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Kris Peters interviews Greg Kubacki from Car Bomb about their music and the upcoming tour with Karnivool and TesseracT.

Interview by Kris Peters Let’s be honest for a second. When you hear that Karnivool is touring, your ears instantly prick up. They are the undisputed kings of Australian progressive rock, a band that makes complexity sound like second nature. But when the tour announcement dropped, the words Car Bomb and TesseracT were slapped on the bill alongside them, things suddenly took an even bigger turn for the better. This isn’t just a concert line-up; it’s an absolute musical assault on the senses. HEAVY has always loved music that challenges you—the kind of tracks that don’t just sit in the background but grab you by the throat and force you to pay attention. That is exactly what this tour is going to do. If Karnivool is the masterclass in sonic atmosphere, deep groove, and sweeping, emotional melodies, then Car Bomb is the chaotic entity sent to tear the room to pieces before the headliners even touch the stage. For the uninitiated, Car Bomb doesn’t just play metal; they weaponise time signatures. Their style is a dizzying, frantic, and claustrophobic mathcore that feels like a glitching supercomputer trying to punch its way out of your speakers. Pairing their jagged, laser-guided…

People in this episode

Host: Kris Peters

Guest: Greg Kubacki

Topics covered

• music
• interview
• progressive rock
• mathcore
• concert tour

Keywords

• Car Bomb
• Karnivool
• TesseracT
• mathcore
• progressive rock
• music interview
• concert tour

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Car Bomb, Karnivool, TesseracT

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