Style
Car Bomb's style is marked by a highly experimental and extremely aggressive approach to metal. The music and riffs follow a very discordant style; chords and scales are not of the conventional variety, and have an almost random playing feel (as demonstrated in 'Hypnotic Worm'). The band cite their style is influenced by Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, Autechre, Coalesce, The Locust, Naked City, Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Frank Zappa, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Vinnie Colaiuta, Allan Holdsworth, and anything Dave Witte has played on.
- Whether chopping a riff into pieces, reversing it, cutting it short, or messing with the tempo, Car Bomb’s unique style of progressive metal is the product of dissecting ideas and beating them to death. The result is equivalent to a jet engine propelling gravel into your skull. Car Bomb combines the polyrhythmic and mathematical madness of Meshuggah and Dillinger Escape Plan with the rage and energetic fury of Coalesce and Converge. Though their songs are musically challenging, Car Bomb refuses to dilute their ruthless execution. Their intent is to assault the listener in any and every way possible - compositionally, sonically, and lyrically.
Guitarist Greg Kubacki's playing style uses a lot of descending pick scrapes, artificial harmonics, and ascending Digitech Whammy pedal sweeps. These techniques are best demonstrated in 'Gum Under The Table'.
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