an experimental prog rock band with Steve Honoshowsky. In this interview, we talk about touring, growing up in Biddeford, Maine, studying jazz with Charlie Banacos and many more aspects of being a modern guitarist.

Clockwise is a deathcore band from Chattanooga Tennesse. They've been ripping shows all over region in support of their new EP entitled "Gloom" which came out in early 2025. In this episode I talk with guitarist Chandler Callahan and vocalist Casey Needler. We cover topics ranging from The Dragon's Roast, Cloud Springs Deli, ESP guitars, Quad Cortex, extreme metal vocals, mixed genre shows and many more topics that deal with being in a metal band in 2025.

Listen to Clockwise: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2OGMAxg5AUjJhz25ezPuh8?si=KYF2tva-QcCyA_TdWqOjiA

YouTube: ⁨@clockwisebandtn⁩ 

Instagram: @clockwiseband

Koty Bluhm is the guitarist for Nashville based deathcore band The Human Condition. Koty is also one half of Shuttle City Booking, a new heavy music show promotion company that harkens back to the Rocketown days and hopes to facilitate heavy music concerts where young folks can be safe and have a great time seeing the music that they love. In this interview, Koty and I touched on the good times at Rocketown and also speculate about why metal concerts don't happen there anymore.

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 supporting their new record "Rebirthing the Vile" which came out in March of 2025. The record is a crushing and powerful sludge metal experience with pinging snare drum sounds, guttural vocals and memorable riffs that are sure to make you bang your head or mosh with reckless abandon. In this full band interview, we cover a range of topics from Christian Metal, unique DIY recording techniques and the changing tides in the metal scene towards SLAM!

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 of the band and the inspiration behind the songs on Poltergeist, the Clarksville music scene and the future plans for the band.

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 this episode you'll learn how these two creative musicians have been able to delve into music full time and have a career that not only bolsters the local Nashville metal scene but also generates revenue to support a lifestyle.