Composer/Musician Reacts to Car Bomb - Secrets Within (REACTION!!!) 

Funnily enough, one of my favourite things about this band is that their songs never get old. (I do get what you mean about this specific track though, cause I felt the same when I first listened to them) I guess there's something about how they change it up every chance they get that makes them unpredictable, and even when I know what's coming next in one of their songs because I've heard them hundreds of times, it always feels new and refreshing. You mentioned picking the 'wrong' song, you kind of did, and kind of didn't. The biggest problem with Car Bomb when showing them to someone is that you have to show them all of their albums entirely to grasp what the band is about. There is no 'right' song to react to imo, and some of the ones that showcase the most they can do tend to be really short compared to others, and they make you feel like there's something missing from them, because they usually work best when the other tracks are around. Still, I think this might be the best song to start with (from personal experience), because it's what works as a hook. It gives you that "wait these guys can do a lot more then" feeling and makes you want to check the rest of the album, then you go check w^ or Centralia or even Mordial, and you get an almost different band from each. I personally suggest you listen to Gratitude, Cenotaph and maybe Infinite Sun from this album. I had a similar reaction to Secrets Within as my first song; even if I love it, every time I get to the 3 minute mark I'm usually kind of bored of it being the same, but these other songs have none of that. From other albums, maybe "This Will do The Job" from w^ would also be a great song to listen to, or "Naked Fuse" from Mordial. That said, I'm really happy to see the reaction! Thanks for the special gift and I definitely don't feel disappointed by your thoughts, I actually was kinda scared you'd feel this way but as you said, we might be able to find some other songs you like. Car Bomb gang wishes you a merry Christmas!

I didn't really expect you to like Car Bomb honestly, there is very little melody to them. On the flip side they definitely have some of the most gnarly complex rythmic sections I've ever heard. I don't think they were recommended because people thought you would enjoy them, but because it's fun for us Car Bomb fans watch music people listen to them for the first time and get perplexed. This is a very "simple" song by their standards. I'd say Gratitude if you want a song you might enjoy. I think The Seconds might be their most impressive but that's hard to pick just one. Cheers mate and keep up the good work.

This is one of Car Bomb's most melodic songs lol. They're usually just straight up heavy and all over the place, similar to The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. A lot of the praise they get comes from their ability to take heaviness to the next level, just like how Meshuggah and Gojira are known for being uniquely heavy. The only other song by them I think you'd enjoy is Gratitude, but there are also songs like Dissect Yourself and The Sentinel that you probably wouldn't enjoy... but it would be interesting reaction channel content haha.

Oh and here's a fun fact I just remembered, this album was co-produced by Joe Duplantier from Gojira, and the one after was co-produced by Nolly (bass & mixing for Periphery). Misha Mansoor of Periphery is also a big fan, that's probably how they got Nolly to produce their album

If you want to enjoy something from Car Bomb, it's probably Gratitude that you need to listen to. The rest of their work is much closer to Secrets Within than Gratitude though. They might not be for you, very rhythm centered, not much melody, but Gratitude is definitely their most melodic and accessible track.

They're definitely a jarring experience. If I were to recommend anything else from them, I'd suggest checking out a live drum-cam of Elliot Hoffman. It's a sight to see.

Their drummer to me is a MOST AMAZING drummer if there ever lived one. He is probably like 95 percent of why this band is phenomenal.

Lower the blade and Spirit of Poison are masterpieces, so is every Car Bomb song. But those two are out of this world. Merry Christmas to all :D

Merry Christmas! You chose an amazing Car Bomb track to react to. They are one of my favorite bands! ❤️👍🏽🙌🏽💀

Oh boy people are going to be so psyched for this.

Drummer carries this song imo, with 4:19 being the only reason I kept coming back. Guess I'll be the only one to suggest Xoxoy lmao

I'm so glad you checked them out! This isn't necessarily outside of their typical sound but its missing a few sides of the band. I believe you would enjoy Gratitude off this album much more. Honestly though, I think the band over all will be more interesting than pleasurable for you.

Good review man! They are not a melodic band, by any standpoint and take a long time to get into. The reward from their music is unlocking the puzzle of each song and each riff. You seem to check out a lot of new rhythmic bands like Periphery, Tesseract, Car Bomb and the like. You might actually really enjoy Meshuggah. These guys spawned a lot of the stuff you have been checking out. Heavy groove, improvised guitar solos, great compositional work. I would advise the song Straws Pulled At Random as a good starter. Then song number 2 is Dancers To A Discordant System.

this is one of my favorite songs ever written, period

Yours is the best music reaction channel on the internet hands down. Every time I want to discover something new, or re-discover the intricacies of a song I already love, I come here. Thank you.

Try Gratitude or Vague Skies. One of the reasons this band are as well liked as they are is that they can bring a whole bunch of unusual melodic influences into a very heavy and rhythmic sound.

The way they played around with the rhythm right at the end gave me fucking chills dude. So glad I learned about them just now. Thanks!

It works in the album. One of the weaker tracks, it just has a BD at the end with a cool noise so it got recommended a lot. Listen to Gratitude or Oppressor. Wish there was a better way for you to find first time listens. Those 2 are so solid. Gratitude is the best track on meta imo but Oppressor has some need to hear candy in it. Don't count out black blood and infinite sun either in your personal listens. MC!

YES CARBOMB!

You should react to their song "Gratitude", it's a lot more melodical and dynamical than this one.

yes! and the christmas tradition of listening to some car bomb! I think a band like Textures might be a good choice for you - they have more of the jazzy and melodic elements you are into (with the prog metal).

Gotta listen to Black Blood, Gratitude, or Infinite Sun. I think those are the best on the album, if I had to choose. Honestly the whole album is great but this song is my least favorite on there. This one is the most "boring" in my opinion with the least going on compositionally; it's just kind of showing off the drummer's mastery of metric modulation. The other songs on the album are a little more melodic and structured.

In an earlier video you had mentioned that you were looking for an early Tool song with goid vocals and interesting sound. Tool- Eulogy fits the bill perfectly. It's from the 90s, has great vocals, and is more experimental in terms of the instruments. It has it all. He also has a band called Puscifer, the only song that sounds reminiscent of Tool/APC is "Remedy". All of the other songs are very different from his other bands.

Merry Chrysler! You should do the renegade son by regarde les hommes tomber

This is one of those bands I've heard a lot from without fully going through their discog yet. I always find myself impressed with their technique, but also feeling like it's just a solid take on the style pioneered by Meshuggah and developed by bands like Gojira and wishing there was a bit more innovation. I do think an important trait they share with Meshuggah and Gojira is that no matter how techy and complex they get, they almost always manage to find the groove, or have parts that repeat just enough to be memorable while stiff having plenty of changes to keep things interesting... hmmm, maybe I'm talking myself into liking these guys more than I think I do! Given your preference for melodic music I'm surprised they were so strongly recommended, though. I mean, there's some extreme bands I adore but I'm pretty sure you'd hate because they are very a-melodic so I haven't been insistent about recommending them.

King gizzard and the lizard wizard- rattlesnake A band that writes a new album every 12 months and they very wildly.

Let's gooooo! I've been waiting for this! Thanks for the great gift homie!

Ulcerate-Drawn into the Next void !!!!!!please check It maybe the song of the year

funny how you're reacting to this today. I've had this album on repeat like this entire week.

Merry Christmas!! 🎄

I´ve never heard this band before, and I can see why people like them. For me personaly, I don´t think it´s something I´d listen to much if the other songs are anything like this one. I usually prefer either more melodic music, or more "brutal" music :) And I will continue suggesting Nevermore - This Godless Endeaver whenever I remember it :D

Check out The Oppressor. As someone that got into Car Bomb from the djentier side (Periphery, etc) that was the first track I really gravitated toward. Also Mordial as an album is more melodic than their past stuff, but Centralia (their first album) hits more of those jazz elements, IMO. And give a listen to some of the Neck and Spooge stuff (the bands that came before Car Bomb). Neck especially has some softer songs. Incidentally, they're the ones written by the vocalist, Mike.

Hey, I've been waiting for this video for forever, and while I think you picked a GOOD song, from a composer's perspective, I would imagine a more melodic track by them would be better. I would either recommend any of these 3 XOXOY Gratitude Garrucha But this is a pretty good assessment of this song tbh, it's very much a group of variations on the same idea.

hey Bryan i have a different request this time, can you react to (what i believe is) a newer band (or newly popular.) Fuming Mouth and song Master of Extremity ? thanks if ya consider!

Gratitude for sure. Black blood is maybe the most badass song haha.

No one fucks with time and pitch like Car Bomb. Saw them open for Meshuggah without knowing them before, absolute blast.

Brian! Another crazy masterpiece of prog metal to recommend. The Reticent - The Oubliette. Any song would do but "Stage 1: His Name is Henry" is my choice to go!

That song was almost as dirty as your room :)

MERRY X-MAS FROM NEW ENGLAND...I HEAR A LOT OF SEPULTERA..AND THAT MELODY LINE LEADING INTO THE MIDDLE SECTION BRINGS TO MIND THE MELODIES ALICE IN CHAINS OFTEN DID...GOOD MUSICIANSHIP BUT YEAH THE SING JUST DIDNT COME TOGETHER...HOW ABOUT SOME MORE SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM..? HAVE A SAFE AND SANE NEW YRS...PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST..

The guitarist using a pitch shifter pedal to lower some parts for expression purposes to bend chords down in certain parts. If you listen to more of there stuff you will more melodic expressions he uses this in. His accuracy with it live is so terrifyingly good. If you want melodic stuff Graititude is a good one. This band focuses a lot of their rhythmic stuff then they will surprise you with some unusual melodies in tracks and it throws you off. This band really is best to listen to as full albums though.

If there's any doubt about where Elliot (the drummer) has taken the feel or backbeat, just assume he modulated the whole thing to some sort of triplet lol he does that a lot

I haven't even started the video much yet, but it's ironic you're reacting to Car Bomb when an explosion from an RV rocked Nashville this morning...

very cool, i listened one their album long time ago but never really dig into this band, i guess it's time to do this now :)

Awesome video, also hello Steven :)

Dude... The drummer is a fucking machine... Hands down...

I do like this band always love bands that have this sound but I definitely hear textures in those riffs and meshuggah also, but your gunna hear meshuggah in most djent soon as they were the pioneers. In fact would love you to react to stream of consciousness by textures and you will see what I mean.

yay special Christmas edition !!

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A little unfortunate to have chosen today to do Car Bomb, given what's happened in Nashville lmao

Gratitude!

I saw them live as a support act for Animals as Leaders and while it was really impressive seeing the technicality and their precision in timing, i didn't really enjoy their music... The other support act that evening was Unprocessed, who played before them and i enjoyed them much more and i would like you to revisit them with the song Abandoned. Since you've only seen Real, which was heavily influenced by Polyphia, you haven't really seen their original style :)

Have you seen either of the new music videos that Spiritbox and Jinjer recently released?

I skimmed through your channel and didn't see anything by Alkaloid. Dyson Sphere, Rise of the Cephalopods are good choices. They use a lot of clean vocals, and their sound overall is not very harsh compared to a lot of bands that have gotten videos on this channel.

They aren't generally more melodic than this. There are a couple of more melodic songs in their newest album Mordial. EDIT: Actually just go with Antipatterns, it's hands down the most melodic.

I didn't think you'd be a huge fan of this song, as it's one of my least favorites as a whole off "Meta", though it's a fine track and for the most part I like it. I think the songs Gratitude and From The Dust Of This Planet off this album would give you a better idea of what the fuss is all about. Glad you got round to them anyway. Cheers

This.. is.. carbomb dude lol. gg. Look, scene kids and metal heads out number specifically proggers. SO yeah it makes sense this is so highly requested volume wise. I never would have said this is for you, I'd lean that award to Bent Knee.

It's about time you listened to this band. Check out their latest album Mordial as well. It is brilliant. Side note: I don't know why this was the most requested song for them. It's a terrible song to use to introduce someone to the band.

Album react of The Dear Hunter Pretty Please

Gotta do Vektor- recharging the void now. Close out the year with a bang. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C71_QwZt69A.html

I think a song more suitable for you would definitely be "gratitude" From that same album.

Finally

bruh u looked like a vampire in the beginning 🤣🤣🤣

Bruh, please reaction Isyana Sarasvati - UNLOCK THE KEY. She's indonesian soprano and composer. I hope u hear UNLOCK THE KEY. Thank you

Well that turned out to be quite prescient. 😬 Besides that, it's a pretty good dance tune. 😁

Blotted Science

ah yes, car bomb, the most festive of bands

Do scattered sprites!!!

Can you react to Crystallised by Haken?

Car Bomb always makes me seasick. All that tempo changes is like a rocking boat or whatever. But that's a very unique band

This band is weird, but i love it, i had listen to many songs and it's something special

I see people trying to give you more digestible recommendations from this band but you literally talk at the end about how kinda meh it was. Their more digestible tracks are just as meh if you guys want him to see what Carbomb is and enjoy it throw him in the deep end with stuff from w^w^^w^w like Spirit of Poison.

Fuck me you are fun to listen to

Weird way to promote myself, but if you like acoustic guitar, you may enjoy my channel. Check it out and thanks for the consideration! Have a great day

Nah , thats pretty bad I think :( breakdown breakdown and breakdown, not my cup of tea.