HardLore: The Best Breakdowns Ever Vol. 2

Colin and Bo present their next batch of respective lists for the best breakdowns ever written in hardcore/metal/punk music.
20 brand new picks each, with zero crossover and zero repeat bands from the previous list, enjoy this informative deep dive into the 40 NEXT best breakdowns you've ever heard.
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[@KnifeLaughLove]

Weekend Nachos getting the respect they deserve. God damn, what a cracked list this is.

[@Scourge]

i need all the john caution lore

[@alexpdrumz684]

McDonald’s Diet Coke in my cup holder, sausage McGriddle in hand, camo obituary hat obviously still on my head, HARDLORE BOOMIN’

[@dylanreeves7320]

Damn man… that’s beautiful. That’s like pure poetry

[@Yusifer100]

Going casually from Assuck to Return of the Mack back to Assuck without missing a beat is fucking pinnacle shit and another reason why this has become my favourite podcast ever. Keep bringing that gold, guys.

[@polish2945]

Can you give a timestamp to that moment?

[@zaqkern]

Gotta have a 'best intro riffs ever' now

[@zaevho]

Best intro riffs and best intro songs

[@_chillbro.baggins_]

Joey has an Italian father and a native mother. He wrote the song from his heritage stand point.

[@FrankVenzor]

Came to say this. Indians is 100% inspired by Joey’s Native heritage

[@ropetiedtothetrigger]

I was just saying the other day how underrated The Hope Conspiracy is. Fuckin' love to hear them mentioned.

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Big Facts homie🙌💯 I’ve been telling the world they have been sleeping on Hope Con for years. Cold blue changed my life as a New England youth

[@BigMacUpperCut]

Return of the Mack, the most spinkickable breakdown ever. OH MY GAAHD

[@bomonttyler]

Hardlore drops have made Thursday my new favorite weekly holiday

[@oyepvokadub6522]

The intro is so sick i sing it to myself so often. My fave podcast love falling asleep with Colin and Bo.

[@DaveyBlade13]

I am waiting to hear Territory by Sepultura on this list. Do not disappoint me.

[@bosxe]

Sep was on v1!

[@DaveyBlade13]

@@bosxe ah yes but not Territory haha.

[@bencamilleri3239]

Holy shit I’m crying laughing in a supermarket cause of the return of the Mack bit 😂 As soon as I get home I’m putting it on and my kitchen is gonna see some serious spin kicking

[@diskomvort]

Interesting picks, can't wait to see volume 3.

[@josephipatzi2568]

I immediately listened to Return of the Mack like 5 times after finishing this episode! OH MY GOD!

[@seanlomeli8332]

Colin went bev2bev. Sugar free Red Bull to Diet Coke. No water in between to cleanse the palette. Respect.

[@beartyler]

"It's music to my ears when they make music" great episode boys thank you

[@plumbunrecords518]

Bo the end of freak on a leash has always been one of my favorite Korn riffs 😂😂😂😂 from after the beatbox on it goes crazy hard

[@user-jk7xi2fx1t]

Yoooo, Boxed In and Subzero was an amazing shout!!! Real shit!!!

[@schmeatclips]

joey belladonna is native

[@bmth3211]

Y'all should have like hardcore history mini episodes

[@Joyceages]

Was just lifting to Killing Time two days ago and was thinking if you guys had ever mentioned Brightside. I’m early into the video but so far so damn good.

[@zaevho]

Shout out Hope Con

[@adamnshame95]

Kevin from Hope Con came to my record store a few weeks ago and is one of the sweetest and nicest people I’ve ever met. Get him on the pod ASAP, especially since he may have something in the works………👀

[@corycourtney8923]

Don’t give me hope. I loved APMD too. One of the best voices in hardcore.

[@Matthiacle666]

​@@corycourtney8923 I would have bet money that APMD would have been more active when Trap Them broke up, since they shared a guitarist. Wishful thinking, I guess.

[@DR_DINGLENUT]

Overcasts Fight Ambition to Kill is near perfect from beginning to end. Very surprised Bo hasnt heard it.

[@nnnn1285]

Malevolent Creation - "Slaughter of Innocence" & "Iced"

[@slickrick5574]

Love the morbid Angel wee woo comment. Definitely a tasteful squeal that needs to be more apparent in Death metal. Deadbody fucking rules 🤘🏼

[@dominicdimas9188]

Hardlore Thursdays

[@thomasburkland9053]

can't stop thinking about the "oh my god" in return of the mack

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Colin with two of my fav hometown bands in a row. BFB did run shit back in the day especially in the northeast. Their shows were scary mix of hardcore dudes, big old skins, punks and a few metal heads but always a blast!

[@docbp87]

That Leeway song is amazing. It has always reminded me of faster Pretenders songs like Tattooed Love Boys... if there way suddenly an epic pit in the middle of it.

[@infinitepossibility]

Retuuuurn of the Mack (ONCE AGAIN)

[@mirraco323]

First breakdown ever has gotta be the ending of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Unbelievably heavy riff on that part.

[@garthmaul1575]

Or children of the grave??

[@mirraco323]

@@garthmaul1575The middle section is quite possibly the most evil sounding shit ever written, but I’m not quite sure if I’d classify it as breakdown necessarily if you know what I mean. Either way Children of The Grave is such a ripper.

[@benxo]

Can we talk about Eagles Become Vultures as another great intro fill.

[@alexmartin51]

First breakdown is legitimately Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

[@CrookedTooth616]

Acme’s song ‘Blind’ is one of my favorites.

[@vannuyshardcore]

Great band

[@z2w630]

World Collapse is so sick. Very happy that got called out.

[@CH-ml4rz]

The ‘couple tracks’ thing is so fucking funny.

[@nickygoods131]

Special shout out to: Comback Kid's: "Dead on the Fence" two massive breakdowns almost bookending one another...best bangs since Bieber's original haircut!

[@spasehorse8524]

Misery Index Lore: The early line up of Misery Index is just the Destroy the Opposition line up minus John Gallagher. That's why Retaliate sounds so similar. Allegedly those guys all quit Dying Fetus over some band money drama and started Misery Index right after. The line up between Destroy the Opposition and Stop at Nothing are completely different.

[@jakestone1965]

Stoked that my Leeway pick made the cut!

[@rockerguy890]

every song i hear it, i pause and listen to the song fully lol

[@chrisp464]

i can't believe i learned about a Bosstones video with Choke from you guys and NOT Pat kindlon

[@benxo]

Absolutely underrated band Hope Con. Love that band

[@Icepick73]

Side By Side will play the Revolution Calling Fest in the Netherlands an Nov. 25th 2023

[@tylerrebmann6500]

Stand For is such a heater. That key change makes that part ten times heavier.

[@immigrationproblems]

Side by Side has a reunion announced in the Netherlands later this year, lol

[@corycourtney8923]

Funny enough, and Rob will admit to this, the breakdown in Ramallah by Ramallah is the riff from Wolverine Blues. Also Car Bomb - Hypnotic Worm is another drywall endangering breakdown for the list.

[@geraldbayley5781]

Just laced that one up. Sick track. I got centralia gifted to me as a cdr outside a locust show in Brooklyn.

[@corycourtney8923]

@@geraldbayley5781 Hell yeah. My brother in breakdowns.

[@noahspizza4003]

I totally thought I would've been the only one mentioning Car Bomb if I did! Fuck yeah! (Bo read out my Warning pick to Colin but didn't recognize the track 😪)

[@troyjames1015]

the crushing end of a tune called Prion which then opens up a door to the sonic clobbering of Greetings From the Gallows off of that one album called ‘Spirals’ by that one N’England group

[@Quantumface]

Downpresser played the intro, started the next song and some chick bounced her head off the barricade and was taken out on a stretcher, then they just said fuck it and played the intro again because that's all the time they had left.

[@lancechristman3574]

I am 53 and have been into the New York Hardcore seen for ever! Lol I love both of your bands and I really love how you guys know what you’re talking about… But for the life of me I cannot believe you have not mentioned a Leeway born to expire in any of your episodes?! Some of those riffs are the hardest ever. AJ Novello… Hands-down, that’s all I’m saying keep doing what you’re doing. Much love.

[@danderson187]

World collapse are true goats. Like if Harley and JJ worked in fashion but were still hard af. The two main guys were in true blue. There’s great live footage of them on the cold world No omega dvd

[@gregbaffuto4370]

Alone in a Crowd reunited for a benefit gig a few years ago at the church in philly. Boxed In is also on the Hatebreed cover album. Saw Subzero at L'amour with Sworn Enemy and Everybody Gets Hurt. Terrifying.

[@AndrewJShirley]

Idea for a list, which mosh out of your list of mosh four songs would you pick? 1, 2, 3 or 4? And why?

[@bentlikewings]

How y’all have done 2 of these and Prayer for Cleansing’s Feinbhas a Ghabhail hasn’t been mentioned is wild to me 🤯

[@abw22080]

We need best two steps

[@jfunkytown2625]

Finally Undo Tomorrow getting the shoutout!

[@BanonOmus]

Guys only want one thing and it’s disgusting… (to travel back in time and beat the shit out of Beethoven to the mighty mighty bosstones ofcourse)

[@iestynhurtig5993]

Hardcore time baby!!

[@hammerheadtaco]

Fck yeah. It's Hardlore time.

[@BassyTX]

Return Of The Mack is hands down Top 5 best rap songs of all time 🫡

[@rxchavira]

the AFI mosh part is porphyria at the 1 minute mark

[@connerelmes3181]

Prayer position ending too

[@puredistraction]

Colin, we know where you stand with Only Living Witness, Sam Black Church, 454 Big Block How about the rest of what I like to call Wonderdrugcore? Cast Iron Hike - Stompbox - Tree - Scissorfight - Honkeyball - Slughog - Piecemeal

[@jake_villanueva]

Lots of good lower key shit here. Nachos and Burn are nice picks.

[@ptwkk]

Nothing Left Inside by Black Flag has a chugging open note breakdown. 1984, but demos from as early as 1982 exist

[@xhxcxdrummerx]

Finally being able to mosh to Juggernaut at Furnace Fest 21 was a major bucket list item for me ❤

[@1977pogo]

Hope Con! good work lads

[@johnstephan9962]

Colin, its "Once more girl". Though it is definitely now "Once my pearl 🦪" never forget.

[@GIGNILLIAT777]

The best breakdown ever Is the intro to Razors edge

[@samuelmagnum6047]

When we're talking top live moments. Type O at the Lost Horizon in Syracuse 94. Pete says "I don't condon violence, I DEMAND IT!!!". Instant pit, no music for about 10 seconds. That was a verbal breakdown call with no music.

[@bmth3211]

1:42 fun fact the freak on a leash do weeee wa woohoo is taken from a primus song

[@nickwylde666]

WEEKEND NACHOS FOREVER

[@FUNERAL-CITY]

i came here only to flame for not having shattered realm. good job boys

[@TJCombo67]

The World Demise call is 🔥🔥🔥

[@DJStrongStyle]

I watch this on youtube but the playlist isnt on youtube. :(

[@plumbunrecords518]

A bitch called hope is fucking classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Anthoniexg]

Yas

[@_arfarf_x]

im with bo on this one!

[@taylorwinterhalder9895]

Korn has many worthy mosh parts

[@user-od7el7ke9z]

DEAD WRECKONING by DIAMOND HEAD 1:06:14

[@scottgajewski3925]

Brightside is in my top 5 for sure and I would definitely say it's better than age of quarrel....and I love age of quarrel

[@Quantumface]

Listening to World Collapse right now. HIM hits it right on the head lol.

[@user-vb2hi1hs3s]

Return of the mac is a CLASSIC

[@Carlo.WTF416]

Lmaoooo, y’all really put Mark Morrison on the playlist💯💯💯

[@zaevho]

would like to see y’all’s favorite breakdowns from your peers

[@MrMikewright1980]

No Zao, ETID, DEP, Botch, Norma Jean, Unearth? What about Down - Eyes Of The South or Bury Me In Smoke?

[@gregbaffuto4370]

Hammer Bros with a last-minute mention from the user submissions. I'd put their song Legion up with anything else you guys have mentioned. Overcast played the metalcore-centric This is Hardcore in 2014. Not a huge reaction, only a handful of spinkickers. Someone got really hurt during them

[@CloakedDnb]

THE KORN CLOWN HONKING LMFAOOO. AGREEEEED

[@jake_villanueva]

Also worth a comment to mention the Taco Bell commercial featuring Pressure Cooker by Militarie Gun is still so sick. (Played as an ad during a watch)

[@Brooknamsfinest]

Rise of the Northstar goes hard !

[@garyforshaw3707]

Side by side playing in Holland later this year

[@nickwylde666]

blood for blood is legendary.

[@shawn_92]

Colin’s reaction to Bo’s #1 fucking sent me.

[@blom9891]

Side By Side is going to play Revolution Calling in November, soooo...

[@jekabecao1]

Grimlock...damn, 24 is the king.

[@petecomplains]

✊🏾

[@connor7329]

we’re eating tonight, boys!!

[@hatinassmf]

no rules by you lose, this is ghetto beat! by words of concrete , 6 feet deep by swear to god, unmatched dominance by laid 2 rest, any 38 snub song

[@jonathanmulcahy949]

If the last couple seconds of ashopedies' 'legions bow to a faceless god' was twenty seconds longer.... pit dreams

[@bmth3211]

First breakdown in metal is maybe sabbath bloody sabbath

[@LILDIRTNAPX]

was gonna timestamp the whole shit but my dog threw up under my desk!

[@headtrips1]

Despised Icon - furitive monologue