Best Metal Breakdowns 2023

[@JCaleb]

7:24 heyy it was my birthday OK! I also have a life... 🤣

[@kawaharaizumi731]

Happy buurfday calebbb

[@rezashojaei9170]

Yoooo happy birthday, Caleb

[@Shiver197]

happy bday man, hope it goes well

[@thatonedudewhodoesstuff334]

Happy birthday man

[@theswordmaster36]

Happy birthday Caleb

[@_frogdude_]

0:47 : The Browning - Poison 1:23 : Allt - The Orphan Breed 1:50 : Brand of Sacrifice - Dynasty 2:24 : Jiluka - Venom 2:58 : Darko Us - Rampage 3:41 : Chelsea Grin - Fathomless Maw 4:05 : Unprocessed - Thrash 4:30 : Spiritbox - Cellar Door 4:51 : Knocked Loose - Everything is Quiet Now 5:24 : Knosis - Yakusai 5:50 : The Plot in You - Forgotten 6:15 : Code Orange - The Game 6:38 : Disembodied Tyrant & Synestia - The Poetic Edda 7:04 : End - Gaping Wounds of Earth 7:32 : Kanine - Damaged 8:00 : Face Yourself - Grosse Bagarre 8:28 : Termina - Wounded Masquerade 9:05 : Vildhjarta - +ylva+ 9:38 : Paledusk - I'm ready to die for my friends 10:06 : Humanity's Last Breath - Labyrinthian

[@HMMR03]

Breakdowns really went from rythmic 0-0-0-0 spaming 15 years ago to something that sounds like Computer-sex and multiple demon-voices mixed with some guitars in drop-jesus.

[@luketinginit]

and i love it

[@GazerPlur420]

Drop Jesus... lmaoooo. 😅

[@SquareUpStudios]

Thank you for including my band Face yourself! We’re also grateful that you used our footage from The browning and Chelsea Grin 🙏🏻

[@HailTheApocalypse]

That Knocked Loose breakdown sounds like a slower and/or crunchier version of Pantera's breakdown in Domination.

[@Oubaama]

One of my favorite breakdowns this year was Remember Me by Currents. Breakdowns can and should be more varied than just ch0nks and alien noises. Remember Me hits you with an ethereal lead and the vocals, while nothing too crazy, are just so emotional!

[@JakTragedy]

Album of the year. Hands down

[@andrewxcarlson]

100%

[@srtallday3655]

Love their new album

[@slippingthevoid3367]

That was my most played song of the year with around 400 plays, but I was hoping to see Living in Tragedy on this video.

[@SyaitanBDO]

Sick album, my personal AOTY. The breakdowns from The Death We Seek and Over and Over were some of my fav this year

[@joederbyshire_]

damn no invent animate is crazy. immolation of night or false meridian or void surfacing could have easily been on here

[@FlareFoot57]

My favorite one this year was the ending of Periphery's "Everything Is Fine!" Having everything pitch shift down, slam on the brakes, and the "FUCK YOUR SANCTUARY" just quakes the earth. Pairing the word fuck with sanctuary may be my favorite artistic usage of profanity.

[@brooks9184]

That and the breakdown in Wildfire, I don’t get how these can be left out. The other thing about P5 that’s just not talked about is Matt’s drumming on every single track was his best to date. Even lighter tracks like Atropos, the drumming is just S tier, but somehow flew under the radar.

[@Konnerading]

Everything is fine goes so hard its a shame it fell under so many people's radars

[@FlareFoot57]

Agree 100% about Matt. That little ride bit near the end of Dracul Gras is so damn tasty.@@brooks9184

[@celestial321]

I agree all of P5 is legendary and was quite sad I didn't see it on any nominations for awards on the show he did. Hell even no mention of Mother pt.4 from Veil of Maya.

[@williamsummerson1204]

Amazing job on the video nik. My favorite breakdowns of the year are Cellar Door- Spiritbox, Everything is quiet now- Knocked Loose and Nemesis- Face Yourself.

[@19ThreeLions97]

Spiritbox is my fav as a band but yeah, boii, Everything Is Quiet Now is so good breakdown

[@williamsummerson1204]

Spiritbox is my favorite as well. Courtney is a goddess.

[@uki112]

Ostatnia EP Spiritbox była nudna niestety 😢

[@0Samandfriends0]

Signs of The Swarm’s “Amongst the Low and Empty” needed a mention. That vocalist is not human.

[@JustK4Y1512]

Agreed, top 3 breakdowns of the year guaranteed

[@Marcus-g5c6d]

THAT WHOLE FUCKIN ALBUM RULES!!! MY ANGER IS WHAT FUCKING FUELED ME!!!

[@Blueballbeatdown]

One of worst breakdowns of all time

[@nico_arg4872]

The Poetic Edda was the best deathcore song of the year for me. The breakdown with Ben is just beyond absurd, totally insane

[@Kekoapono]

It's also the best for me. I love the riffs used in both songs as well as the decision to stay away from the verse-chorus form of songwriting. I also love the vocals and layering used for "I, the Devourer" at the end of the song with the text "gut and maim." It's a truly terrifying sound. Both Disembodied Tyrant and Synestia need more recognition. I still play the entire The Divine Stigmata EP regularly.

[@fe2rr]

agree

[@satvinsingh9688]

Agreed 100%

[@nico_arg4872]

@@Kekoapono The use of the violin, the lyricism, the drums, everything was great. For I The Devourer, I love how they made the fast part before the mid section and afterwards. Simply brilliant songs imo, they definetely deserve some recognition

[@MVRacer227]

​@@nico_arg4872 Bro, start of the 2nd part, when the guitar and the violon entered in a duel, biggest chills OF MY LIFE.

[@residentevilclone]

Damn man. Worm Sheppard, Mental Cruelty, Immortal Disfigurement 😢 Diesect, Signs of the Swarm, To the Grave 😢😢

[@donovanmegerle]

Not on this list, but I think Everytime We Touch by Electric Callboy has a fantastic breakdown in a song where you wouldn't expect it.

[@GoodOlPastaCake]

Oh I absolutely agree. My friend got me into them a little while ago and that breakdown mixed with just the fun upbeat song worked so well in such a weird way

[@benbryan4468]

Signs of the Swarm - Amongst the Low and Empty. Can't believe the breakdown at the end of that song wasn't included 😮

[@0wnf4c3]

Thank you! This song gets slept on but it was one of my favorites this year, and the breakdown is DIRTY.

[@Pyr0nEx]

Some personal favs from the year: Dissipate - Polaris (the first one) Living In Tragedy - Currents The Summoning - Sleep Token Offworlder - Silent Planet False Divinity - Texas In July Shade Astray - Invent Animate Labyrinthian - Humanity’s Last Breath (just too good)

[@SpawnIsSleepy]

Jiluka part goes hard as fuck, that genre is called tearout dubstep, it's basically like if you made a breakdown with crazy sound design

[@itsarad89]

i saw a video of the vocalist breaking down the song and i think he called it electronic gothic metal or something xdd

[@papa_kernels4816]

Discovered humanity's last breath this year and holy crap they are just amazing. This year was another level, especially with the new cattle decap and spiritbox.

[@cestusfr]

8:20 "Grosse bagarre" means "big fight" Happy holidays to you and your loved ones. And NO FIGHT !!! ^__-

[@pricey1635]

Dissipate - Polaris. THE BEST.

[@taylervence5852]

I love most of the hardcore breakdowns that have been creative this year but Im growing a little tired of the vocal gymnastics going on rn in deathcore. It reminds me of who could have the slowest breakdown in 2009 era lol

[@UponThisAltar]

Fathomless Maw, Gaping Wounds of Earth, and Cellar Door were my three favorite breakdowns of the year for sure. Wild they all made the list. Shoutout to Kanine too, love those dudes. I'm normally more of a techdeath/downtempo fan, but that breakdown in Cellar Door is absolutely punishing. "I can't live in this world while I breathe in another one." THAT LINE GOES SO HARD.

[@travissewell5697]

My favourite Breakdowns of the year: Larencia Roe - Nose Tork Synestia - The Poetic Edda Slaughter to Prevail - Viking Honorable Mention Sleep Token - The Summoning That breakdown is so unexpected

[@oliversteele__]

larcenia roe mentioned woooooo😎

[@ekselentofficial]

The Poetic Edda SLAPS

[@willg955]

"Everything is *quite* now" Yes, quite.

[@damiensauvestre2124]

The poetic edda really deserves song of the year, not only the breakdown but the instrumental is awesome, never heard a violon used like that...

[@heretech7025]

My personal favs lately are the breakdown in "living with a ghost" by light the fire and "dangerous" by August burns red. Oh and "better days" by currents when he says "I'm about to break free" Chefs kiss

[@krinkles147]

so glad thrash was included. unprocessed came in at the end with my favourite album of the year

[@DamnnSmokeyy]

Great list, think if i could add a few; Paleface - please end me Signs of the swarm - amongst the low & empty Deadlands - house of cards (not the heaviest but the almost snarling noise she produces in it is insane!

[@overdev1993]

for me The Poetic Edda has the msot disguting and hardest breakdown of the year plus it has some bleghs

[@enzogibertini8267]

it's a shame that no one is talking about Psycho Frame... they just appeared from nowhere and then dropped the hardest deathcore that we could have IN YEARS! OG deathcore and breakdowns for days!!! The first breakdown in "The lot The Nuke to Midwest" is dummy hard

[@Roodyyy_]

My Favorite Breakdowns were: Human by Annisokay Malphas by Future Palace Fools Gold by Motionless in White Everything is quiet now by Knocked Loose Seeing Red by Architects Not the most heavy ones but they are just so fun to listen to and make me damn happy I’m not that much into animal demon sex noises Thanks Nik for this amazing Year Have a great 2024 everyone

[@authormichellefranklin]

Face Yourself really surprised me. Putting in a vote for Ghost Inside's Death Grip-- I'm calling each tempo change a breakdown, and they're all great.

[@gwenlavish6849]

glad to see my friends in Face Yourself made the cut! the fact Yaya is in the thumbnail too is absolutely sick 🤘🏻

[@Kekoapono]

Although I wish Disembodied Tyrant & Synestia got more love, I'm glad they were at least mentioned here. I think we can expect even more great music from both of them. I especially recommend The Divine Stigmata EP from Disembodied Tyrant; loads of great riffs and vocals from the same dude.

[@damiensauvestre2124]

Discovered the poetic eda a few weeks ago and can't wrap my head around how good it is, i've never heard such different way of making metal with violins, the instrumental is mind blowing and the fact it has ben duerr has a collab is so good... any suggestion on other bands in the genre i should check out? Reminds me of lorna shore

[@AngusJo]

@@damiensauvestre2124 Check out "Nocturnal Bloodlust". It's rather unique with many different influences, but it also has a lot of good riffs and hard breakdowns. I'm especially a big fan of the "ZeTeS" EP.

[@Serresietesiu]

where's slaughter to prevail? Immortal Disfigurement? Larcenia roe?.

[@Immadjentyboi]

Hey Nik, could you make this a playlist? I have a workout to do

[@brunocharbonneau5272]

The groove in that Labyrinthian breakdown is really amazing. I love that song

[@dianamagritte]

honestly Cellar Door being here was not surprising. that song destroyed me only to fix me again so i could be destroyed again. Spiritbox has the bangers, I like them very much.

[@chrisanderson8639]

blessthefall - wake the dead.....we legit went back to 2010s metalcore with the breakdowns, how did this not make the list :( :( :(

[@Zanza007]

No Sleep Token, Take Me Back to Eden? That final breakdown at the end is filthy

[@kzbernabeu3674]

FR

[@rad1antgg853]

Also “worship” is one of the best breakdowns!

[@MaelstromTheDemon]

No "Viking" by STP? That ending breakdown blew my brain out my skull!

[@wileycoyote3555]

When an 11min vid turns into 33min vid because I have to go watch all breakdowns in full and end up replaying most of em. Good year for metal fans

[@garrettthompson558]

If there is anyone on this planet that I would trust in a list of the most filthy, nasty, outright criminal breakdowns, it is YOU bro... Thank you for expanding my eclectic list and for being an awesome human being. Truly.

[@garrettthompson558]

Also @ 8:02 goose bumps appeared and tore my fucking face off and then had me take a selfie with itself. FUCK

[@rhyslewis8650]

for me my favourite breakdown from 2023 would be mental cruelty with there song obsessis a daemonio they are such a underrated band and this song and breakdown go so bloody hard

[@cycl0ps0297]

I love how I always find out about new bands with each of these "best of" videos. Always a fun time.

[@BloodTitan]

Paledusks breakdown is just peak classic 2000s breakdown with modern production over the top. Love every bit of it.

[@tristantemplar3044]

this channel is how i find 90% of my music!! thank you Nik! my neighbours hate me!!

[@MrWestNileVirus]

I didn't know people still cared about The Browning. Great band that I thought people forgot about. With each album, I'm like 'This band cannot possibly get heavier than this,' but Johnny finds a way to do it time and time again.

[@nattertenebrae7355]

The discord is even more amazing to witness creation

[@MrWestNileVirus]

Say what now? There's a Discord?! @@nattertenebrae7355

[@Снайдер-Кот]

The Amity Affliction - I see the dead people or Show me your god could also be included in this list) And also BTF - Wake the dead)

[@danielc3321]

The fact that Face Yourself made a music video for a minute long song is both amusing and badass.

[@justinrecio8609]

Everything is quiet now is definitely the best breakdown. Its fucking beautiful.

[@isador21]

Accurate list! I was hoping to see CJ's band Immortal Disfigurement with the single "King" where he does that horror movie croaking sound in the breakdown tho, that was sick.

[@brentdoerfler6149]

These are all bands I listen to. I'm old. I just turned 49, but I just love metal. The heavier the better.

[@jade-si3iv]

Where's Viking Slaughter to prevail. I've listened to hundreds of deathcore bands. And this is probably one of the best deathcore breakdown to have ever heard.

[@jamessderby]

My favorite breakdowns are both of the EPs that Psycho-Frame released this year.

[@P3ng_W1ng]

I feel like a lot of metal is slowly merging with dubstep and I am here for it!

[@Kaospojken94]

Love to see ALLT get recognition

[@doptimusdx743]

Everything Is Quiet Now is my song of the year. Hit me hard sonically and emotionally. Glad it got me to finally check them out.

[@melrakki9566]

Me and my husband stopped dead in our tracks when you said Lorna sky. Our daughter’s name is Lorna Skye. Haha

[@trevorprice13]

Libertine - Architects Cyanide Love - Within Temptation Humanophobia - Annisokay Angel Eyes - Spiritbox Ouroboros - Novelists Feeding the Fire - Disturbed Meet Your Maker - In Flames Visage - Landmvrks

[@iFlarexXx]

Larcenia Roe have a couple that could be on here. Signs of the Swarm's newest album should be too.

[@matthewkennedy5483]

One of my favorite things about these videos is the "Did you know that X% of you are not subscribed" because you can see actual progress as the number of people not subbed shrinking over time.... Also breakdowns.... that helps

[@sunnychipz]

when he said the knocked loose show was life-changing, he wasn't lying. went to a lot of shows this year and that one was far and away the best. spiritbox was incredible too.

[@calicocidd]

That Tom Barber filthiness taking 2 spots, I am all for it....

[@Ehko4]

I've been waiting for someone to put Poison in one of these compilations. It's soooooo gooood.

[@Lucifer_VI]

I'm really surprised that nobody's talking about Immortal Disfigurement - There Is No Light This is one of the nastiest breakdown, not only from 2023, but from every breakdown that I heard

[@xjoeldolox]

My favorite for sure. The part where he’s like if you think you’re safe than your fucking wrong.

[@Lucifer_VI]

@@xjoeldolox That's in Force-Fed, but yeah this band hit hard

[@xjoeldolox]

You right. That’s my fav of the year.

[@nomad5672]

Also would like to mention the breakdown in Force fed by immortal disfigurement, so stupidly heavy, that it’s even funny in some way

[@Blistio11]

You should give Larcenia Roe a listen. Pure raw gurgling noises!

[@shawnrhoads8482]

Great list! I would throw out SURGEON and Psycho-Frame. Those two came out of nowhere and god damn they are heavy. I couldn't even throw out specific tracks. Its all good.

[@juancruzluciano]

I expected Viking in this list

[@optie5]

My favourite breakdown of 2023 has to be Nose Tork by LARCENIA ROE

[@ismaeln2904]

loved the chelsea grin appreciation, Suffer in heaven is so underrated, anyone here should listen to it rn

[@forsakethelight]

Definitely! Its one of my favorite albums ever.

[@ismaeln2904]

@@forsakethelight you have great taste my friend

[@ItzShdw]

Face yourself is so good her highs are actually insane they rip so hard

[@gamertrash14]

hey nik for knocked loose you put "everything is quite now" and not "everything is quiet now"

[@matthewhughes5619]

Nik's poor grasp of the English language comes back to haunt him once again 😂

[@Beast_Hub]

Well to be fair, everything is quite quiet now

[@niklasbreuer3071]

You couldve spare energy when just say: Quite with "e" at the end xD

[@xRamseyy]

Who else read this comment atleast 3 times prior to finding the error 😅

[@villalowboss]

​@@xRamseyy4 times for me English is my second language

[@JKal1324]

i would also recommend the Song Collapse by Breakdown of Sanity. The End of the Sond has a nice long Breakdown.

[@trevorboyer611]

New darko single Shanghai goes hard af too

[@sh-fs7se]

Omg u helped me find a song that i completely forgot the title of thank you so much

[@theangelbelow88]

So happy to see Disembodied Tyrant getting some attention 🖤

[@sloenmusic]

Just wanted to say, having lots of viewers who aren't subscribers is a good thing actually, it means that your channel is being pushed to new people :P

[@Menoetius.]

Right It took me like 2 or 3 months of watching his videos to actually subscribe because back then I thought metal KZbinrs we're not capable of dishing out quality content

[@eloifou8045]

You should check out the band Paleface Swiss, they are so good and so HEAVY

[@AbandonedChurch]

I love how all the breakdowns really break down, great video nik!

[@Neomadra]

Well I did not know that I missed so much music this year, gotta catch up asap before 2024 kicks in

[@ElGuapoDeSantoPoco]

Nik totally missing the new Orbit Culture's EP Forgotten......gives me my mental breakdown of 2023 😢

[@pauriusd6626]

For Brand I personally prefer Exodus. That breakdown is just mmm~~mmmmmmmmm~~~~~ Kinda disappointed Thrown's "on the verge" didn't make it, but I found some other amazing breakdown songs to add to my playlist

[@hunterking6033]

Like some of the production stuff is cool (Darko for one example), but most of the techy stuff throws me off. Give me Knocked Loose, Slaughter to Prevail, Brand of Sacrifice every time.

[@picklechiken16]

Crowmouth lowlife was my top this year

[@BombeBerniLP]

Well, where ist the nuclear neck muscle ripping breakdown of Human by Annisokay??? 🤯

[@malicepriest]

The Plot in You and Landon Tewers are so underrated IMO. I've loved them for a very long time lol. He is very raw with his vocals and adds so much emotion.

[@alanseibel4565]

I think Viking should have definitly been on there.

[@kurtispittman2103]

For me, Kublai Khan TX - Theory of Mind Sleep Token - The Summoning Slaughter to Prevail - Viking To the Grave - Cut Off the Head Rivers of Nihil - Hellbirds Metallica - Crown of Barbed Wire

[@steffen6982]

blud slept on immortal disfigurement in every way possible. Not one reaction, nothing.

[@Ban00dle]

IMO, the breakdown in Angel Eyes by Spiritbox is better than the one in Cellar Door.

[@nickcraggs1145]

honestly with your comments on neon tide, little shocked it wasn't thrown in this list

[@tankerlaknat1362]

KANINE so Underrated 🔥🔥

[@toxic4dr355]

I was waiting for Filth - Chin Check. It hits so damn hard

[@saltaeyy]

One of my breakdowns of the year that isn't deathcore or generally ridiculous per se, has gotta be False Meridian by Invent Animate. It gets and feels so heavy in the context of the song and/or entire album tbh

[@coldmoonlight6361]

My favorite breakdown this year is probably near the end of Dracul Gras by Periphery. It slams my face every time.

[@astral_asriel6956]

YES! I hate that periphery is being left out of a lot of these end of the year videos, same thing with Amen by Bmth

[@bigsackryan]

im glad you agree, tbh p5 was my album of the year and that breakdown was by far my favourite this year, with the breakdown in everything is fine! being second to it

[@astral_asriel6956]

@@bigsackryan p5 was def one of the best projects this year. I love Wildfire and Dracul Gras. P4 is like my favorite album lol

[@liamblack4840]

Honestly the breakdown in Future Static’s The Hourglass is one of my favourite song moments of this year. It’s ethereal.

[@stevenlomon]

Love the love for Paledusk! ❤

[@aaronspriggs9041]

Dang, this is so crystal clear, did you get a new camera? Looks great.