iwrestledabearonce are an American band from Shreveport, Louisiana that utilizes a variety of genres and musical influences. They are generally categorized as metalcore, experimental metal, avant-garde metal and mathcore; the band's music is considered as diverse, due to their use of frequent genre changes within songs, varying between jazz, progressive metal, electro, synthpop, and grindcore. The band attempts to evade categorization so significantly that they focus on blending as many genres as possible.