Have you watched Hypa Hypa from Eskimo Callboy yet? Its been probably the most reacted video in the past week or so. Those breakdowns are damn glorious.
You gotta understand, Finn lives his life on a schedule. He eats the same thing every day because he thinks having to think about food is a waste of time. He does not fuck around.
Damn bro we're on the same playing field, I almost feel like we grew up the same. You were so spot on with everything. I grew up in San Bernardino / Riverside California in the early 2000's so I experienced a lot of the OG deathcore / metalcore bands first hand, most in this video. I loved it man !
It’ll be trash. He will find old eps from local show bands nobody ever heard of bc he’s so cultured (really he just does internet research to make it sound like it) and it will be terrible quality but he will say this is what started everything we know. He once said wage war and limp bizkit were basically the same now. I hate this guy.
@@alexgriffith1451 I'm starting to get that vibe from him. He has said so many false facts lately and I'm close to unsubscribing. Hell, he got so many things wrong in this video alone, it blows my mind.
Justice for all is such a good album!! I was listening to that album at work today. The track shortest straw in particular has some really kickass riffs & drums going on. So good
Age 12: finds every thrash metal breakdown I can Age 15: finds every metalcore breakdown I can Age 17: finds every bass drop deathcore breakdown I can age 19: finds every late 00’s hardcore punk breakdown I can age 22: finds every slam beat down breakdown I can age 25: finds every mid 90’s obscure hardcore band breakdown I can age 28: finds every early brutal New York death metal breakdown I can age 29: finds every early 80s punk pioneering breakdown I can THE HUNT NEVER STOPS
The top 5 hardest breakdown albums by me are.... August Burns Red - Messengers Parkway Drive- Horizons As Blood Runs Black - Instinct As I Lay Dying - Shadows are Security Evergreen Terrace - Wolfbiker *bonus* Haste the Day- Burning Bridges The Ghost Inside- Returners
Never understood why Architects got credited as the band that invented that vocal effect considering how many of their peers were doing it for years beforehand
This is interesting to this 63 yr old female. Wow just is interesting to see how Music and technologies and know how has changed and evolved. Wow it's like every thing is "moving " so fast now" the Sound is dated within a year. To me this is definitely a part of life today and how it seems to be "fast and extreme" all I can say is Wow! And thanks for the breakdown of the breakdown! And its evolution.
I was the lucky person who recorded that guitarflip fail at 08:30 . I directed a music video for a young band called Flames to Burn (wtf that name...). The whole shooting was super cheesy but that accident was the highlight of night. Good to see it again.
That's whatcha get for doing corny trendy shit. 😆 "Metal-core" bands that came out after 2003 suck. It started to get all of these emo and 80s hairband asctetical elements. Now it's became what 80s hairbands were....A corny trendy subgenre that went on waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to long. I knew that shit was gay when my sister who had never listened to metal a day in her life asked me if I knew "bring me the horizon". 😆. Death core too. I play and I know dudes in both death and metal core bands and everything they do just sounds like rewritin b.s because theyr trying to fit in that box so bad. Imagine if new hair metal bands were still coming out in 2005... Not the satire/parody like steel panther either. Like dead serious tryna use that old formula/template for success 25yrs later. That's basically what anyone claiming that genre now is doing. 😆. I love telling other musicians "I just play Rock man" and then when we meet up to play,Im running a V through a duel rectifier. Tuned down 2or3 full steps doing sweeps and lighting fast alternant picks. It's all just rocknroll dude. Things only have to go in a box if you like creative ability. I allso like saying "ah,I just play music". Throws them unoriginal ones off. They be like "Right but what box are we trying to fit into?". 😆.
Damn no love for Unearth? I was a total metal kid into death metal and obsessed with In Flames and in 1999 when I heard Unearth was the first time I kinda learned what a breakdown was since Trevor literally yells "BREAKDOWN!" right before a breakdown and well, they write entire songs out of them haha. Love me some chuggy chugs thanks to Unearth.
*Hatebreed's "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire" laid so many templates for catchy simple breakdowns. Still have a lot of those breakdowns stuck in my head.* *CONCEIVED THROUGH AN ACT OF VIOLENCE!*
Oh man, “Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste” is the ultimate. Also Sam’s “Blegh!” Is the definition of hype. If you want a really sick recent breakdown check out END’s “Pariah.”
My crabcore band in high school had a breakdown where we said “to infinity and beyond” with gang vocals before it hit 🤦♂️. And it was my idea 🤦♂️ lmao but really those times were so fun and I miss it!
I have heard my call to action, crabcore is back, will any brave souls will join me in this treacherous journey? We will face many battles, from metal elitists to djent purists, to the audiophile production nerds, but the breakdown will always prevail. I have heard my call, do you hear it too?
The old members of Attack Attack still mention it ironically in their new music which makes me giggle. Bilmuri have a song called Thicc Thiccly (Return of the Crab) where Caleb Shomo does some vocals.
Not sure why they get so much flak. They were riff masters on their first five albums. The newer stuff they just kinda sound like every other band though :/
Space Time by Gojira destroys. It's got that beautiful vocal pattern as well. Clone by Gojira also has a sick breakdown at the end, and it keeps getting slower and slower, and then they drop right back in to the original tempo.
Really sad that August Burns Red wasn't mentioned for helping evolve the breakdown. The quality and technicality of breakdowns in messengers shattered my whole metalcore world. And they somehow manage to keep them just as satisfying and sometimes as simple as they were in the early 2000's hardcore scene (thinking Gwen Stacy, War of Ages, Norma Jean, and the like).
@Zach alan Eh, just because something is prog or tech that doesn't automatically make it good. There is no such thing as objectively good music, it's all subjective.
Yeah! I felt bad he chose, in my opinion, one of the greatest albums to portray his message. I subjectively love veil of Maya and felt their early material was groundbreaking and pioneered the sound for a lot of bands like Volumes and Structures. That “progressive” metalcore/deathcore sound.
I dunno if they'd be classed as breakdowns but I always had a soft spot for the nu metal slowed down 2 note bounce riffs like the end of eyeless by slipknot or bleed by soulfly.
DEAD YAMI I mean losing the crowds energy after your opener every night on tour has to be pretty demoralizing. They dropped the hardcore element and went “radio rock” then fell off for like ten years. Doing the anniversary tour for RODT basically saved their career. Pretty significant I’d say.
damn... Nothing about As I Lay Dying in this?... They really put a lot of the inspiration behind a lot for the 2000's metal core scene. I did like that you mentioned Knocked Loose as they are the only band with a similar sound to the early 00's. Also, The Ghost Inside still holds true to what you mentioned at the end of the video. Loved going down memory lane in this video!
Didn't nu metal have breakdowns? You know the moment where the singer lets out a scream and the band plays that groovy riff (additional points if the dj starts scratching like crazy) Madness mantra you know
Early The Devil Wears Prada should definitely have been mentioned here, those guys had perfected the callout/bass drop/synth/cymbal hit/fast chug breakdown, they had it all on Plagues, and Dear Love.
Gotta say breakdowns now are pretty damn good in the up incoming hardcore and metalcore scene ie. Kublai Khan, Varials, Knocked Loose, Seeyouspacecowboy and Shame Spiral
There's also an interesting new take on them I've heard from bands like Loathe, where they bring in some proggy/shoegaze elements to their breakdowns which contrast the heavier sections.
I'm kind of surprised that there was no mention of iwrestledabearonce in this video. No one had more inventive and off the wall breakdowns than they did.
When he brought up slayer I’m not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. Then I realize when I listen to that part I can’t not bang my head as hard as I possibly can
Technically, after forever was the first, because it's first on the album There's even a biohazard cover version, and it's basically got nyhc riffing :D
I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone mention Creeping Death. This predated Raining Blood by 2 years and man for '84 that was something I imagine most people were not expecting.
I remember being in high school in 2009, sitting in my buddies basement, wearing a neon gore t-shirt talking about bands that were only good because of the breakdowns. Turns out, a teenager WILL listen to a mediocre song just to jump around for about 20 seconds. Lol good times.
Hell fuck yea. That song is like wtf!! I actually heard about Slaughter to Prevail by a vocal coach reaction vid and was blown away. And have since become a big fan. They are bad ass!
I don't know man, the breakdown is alive and well, but the djentcore thing that Veil of Maya, periphery or BOO do is a different thing. They're not trying to break the song down (like old hardcore dudes did), they're fusing the energy of a breakdown with the complexity that their music is built on.
Yeah, I would have to agree. They took a breakdown and added even more layers rather than "breaking-it-down". So Finn really can't call it a breakdown...but then hate on it for not being a breakdown lol
Perfect way to describe it as a musician, they push time with their stuff, especially Veil of Maya , it’s more derived from what Meshuggah do as opposed to breakdowns
Saw them live in 04 or 05, and it is still probably in my top 3 most fun shows I've ever seen. Fucking bassist does a backflip at the beginning of a breakdown. My 19 year old head blew the fuck up.
Emos went from dressing like hardcore kids, to dressing like college aged "nerds"/hipsters, to ripping off Tom's hair from Blink-182 in the early 2000s and MCR's style thanks to Hot Topic, to rehashing Midwest emo's nerd hipster style. Hell, toss in emo rap's fusion of 2000's emo with soundcloud rap fashion. Face tattoos, colorful dreads, piercings on top of piercings, etc.
Best breakdowns: The Red Chord - Hour of Rats, Face Area Solution This or the Apocalypse - Geist, The Polymath Beneath the Massacre - Stench of Misery, Sleepless, Society's Disposable Son
00's Metalcore bands produced the best type of heavy dissonant breakdowns aka panic chord breakdowns. It's fucking awesome that a lot of modern metallic hardcore bands are bringing back that sound. Sanction, Chamber, Bloodbather, Thirty Nights Of Violence, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Renounced to name a few
Ice nine kills' new album is a decent example of good movie samples in songs. They have a song called "rock the boat" where the breakdown is essentially the jaws theme. Its a decent listen
@@freakymrq yeah im more a fan of their cinematic songs so every trick in the book and silver scream are my favourites. I was supposed to go see them in manchester but my mates bailed on me lmao
Finally it's apropriate to post my favorite breakdowns: Pantera - Domination Braindrill - Apocalyptic Feasting Converge - Locust Rain As Blood Runs Black - In Dying Days Thy Art Is Murder - Reign Of Darkness Not sure, but I think Demolisher by STP will soon be on the list as well. Honorable mention: Agent Fresco - Destrier and the middle part in Sacrifice Unto Sebeek by Nile (If you can call that a breakdown).
Solid choice for breakdowns. For me id add the heretic prevails from shadow of intent just because I love how Ben does 6 different vocals styles during the breakdown. I really like the breakdown in deadweight from wage war just because I'm a sucker for the blegh breakdowns.
@@iletthedevilin828 That one is indeed sick as well, just re-listened to it. Shadow of Intent's music is so cool and interesting I tend to overlook the breakdowns, haha.
@@peterabel1057 That's understandable, I hope they blow up more in the deathcore realm. Even though they're starting to get hype they still feel so underrated to me
@@iletthedevilin828 So true, I recommend them to my metal loving friends all the time (with varying success, god knows why) , they sound really unique imo. Brutal, melodic, catchy yet technical, symphonic... What's not to love about them?
thank you for mentioning norma jean!!!! as a huge metalcore fan that was a high schooler in the early 2000's(graduated 2004), bands like norma jean, unearth, and horse the band really drove certain musical concepts/tropes home.
Them and Helmet really were the granddaddies of what would become the modern metal sound. Also, the first time I heard the chug squeak thing was on Pantera’s Becoming off Far Beyond Driven, then later on with Zao’s Serpent off Blood and Fire.
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Hey Finn
PART 2!!
Finn as always thank you for giving love to Demolisher.
a lot of your videos make me want to start an "old school" metallic hardcore band again...
But with breakdowns :D
Ah the power of nostalgia!
Have you watched Hypa Hypa from Eskimo Callboy yet? Its been probably the most reacted video in the past week or so. Those breakdowns are damn glorious.
Breakdowns are lyfe
No
Yassss
yup
Nik Nocturnal yes
Whats the breakdown at 1:33?
Disclaimer: No surroundings were disrespected during the making of this video.
haha
All were and will be upon viewing, however.
I did fucking bow down to this thorough analysis though
Hahaha. Safe Spaces for everyone
Tell that to my moms living room
"Hell yeah, brother, f*ckin' Pantera!" I almost fell out of my chair. We all know that guy.
I am that guy.
@@DavidDantePhoenix me too. I will still fuckin rage to Pantera on the way to the grocery store
If you from Texas and even closer to Arlington in your late 30s and older you might be this way
I am that guy
Me too....glad to see my fellow pantera bros around.
I too am into breakdowns. I have one about once a day
Wow you must be pumpin out the albums
🖤
My car likes to breakdown too
yeah, mental breakdowns are the heaviest of all
Bravo, well played. 😂
While productivity has dropped for most of us during this pandemic, Finn Mckenty is on a roll.
The people need breakdowns now more than ever!
You gotta understand, Finn lives his life on a schedule. He eats the same thing every day because he thinks having to think about food is a waste of time. He does not fuck around.
@@Dethrider6 It's because schedules come in charts
@@hrotha You can actually divide schedules up into a diagram with four different zones
@@Dethrider6 i wanna know if this is true
Damn bro we're on the same playing field, I almost feel like we grew up the same. You were so spot on with everything. I grew up in San Bernardino / Riverside California in the early 2000's so I experienced a lot of the OG deathcore / metalcore bands first hand, most in this video. I loved it man !
CHEAHHH
I grew up there in my teens!!
socal baby
Whhhhaaat derek watches this guy!
on the same playing field until you found out he likes little pump
Seems like Finn needs to make his own “top 10 brutal breakdowns that’s will disembowel any listener”
It’ll be trash. He will find old eps from local show bands nobody ever heard of bc he’s so cultured (really he just does internet research to make it sound like it) and it will be terrible quality but he will say this is what started everything we know. He once said wage war and limp bizkit were basically the same now. I hate this guy.
@@alexgriffith1451 boohoo
It would get copyright striked lol
@@alexgriffith1451 I'm starting to get that vibe from him. He has said so many false facts lately and I'm close to unsubscribing. Hell, he got so many things wrong in this video alone, it blows my mind.
BROOTAL
Are you even Metalcore kid if you haven’t watched a 240p RUclips breakdown compilation with Windows Movie Maker stock title cards?
How I found most bands back in the day
AILD, parkway drive, one of them even started with an Animals As Leaders riff and that's how I got into prog
Honestly, Pantera mastered the breakdown with Domination. Also I love the breakdown in “Instinct” by Decapitated
Yeah
Walk has a good one as well.
and that part of primal concrete sledge that sounds like lamb of god, he'll yea
honestly I think its lamb of god with laid to rest
2020 be like
Disinfect your surroundings
You make it out alive...
Wow, what an original joke! Never heard it before! Hahahahaha so funny!
The breakdown in metallica's "one" is my favorite old school breakdown, also the first one I ever heard
I think his age made him miss a lot of great before his time breakdowns.
Completely agree. That entire record is heavy as hell. One of my all time favorites as well.
Justice for all is such a good album!! I was listening to that album at work today. The track shortest straw in particular has some really kickass riffs & drums going on. So good
One's breakdown never gets old. I still turn up the volume every time I hear it
@Strength Beyond Strength legit hearing it as a kid for the first time was life changing
The synth breakdown is in part due to Enter Shikari's debut, their use of synth really changed the game
They suck tho...
Definitely agree. SORRY YOU’RE NOT A WINNER
The devil wears prada are the real synth heroes
@Dustin Wunder Enter Shikari is fucking bomb. Have you not heard Hoodwinker??
MY WIFES A BOAT
Summary: James Brown invented D-jent and is the father of all Cores.
The GODfather of all Cores.
We can handle this truth.
Not crabcore
When he said "hit me" or "to the bridge" you knew it was about to go down.
Browncore.
Age 12: finds every thrash metal breakdown I can
Age 15: finds every metalcore breakdown I can
Age 17: finds every bass drop deathcore breakdown I can
age 19: finds every late 00’s hardcore punk breakdown I can
age 22: finds every slam beat down breakdown I can
age 25: finds every mid 90’s obscure hardcore band breakdown I can
age 28: finds every early brutal New York death metal breakdown I can
age 29: finds every early 80s punk pioneering breakdown I can
THE HUNT NEVER STOPS
I'm currently in the search for mid 90's obscure hardcore band breakdown phase. But 2 years late. I'm 27..lol.
Try going to a show you douche
@@jminorthreat he would if the corona wasn't a thing.
Surprised August Burns Red wasn't in this video, good none the less.
no suffocation
Composure.
Eve of the end , the seventh trumpet
Because we’re not 13 anymore
Greg I agree early ABR breakdown just hit different.
ADTR's Homesick breakdowns still hit me right in the heart.
Their only good album. lol
"Mr Highway's thinking about the end" ahh brings me back🤘
@@bradcallahan3546 For Those Who Have Heart was decent, but Homesick is definitely their best work.
The top 5 hardest breakdown albums by me are....
August Burns Red - Messengers
Parkway Drive- Horizons
As Blood Runs Black - Instinct
As I Lay Dying - Shadows are Security
Evergreen Terrace - Wolfbiker *bonus* Haste the Day- Burning Bridges The Ghost Inside- Returners
@@bradcallahan3546 Your opinion
The Born Of Osiris "fUcKin BoW DoWn" breakdown was a big one for me.
Mark Wrenn YESSS DUDE
it's not a breakdown it's the intro riff
@@GRisaWasteofTime oh thank God you came to correct me!
Classoc
@@markwrenn5965 really glad to help you out man!
Internet: Architects invented the "BLEGH"
Abbath from Immortal: Am I a joke to you?
Never understood why Architects got credited as the band that invented that vocal effect considering how many of their peers were doing it for years beforehand
Parkway drive also says hi
The sun no longer rises. Thats a good ol Immortal song.
wait do people actually think that architects invented the blegh
sodom says hi
This is interesting to this 63 yr old female. Wow just is interesting to see how Music and technologies and know how has changed and evolved. Wow it's like every thing is "moving " so fast now" the Sound is dated within a year. To me this is definitely a part of life today and how it seems to be "fast and extreme" all I can say is Wow! And thanks for the breakdown of the breakdown! And its evolution.
I'm 44 years old and have trouble keeping up with the changing music scene.
Gotta love metal grandmas
@@natalieshannon7659 I'm 35 and have been having trouble keeping up with the changing music scene for 10 years.
This is the most adorable comment ive ever seen.
3rd trimester here. cant keep up with the changing music scene...
What does a man trapped in Quarantine for three months and a Metalcore song that's three minutes in have in common...... an impending breakdown.
The modern breakdown... codename C19..
I was the lucky person who recorded that guitarflip fail at 08:30 . I directed a music video for a young band called Flames to Burn (wtf that name...). The whole shooting was super cheesy but that accident was the highlight of night. Good to see it again.
Ha! Amazing
A guy hitting himself in the nuts with a guitar is probably the most metal thing I've seen in years 😅
@@skippy8696 The most CORE thing!!!
That's whatcha get for doing corny trendy shit. 😆 "Metal-core" bands that came out after 2003 suck. It started to get all of these emo and 80s hairband asctetical elements. Now it's became what 80s hairbands were....A corny trendy subgenre that went on waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to long. I knew that shit was gay when my sister who had never listened to metal a day in her life asked me if I knew "bring me the horizon". 😆. Death core too. I play and I know dudes in both death and metal core bands and everything they do just sounds like rewritin b.s because theyr trying to fit in that box so bad. Imagine if new hair metal bands were still coming out in 2005... Not the satire/parody like steel panther either. Like dead serious tryna use that old formula/template for success 25yrs later. That's basically what anyone claiming that genre now is doing. 😆. I love telling other musicians "I just play Rock man" and then when we meet up to play,Im running a V through a duel rectifier. Tuned down 2or3 full steps doing sweeps and lighting fast alternant picks. It's all just rocknroll dude. Things only have to go in a box if you like creative ability. I allso like saying "ah,I just play music". Throws them unoriginal ones off. They be like "Right but what box are we trying to fit into?". 😆.
Damn I imagine filming that was nuts
"Sup, this is Joe."
"Joe mama?"
"Joe Sturgis"
(earth shatters from simultaneous crabsquats)
Norma Jean has the best breakdown, "LIKE BRINGING A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT!!!!!"
Dude, a classic...
Sick fucking song. Good on you sir.
I just watched Domination live again so I'm gonna have to disagree.
What about, "walking to wall street in straight jackets"
Is ‘knife to a gunfight’ a song of theirs?
The devil wears Prada- still fly got me into breakdowns
Lmao, i love that shit.
Same here
Damn no love for Unearth? I was a total metal kid into death metal and obsessed with In Flames and in 1999 when I heard Unearth was the first time I kinda learned what a breakdown was since Trevor literally yells "BREAKDOWN!" right before a breakdown and well, they write entire songs out of them haha. Love me some chuggy chugs thanks to Unearth.
“Breakdown” #1 breakdown call
We’re “Core” Kids, born in and of the breakdown, Finn, of course we want part 2.
*Hatebreed's "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire" laid so many templates for catchy simple breakdowns. Still have a lot of those breakdowns stuck in my head.*
*CONCEIVED THROUGH AN ACT OF VIOLENCE!*
Oh man, “Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste” is the ultimate. Also Sam’s “Blegh!” Is the definition of hype. If you want a really sick recent breakdown check out END’s “Pariah.”
END is so good. I still get hype over the Necessary Death breakdown
Trevor Cline truly vicious stuff
Ocelot Pariah
END is fucking good
My crabcore band in high school had a breakdown where we said “to infinity and beyond” with gang vocals before it hit 🤦♂️. And it was my idea 🤦♂️ lmao but really those times were so fun and I miss it!
Dude check out you've got a friend in my by lonely avenue
That actually sounds fucking awesome.
Is the song in youtube?
@@EverAfterBreak2 no but that is now my goal. I thought it would at least be on MySpace but the player won’t work
@@dougsvibes3269 bro upload it
The mid 00s to the early 10s was by far the greatest era for breakdowns and discovering new bands from compilations.
I have heard my call to action, crabcore is back, will any brave souls will join me in this treacherous journey? We will face many battles, from metal elitists to djent purists, to the audiophile production nerds, but the breakdown will always prevail. I have heard my call, do you hear it too?
I came prepared with my straightener and skinny jeans
Finally! A metalcore band I can play in without having to add3 strings to my guitar😂
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
The old members of Attack Attack still mention it ironically in their new music which makes me giggle. Bilmuri have a song called Thicc Thiccly (Return of the Crab) where Caleb Shomo does some vocals.
Got my skinny jeans on just to reply to this comment.
Why was there never a crabcore cover of “Under the Sea”
Dude I’ve had a djent cover ready to go I just haven’t been able to finish it lol
You just gave me the idea, thank you. I will force my friends to do it, if they wont i'll do it with my band
@@gladbuffalo7805 come back here if/when u do it I neeeed to hear that lol
I'll pay to hear a -core version of literally any song from a Disney animated movie.
Deathcore version would be more funny. "UNDER THE BREEEEE, UNDER THE BREEEEE"
This is the best Microsoft Excel tutorial I've ever seen
At the risk of sounding like a douchebag, Korn Freak On a Leash is my favorite, it was pretty heavy for that time.
Plus the scat buildup is awesome
Yessss
...........GO!!!!
SOMETHING NAN-NA-NNnnN BURN
DOOD, what a great breakdown that comes out of NOWHERE.
Pray for plagues has an underrated breakdown
Most songs from The Bled, also.
Dicks Malone Criminally underrated.
Atlas Media the Bled... wow that takes me waaaay back ❤️
When I think of breakdowns, Pray for Plagues is the one that plays in my head lol
Chelsea Smile too!
Many thanks for the props to Earth Crisis. There's no need to explain why.
Not sure why they get so much flak. They were riff masters on their first five albums. The newer stuff they just kinda sound like every other band though :/
Meshuggah is the best band with breakdowns cuz like every riff of theirs is a breakdown 😂😂❤
Yeah ,when I bought Destroy Erase Improve in the city & put it in the walkman i felt like the music was from another Alien planet!
I think they're just a conglomeration of riffs
@useD raW just because a majority of the song is palm-muted chugging doesn't mean every segment is a breakdown.
@Bloviator Magnus wow what a strawman
Corridor of Chameleons! Best breakdown ever!!!!
I'm surprised that Anthrax wasn't in this conversation. They had a lot of breakdowns in the Among the Living days.
“WARDANCE”
yeah, Indians
I feel like Anthrax doesn't get enough credit for the thrash genre in general
Pantera -Domination will always be my favorite break down. Gojira - space time is a close 2nd
Meshuggah: Future Breed Machine a close second too
Do not forget Machine Head - Davidian!
Gang
Space Time by Gojira destroys. It's got that beautiful vocal pattern as well. Clone by Gojira also has a sick breakdown at the end, and it keeps getting slower and slower, and then they drop right back in to the original tempo.
Domination breakdown is still the best one for me, this is why I get happy when bands rip off that breakdown
Poison the well's the opposite of december still slaps harder than a hand with 6 rings on it.
Heard it for the first time a few weeks ago, such a good record
Nice breakdown on breakdown history! Yooooo who is that at 17:52?
I'm going to do research but it might be reflections. Let me know if you find it.
The name is wastage by to the grave
Really sad that August Burns Red wasn't mentioned for helping evolve the breakdown. The quality and technicality of breakdowns in messengers shattered my whole metalcore world. And they somehow manage to keep them just as satisfying and sometimes as simple as they were in the early 2000's hardcore scene (thinking Gwen Stacy, War of Ages, Norma Jean, and the like).
Eh, Veil of Maya and "generic" don't work together very well. They were also doing the djenty/technical breakdowns in like 2006
Yea this dude doesn’t really know about music enough to know why their music is special.
Minton Branham loll bro you gotta get over the rick and morty mindset
@@dead_yami lmao
Thank you! When I heard 'generic' and Veil of Maya in the same sentence, I about lost my shit lol.
@Zach alan Eh, just because something is prog or tech that doesn't automatically make it good. There is no such thing as objectively good music, it's all subjective.
I feel like lumping Veil of Maya into the "generic djent breakdown" pile is a disservice to the pure talent of Marc Okubo and Sam Applebaum
Could not Agree More. He didn't even play what I would call the 'Breakdown' of that song either
Yeah! I felt bad he chose, in my opinion, one of the greatest albums to portray his message. I subjectively love veil of Maya and felt their early material was groundbreaking and pioneered the sound for a lot of bands like Volumes and Structures. That “progressive” metalcore/deathcore sound.
I dunno if they'd be classed as breakdowns but I always had a soft spot for the nu metal slowed down 2 note bounce riffs like the end of eyeless by slipknot or bleed by soulfly.
The breakdown in Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die by Four Year Strong is a truly iconic easycore breakdown. Gets me pumped every time.
Probably the best ever
Was a sad day when FYS stopped playing breakdowns and started writing songs about their ‘fake fans’
DEAD YAMI ADTR really had them in their feelings for a while
Elon Bust lol was there more to that beef than the 2nd sucks video?? At least they gave us 1 goat album
DEAD YAMI I mean losing the crowds energy after your opener every night on tour has to be pretty demoralizing. They dropped the hardcore element and went “radio rock” then fell off for like ten years. Doing the anniversary tour for RODT basically saved their career. Pretty significant I’d say.
"All they have is just bow-wow-ban-n00-n00-wow-ban-nan-n00-weedle-deedle"
I literally shit myself when i first heard that lol
Shit was dope
And then VOM turned it into an actually nasty riff
CLASSIC
Yesssssss
damn... Nothing about As I Lay Dying in this?... They really put a lot of the inspiration behind a lot for the 2000's metal core scene. I did like that you mentioned Knocked Loose as they are the only band with a similar sound to the early 00's. Also, The Ghost Inside still holds true to what you mentioned at the end of the video.
Loved going down memory lane in this video!
“ILL SEE YOU WHEN THE SUN SETS!!!”
Didn't nu metal have breakdowns?
You know the moment where the singer lets out a scream and the band plays that groovy riff (additional points if the dj starts scratching like crazy)
Madness mantra you know
Yeah you're right, Eyeless from Slipknot is pretty groovy at the end
Freak On A Leash by Korn comes to mind.
Bruce Samlall one of the best breakdowns ever and best vocal performances as well. “Mother..... FUUUUUUuuuCccccKkkkkkEeerRRrr”
Korn do it a lot
Yeah, you're right! No More Sorrow in Linkin Park had a breakdown segment
If Mr. Highway’s Thinking About The End doesn’t get you moshing in your bedroom, go see a doctor.
Nice profile picture bro. Their best album
FUCKING RIGHT
I still listening all these songs and I love them
Nico Sosa same, lol
Mess *cough* what separates me from you is the best *cough* (;
The breakdown in Suite Pee by System of a Down will always be one of my favorites
Agreed. Is simply great.
'Cause everyone needs a mother
Hell yeah
That first album is just fucking 👌
"WHYYY!??!!??!..... Like a M*therf*cker!!!"
God damn, that song still gets me. Spiders still makes me wanna cry.
That Norma Jean reference was so refreshing. I haven't listened to them in years 😢
Check out their new album, All Hail, it’s awesome.
That Chimaira reference as well. 🤘
J Ryan especially landslide defeater I got goosebumps when that breakdown hit
Yup new album is great
Get on it immediately
Stick to your guns: this more breakdown is crucial.
Tdwp plagues is basically a whole breakdown.
I been searching for the band name (stick to your gun). Sir i thank you.
Yeah tdwp was awesome.
@@mu3h awesome band.
Rest assured
That with a heart that's pure
We'll be victorious
And not let our hate get the best of us
*MOVE*
I must admit, I was a bit surprised by the omitting Suffocation’s breakdown mastery in Effigy of the Forgotten
He gushed over it enough in the slam video lmao
@@Sergio-nb4hj Yeah. Sort of pointless to bring it up again since he pretty much did a whole video on how it spawned slam.
Norma Jean is still running that style even on their new “All Hail” album just a little less I’d say
All Hail is fucking glorious.
My favourite prebreakdown line is "arf arf"
BLEGH!!
Yeeeuck
Birthday Batter yep...I vote BLEGH
Norma Jean was definitely influential to the art of the breakdown
The minor second interval lead over the fast chugging. Terrible haircuts. Yep. That’s 2008
I'm a guitarist and I know guitar words 😀
GOAT mosh call thread.
Stick to your Guns- “This is More.” The simplest ever. But maybe the most effective.
Oh man, forgot about that one. So so good.
MOVE
Was always a fan of "My only enemy is me"
More recently, that "CAVE CANEM" destroys me every single time
duuuude you put EATMEWHILEIMHOT lmao, I like that!
Why’d you have to come at Veil of Maya like that though...
The breakdown at the end of unbreakable is fucking filthy
@@jaredsmith4443 Right? dont get the hate at all
oh no he goes for my boys???
@@anthonyking806 its not safe to swim today literally got me into music lol
he does that to alot of good quality bands, its a real shame honestly.
I stan the "Bring Back 2010 Breakdowns" movement.
Early The Devil Wears Prada should definitely have been mentioned here, those guys had perfected the callout/bass drop/synth/cymbal hit/fast chug breakdown, they had it all on Plagues, and Dear Love.
Gotta say breakdowns now are pretty damn good in the up incoming hardcore and metalcore scene ie. Kublai Khan, Varials, Knocked Loose, Seeyouspacecowboy and Shame Spiral
Was gonna mention Kublai Khan 😍
VEIN!
And of course, END
There's also an interesting new take on them I've heard from bands like Loathe, where they bring in some proggy/shoegaze elements to their breakdowns which contrast the heavier sections.
Jesus piece
I think the Australian band “Dealer” has some sick breakdowns in their two EPs from last year anyone else???
Dealer is 🔥🔥🔥
@@SteveAyanami *was
Nikson thats what im saying lol
Dealer did the real ARF ARF
Shame the vocalists being called out for rape allegations... again
I'm kind of surprised that there was no mention of iwrestledabearonce in this video. No one had more inventive and off the wall breakdowns than they did.
I actually shat blood the first time I heard that breakdown in Raining Blood.
still the best ever.
When he brought up slayer I’m not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. Then I realize when I listen to that part I can’t not bang my head as hard as I possibly can
Air horn into breakdown. Like Laurentian Ghosts by After the Burial
“Children of the grave” has the first breakdown imo
Thank you. How can sabbath not be in it
You sir are a field marshal of metal. Sabbath most definitely did everything first
Technically, after forever was the first, because it's first on the album
There's even a biohazard cover version, and it's basically got nyhc riffing :D
I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone mention Creeping Death. This predated Raining Blood by 2 years and man for '84 that was something I imagine most people were not expecting.
Eh. it wasn’t really as close to modern breakdowns as slayer was.
Meshuggah actually appolagize for being to blame for the whole djent thing.
I personally love Haste the Day's breakdowns. "68" and "When Everything Falls" are some bangers.
Haste the Day is tragically underrated
"Substance" always got me movin' on the floor
Danny K. Yes! American Love too from that album.
Hell yeah Haste The Day!
Resolve waz so good~
"Our lives will hang on to the words You have spoken
and we will wait for our God to return " 🖤
Check out August Burns red's Defender. Hell of a breakdown
Pantera is one of the best still today to me along with pig slam
Paramount too!
@@floki5605 🤘
@@floki5605 is Bjorn gonna die?
@@ranzandresykes2530
We leave that for the gods to decide
A he he!
Hold up hold up! You're making a video about bands that pioneered breakdowns and not mentioning sludge bands like Crowbar and Life of Agony??????
First “movie sample” breakdown I know of was family guy clips in Suicide Silence’s first EP
Immortal Suffering did it in 1997 in the song Entangled Upon Lies
"Hell yeah brother" - Macho Man Randy Savage voice.
The creeaam of the crop
Dig it!
Dying Fetus had some really awesome breakdowns from the Death Metal side of things. Still do.
Best breakdown ever: Converge - The Saddest Day
You win! I'm glad I don't know 80% of the bands beyond 90s that Finn mentioned. Shit sounds horrible.
Pantera - domination?
My personal favourite is 43% Burnt by Dillinger Escape Plan, that last breakdown slaps hard.
Converge has some of the most under-rated breakdowns in the game.
Released in 1996 and it sounds like it's from 2006
Code Orange-you and you alone is the greatest, most dynamic breakdown i have heard in the past 20 years.
Facts!
that song in general is such a triumph for heavy music, what a journey
code is hands down the best band out rn, im not personally really into hardcore, but they're still one of my top five. so unique
Dude its really fucking insane. That whole album has insane breakdowns
The Oncoming Storm by Unearth was just bursting with killer breakdowns.
My 13 year old mind was blown the first time I heard the breakdown in Anthrax's Indians.
WARDANCE!
I remember being in high school in 2009, sitting in my buddies basement, wearing a neon gore t-shirt talking about bands that were only good because of the breakdowns. Turns out, a teenager WILL listen to a mediocre song just to jump around for about 20 seconds. Lol good times.
Demolisher - slaughter to prevail
Amazing breakdown
Hell fuck yea. That song is like wtf!! I actually heard about Slaughter to Prevail by a vocal coach reaction vid and was blown away. And have since become a big fan. They are bad ass!
And also Lorna Shore with the song " To the hellfire "
I don't know man, the breakdown is alive and well, but the djentcore thing that Veil of Maya, periphery or BOO do is a different thing.
They're not trying to break the song down (like old hardcore dudes did), they're fusing the energy of a breakdown with the complexity that their music is built on.
Yeah, I would have to agree. They took a breakdown and added even more layers rather than "breaking-it-down". So Finn really can't call it a breakdown...but then hate on it for not being a breakdown lol
BOO?
@@kauagomes8511 Born of Osirs :)
Perfect way to describe it as a musician, they push time with their stuff, especially Veil of Maya , it’s more derived from what Meshuggah do as opposed to breakdowns
Yeah I kind of saw Djent as an anti-movement against the lack of musicality in metal. It is the musician’s metal. It has more detail and story to it.
Spectator: Can you do breakdown?
Wage War: Hold my "The River"
🤟🏻
🥴
How the about The River - Parkway Drive
@@Gnarwolf i would go for Wagewar - The River, 90% of that song are all breakdowns
17:52 breakdown is wastage by to the grave
Bleeding through- Revenge I Seek.
Still the nastiest breakdown I’ve ever heard real shame no mention.
Great example of the movie sampling too
underrated comment
Cant mention every band
Bleeding Through had some chunky breakdowns. Orange County Blonde and Blue.
Saw them live in 04 or 05, and it is still probably in my top 3 most fun shows I've ever seen. Fucking bassist does a backflip at the beginning of a breakdown. My 19 year old head blew the fuck up.
Do how did "Emo" fashion evolve?
ain't nobody got time for that
I HAVE TIME FOR THIS!
Sick idea
His Hot Topic video goes in to the scene fashion and it's quick rise and fall of it.
Emos went from dressing like hardcore kids, to dressing like college aged "nerds"/hipsters, to ripping off Tom's hair from Blink-182 in the early 2000s and MCR's style thanks to Hot Topic, to rehashing Midwest emo's nerd hipster style. Hell, toss in emo rap's fusion of 2000's emo with soundcloud rap fashion. Face tattoos, colorful dreads, piercings on top of piercings, etc.
Best breakdowns:
The Red Chord - Hour of Rats, Face Area Solution
This or the Apocalypse - Geist, The Polymath
Beneath the Massacre - Stench of Misery, Sleepless, Society's Disposable Son
Slayer deserves a place in the “early 2000 era” for Disciple on God hates us all introducing a second generation of metal heads into breakdowns!
That song is my shit! So tough, I love it.
God hates us all great album
August Burns red new album and specifically their song “defender” will make you feel better about modern breakdowns
Who?
WHO WILL DELIVER THE SENTENCE
Bloodletter has that hardcore call out right before the breakdown too
I’ve been an ABR fan since ‘09 and I can’t remember a breakdown from them that was anything less than intense lol
Pig slams are getting better too
Paramount is killer too
“THIS IS THE TECHNO BREAKDOWN!!!” (Every song needs a techno breakdown) Love Stevie T!!!
This brings back some good memories. Thank you.
Indeed! Roooots, bloody roooots 😂
00's Metalcore bands produced the best type of heavy dissonant breakdowns aka panic chord breakdowns. It's fucking awesome that a lot of modern metallic hardcore bands are bringing back that sound. Sanction, Chamber, Bloodbather, Thirty Nights Of Violence, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Renounced to name a few
Ice nine kills' new album is a decent example of good movie samples in songs. They have a song called "rock the boat" where the breakdown is essentially the jaws theme. Its a decent listen
the whole album is killer, saw them tour on it and was amazing. Wasn't really a fan of them until The Silver Scream
@@freakymrq yeah im more a fan of their cinematic songs so every trick in the book and silver scream are my favourites. I was supposed to go see them in manchester but my mates bailed on me lmao
Suffocation - Funeral Inception. Try to deny that crucial breakdown
Also:
Greeley Estates - I Shot The Maid
August Burns Red - Back Burner
God! FORBID!
Backburner is a good one
Finally it's apropriate to post my favorite breakdowns:
Pantera - Domination
Braindrill - Apocalyptic Feasting
Converge - Locust Rain
As Blood Runs Black - In Dying Days
Thy Art Is Murder - Reign Of Darkness
Not sure, but I think Demolisher by STP will soon be on the list as well.
Honorable mention: Agent Fresco - Destrier and the middle part in Sacrifice Unto Sebeek by Nile (If you can call that a breakdown).
Solid choice for breakdowns. For me id add the heretic prevails from shadow of intent just because I love how Ben does 6 different vocals styles during the breakdown. I really like the breakdown in deadweight from wage war just because I'm a sucker for the blegh breakdowns.
@@iletthedevilin828 That one is indeed sick as well, just re-listened to it. Shadow of Intent's music is so cool and interesting I tend to overlook the breakdowns, haha.
@@peterabel1057 That's understandable, I hope they blow up more in the deathcore realm. Even though they're starting to get hype they still feel so underrated to me
@@iletthedevilin828 So true, I recommend them to my metal loving friends all the time (with varying success, god knows why) , they sound really unique imo. Brutal, melodic, catchy yet technical, symphonic... What's not to love about them?
thank you for mentioning norma jean!!!! as a huge metalcore fan that was a high schooler in the early 2000's(graduated 2004), bands like norma jean, unearth, and horse the band really drove certain musical concepts/tropes home.
Sepultura's dead embroyoic cells will always get me
Them and Helmet really were the granddaddies of what would become the modern metal sound. Also, the first time I heard the chug squeak thing was on Pantera’s Becoming off Far Beyond Driven, then later on with Zao’s Serpent off Blood and Fire.