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Shred Sessions Podcast

Shred Sessions is a Nashville based Heavy Metal Podcast hosted by guitarist Drew Creal. The show focuses on band and musicians that are part of the Nashville Metal and Hardcore Scene.

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01:06:09

STILL HERE | Nashville Hardcore | Full Band Podcast

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2025/09/22

Still Here is a Nashville based hardcore band consisting of vocalist Nic Fox, bassist Joseph Barnum, drummer Greg Dowling and guitarists Jake Hawkins and Lane Senter. Together the group brings a new metallic flavor of hardcore. Their new EP entitled "Scars Like Chains" is available for streaming everywhere. Catch the band live on October 4th, 2025 opening up for Terror at The End in Nashville, TN.

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01:20:57

FELIX MARTIN | Progressive Rock Guitar Innovator |...

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2025/09/15

Felix Martin is a Venezuelan born progressive rock and metal guitarist who plays double neck 16 string guitars using a unique pianistic 8 finger tapping technique. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music in the early 2010s, Felix has been releasing full length records and touring the world playing his unique style of hyper rhythmic and beautifully melodic, Latin infused guitar music. During the pandemic, Felix started his own guitar company called FM Guitars, bringing the world of double neck

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01:39:37

ICONOCLAST FANZINE | Nashville Hardcore | Heartattack...

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2025/09/08

Sean Doherty and Will Sheppard are the purveyors of all things punk and hardcore in Nashville, TN. The two started their own fanzine called "Iconoclast" to help spread the word about bands, shows and the overall ethos of the southeast hardcore scene in middle Tennessee and beyond. Join us for our conversation about how the ZINE started, what's in it and who the key bands and players are in Nashville hardcore.Be ready when Issue #5

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01:26:15

KILIAN DUARTE | Abiotic | Scale the Summit | Fallujah...

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2025/09/03

Kilian Duarte is nothing short of a modern day bass guitar god. His humble spirit and massive chops have brought him into the fold of technical death metallers Abiotic and Fallujah as well as proggier projects like Scale the Summit and Felix Martin. Kilian continues to push the boundaries of what's possible on the bass guitar in various musical contexts and he's helping others achieve similar heights with his teaching. This is our conversation with Kilian Duarte, I hope you find this enlightening

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01:20:27

BRITESIDE | Vocalist/Promoter Claire Gardner | FULL...

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2025/08/25

Claire Gardner is the vocalist of Huntsville Alabama hardcore band Briteside. She grew up in the Nashville hardcore scene and moved around the south east, always finding her way into the heavy music scenes. In this episode Claire tells us her story, what she has learned being a licensed therapist and the role she plays in the Alabama hardcore scene in Huntsville.

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01:47:09

MARBIN | Fusion Guitarist Dani Rabin | FULL PODCAST

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2025/08/18

Dani Rabin is the guitarist and band leader of jazz fusion band Marbin. Marbin was formed in 2007 after Dani graduated from Berklee college of music. The band later settled in Chicago, where the band currently resides. Marbin has been touring and releasing full-length albums regularly since 2009 and has opened for jazz-fusion greats, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth and Wayne Krantz. Join us for this hilarious interview with Dani, one of the most funny and provocative guitarists in the improvised

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01:13:55

CHANGELING | Tom Fountainhead | Full Podcast

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2025/08/08

Tom "Fountainhead" Geldschlager is the chief composer and mastermind behind CHANGELING, a technical and progressive death metal band consisting of Morean on Vocals (Alkaloid, Dark Fortress), Arran McSporran on Bass (Vipassi, Virvum) and Mike Heller on Drums (Fear Factory, Raven and Malignancy.) The new self-titled record is one of the most ambitious, dense, beautiful and powerful metal records that I've ever heard featuring fretless guitar and bass, orchestral elements, choir, world instruments and

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02:10:02

Wes Breedwell | ALCINA | NASHVILLE HARDCORE | Full...

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2025/08/01

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

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02:10:25

K the Screamer | Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Chasing...

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2025/07/25

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

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01:27:11

Ray Suhy | SIX FEET UNDER | WAKING THE CADAVER |...

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2025/07/19

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

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01:45:32

CLOCKWISE | Chattanooga Deathcore | Full Podcast

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2025/07/04

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:

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01:19:52

THE HUMAN CONDITION | Koty Bluhm | Full Podcast

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2025/06/27

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.

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01:23:48

ABATED MASS OF FLESH | Slamming Brutal Death Metal |...

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2025/06/20

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

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01:29:23

GRANT ROBINSON | Extreme Metal Bassist | Full Podcast

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2025/06/06

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

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01:28:04

Dissonation | Progressive Deathcore | Full Podcast

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2025/06/04

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.

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01:35:28

FUZZRIPPER | Old School Heavy Metal | Full Interview

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2025/05/30

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

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01:41:07

HARD RESET | Norman Ragan and Seger Rauls | Phoenix...

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2025/05/20

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

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01:54:14

WASTE | Minnesota Heavy Deathcore | FULL INTERVIEW

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2025/05/17

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.

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01:55:27

LOOK WHAT I DID | Vocalist Barry Donegan

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2025/05/02

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 Ring. The band is currently in the studio working on another full length record. Barry hung out with us

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01:57:07

NASHVILLE Gigging Guitarist Shares Broadway Secrets...

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2025/03/19

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 us for our conversation and learn what it's like first hand to be a part of the Nashville gigging

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