The cold steel framework of a dimly lit storage unit in Nashville reverberates day and night with an industrial symphony. Harmonizing in the darkness, they are the heavy metal collective machine called AvA.

“You have to be a little nuts to play this music,” said drummer Steve Hines, who contributes to AvA’s musical cocktail.

The band released a five-song EP titled Suckerpunch in March and plan to follow that with an aggressive touring campaign through the Southeast.

AvA’s chaotic sound is making waves in the Nashville hard rock scene.

“That stage is ours and no one is taking it away from us,” says guitarist Mike Sanders.

Their “explosive” live performances showcase a masterful blending of chugging guitar riffs, melodic choruses, and uptempo ska elements.

“We are one kindred spirit,” says Hines. He credits the band’s unique style to its members’ eclectic background.

The powerhouse percussionist attended the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles, where he became affluent in a variety of genres. Hines has a degree in music, injected with 40 ccs of Pantera skinsman Vinnie Paul. He’s been labeled a classically-trained cowboy from hell.

Bassist Jason Bolles utilizes his beginnings as a jazz musician playing upright bass to serve up a sticky smorgasbord of low-end licks.

Inspired by the hardcore movement and hard-rock music of the early 2000s, dueling guitarists Mike Sanders and Daniel Kassel deliver face-melting solos with a side of gut-wrenching chord progressions.

Sanders draws from his deep Southern roots as well.

“I’ve got a little blues in me,” he says.

The ringleader of this liquid metal circus is vocalist Rob Sampsell. This headbanging missionary left his Pennsylvania homeland in a Nissan Xterra to preach the ’90s rock gospel.

These unlikely comrades have joined forces in the belly of the heavy metal factory known as AvA.

Check out the band for yourself on Saturday, May 9, as they perform with Killing Grace and Angel’s Revenge at Main Street Music.