11 Greatest Breakdowns Ever | WIll Putney's Picks

[@aidenj5john]

I agree with This Love for Pantera. but the break down in Dominantion is the one where I break my neck everytime

[@irishjoe9195]

Agreed

[@jamesennis8837]

Pantera we’re incredible u could go on an on with loads there tunes I’m broken another classic breakdown

[@jamesennis8837]

Mouth for war where u stop. Opening of new level is one big breakdown 🤣

[@ashchaya7676]

Domination has that delicious bass in the breakdown too

[@tomislavprpic2569]

For me its new level from the same album

[@cloneboy42]

Sepultura has so many legendary breakdowns. Roots, Territory, Dead Embryonic Cells, the list goes on

[@omarrodriguez4237]

Cant forget Desperate Cry.

[@brandonshifflett7808]

Basically every song on arise album

[@angryktulhu]

Sepultura is fokken awesome and has always been

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

I think Dead Embryonic Cells is the quintessential "Breakdown." It might not be the fastest, most technical, or most brutal, but it's just the best in general. It's just so fuckin good from start to finish.

[@gabmano4877]

Attitude

[@blackened247]

I feel like Crowbar is getting more recognition lately, and I'm glad. It's well-deserved! Kirk churns out some of the nastiest riffs I've ever heard. I've seen them three times and they brought it every time!

[@Samoan_Metalhead]

The whole New Orleans Metal scene is amazing. Crowbar, DOWN and Goatwhore etc

[@butchvito]

I've been watching Crowbar [live Wacken 2017] and [live Hate5six 2014] among other Crowbar videos over and over. I've been a fan of there's for years but it wasn't until 2, 3 years ago that something "clicked" with me and they became my top 5 favorite bands. I keep finding the best riffs from Kirk. Here's another Crowbar clip that doesn't have many views. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGmlhXqkYtyBgaM

[@Crowbar11115]

I LOVE Crowbar. Got to hang with Kirk and Sammy at a show back in the day. Awesome guys!

[@cottonmouth8697]

Crowbar and Jesu are currently my two favorite bands at the moment

[@jamesennis8837]

I was only saying that other day… I think it’s came from the hardcore scene more an more bands I see in that scene say crowbar was huge influence which is cool to see as deserve it. Now I’d like to see it happen with kingdom of sorrow just a ridiculously over looked band. There two albums we’re unbelievable

[@jbasti227]

Gotta agree, To Carry The Load is one of the best breakdowns ever. Crowbar riffs in general are just stupidly heavy. Kirk Windstein really is one of the true riff lords.

[@TheKorfish]

They get heavier when you see them live

[@hass9510]

so happy crowbar got some love. Some of their riffs are ridicilous

[@trevorkellow2039]

That whole album is just relentless. Odd Fellow’s is my favorite Crowbar album.

[@dickwhiskey8041]

@@hass9510 Agreed. Odd Fellows Rest is a perfect album...relentlessly heavy.

[@paolofurlanis3122]

Gotta show some love to the ending to Pantera's By Demons Be Driven Double bass: checked Chugging riff: checked Odd time signature: checked Year: 1992 I guess that the whole list could be filled with Pantera's songs

[@djabthrash]

Not a breakdown because of how "undanceable to" it is. Great part tho'.

[@GlassThirdEye]

I'm pretty sure it's in 4/4

[@blapask]

Chaos AD record is for sure one of the leaders of the pack, but I would have chosen Dead Embryonic Cells

[@arturocascante6992]

Totally man! When he mentioned Sepultura I was confused when he selected Propaganda, I thought he would mention Dead Embryonic Cells

[@JULIOGARCIA-gi9cz]

Dead embryonic cells is the mother of every breakdown

[@stephenwinchester6668]

Agreed!!!

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

@@JULIOGARCIA-gi9cz I pretty much said the same thing under another comment here. It's THEE quintessential breakdown.

[@torehy5912]

For me Nomad 🤘

[@finanvipor2549]

Fear Factory- Demanufacture album of the 90's..still sound over the years

[@TheMusicman-tv8pl]

Fucking love that album

[@bretcappola6904]

Trash

[@hellbach6268]

Not having suffocation here is criminal. Masters of a breakdown and originators of whole genres with their style. You can pick pretty much any song off of "pierced from within" and find a great break down on it.

[@darnfrick3354]

Yes but they made the Slam breakdown which isn't the same but still hugely important

[@chrisreager2614]

‘Liege Of Inveracity’ should be in there.

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Eh, if anyone is confused as to the difference between a breakdown and a slam, check out Acranius - The Echo of Her Cracking Chest. They’re one of the few bands that does both breakdowns and slams in the same songs, oftentimes practically one after the other, and the difference is glaring

[@KingJerbear]

This is Will's list, you're welcome to make your own

[@hellbach6268]

@@KingJerbear You have never responded to any video with your own opinion about the said video? If you have, then I want to see some of your own content about that topic. Don't be a smart ass.

[@Beardodoomus]

Great list. Will Putney knows what he's talking about. This would absolutely be my list.

[@andrewtrimble6171]

Totally agree! The passion this man feels for this genre is totally inspiring!

[@KeepTheGates]

Cool how you let someone else form your opinion lol

[@Beardodoomus]

@@KeepTheGates what ya saying there fella?

[@chadwick0091]

Pantera’s “Domination” has the greatest breakdown in all of music.

[@ronytomano]

💯

[@ronytomano]

Its that lead up with the solo that really sets it up like nothing ive ever heard before

[@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL]

Maybe to you but for he greatest breakdown is lamb of god 11th hour

[@lightningmonky7674]

I'm more into modern metal but as far as old school then domination has the best old school breakdown 🤘🏻

[@ARMYStrongHOOAH17]

@@lightningmonky7674 I try not to be but I am perpetually flabbergasted by people who reference anything before the last few years as having the greatest breakdown. I get it: it's all about taste and preference but Jesus fucking christ, have these people never listened to Lorna Shore, or Shadow of Intent, or Thy Art is Murder, or hell even All That Remains' bridge in This Calling is one hell of a "Breakdown" though I suppose not what most people would consider a breakdown. I just can't get into the super older stuff. I appreciate it for influencing modern bands and genres but to me it's just nowhere near as heavy and appealing, but again.....personal preference.

[@colt.thrower]

Well thought out list. Even though Im not super into their music, Norma Jean’s Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste is a standout breakdown that should be mentioned

[@xwwg1wgax277]

👍

[@antimatter2380]

Came here for this. I've never heard that long of silence between notes before that.

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

That is a great one. Lots of people mentioning breakdowns that I've always loved but feel like they never get their due.

[@benjamin3290]

Norma Jean is a criminally under appreciated band

[@kage6613]

Either this one or I Used To Hate Cell Phones But Now I Hate Car Accidents

[@Viiniciws]

Pantera - Domination Dir en Grey - Unknown.Despair.Lost Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ Cryptopsy - Benedictine Convulsions A new one: Darko US - Pale Tongue

[@onewhitepony]

Good ones..I’ve really been loving some Darko US..just a fun band to listen to! I saw a video of him playing guitar, his guitar is stringed backwards lol..low end on the bottom and high end on the top

[@resetskateteam]

Darko US is fucking insane

[@natedogg1777]

Dude, that Knocked Loose EP is so insane. Absolutely brilliant from beginning to end.

[@darnfrick3354]

Really though. I bought it at the time and had no idea what to expect and was pleasantly surprised to hear Hardcore-core

[@adamstark9154]

Great list. I would have included Merauder "Master Killer"

[@1848revolt]

I saw them live and it was pretty awful.

[@natedogg1777]

@@1848revolt Booo...I don't want to hear that. Not terribly surprising, though.

[@RedBarkedTree]

​@@darnfrick3354 What the hell is hardcore-core?

[@theartofpablo0110]

Domination is the greatest breakdown of all time. Roots Bloody Roots also has a face melting breakdown that never gets old

[@howiejohnson7227]

Roots bloody roots one of my favorite sepultura songs

[@nedhead1972]

Agreed 100%

[@michakrzyzanowski8554]

Also, the song actually fucking rocks

[@brodemonz]

Down Bury me in smoke

[@cletusc.r829]

I think the creeping death breakdown is also important

[@arturocascante6992]

The Ills of Modern Man album from Despised Icon has like the whole album full of pretty sick breakdowns

[@buzwa2k]

Classic!

[@roswel47]

MVP is the other one

[@ScottBrunelleMusic]

legendary shit

[@ijustlovemetal]

Love that album

[@straightlaced]

I thought despised would get an honourable mention because they do it so damn well especially on that album. Having said that i cant argue w his list, its solid for sure

[@dimitrilemieux4142]

I'd add "Liege of Inveracity' from Suffocation to this list, but these are all solid picks!

[@AdolfStalin]

That too, kind of disappointed he didn't mention Earth Crisis either

[@cloneboy42]

Yeah, that breakdown pretty much invented slam.

[@ExhumedToConsume]

I came here hoping someone would mention Liege haha

[@dariiofernando]

yeah Suffocation needs to be here

[@cottonmouth8697]

Jesus wept on Human waste

[@M4RCi92]

Some of my favorite breakdowns: END - Necessary Death Converge - Heartless Glass Cloud - She Is Well And Nothing Can Be Ill Architects - Early Grave Code Orange - I Am King Dillinger Escape Plan - Limerent Death Every Stranger Looks Like You - Smoking Crack At Your Funeral Minors - Bone Pointer Kublai Khan - Self Destruct

[@soilikebread6664]

Necessary Death 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@deathmilk475]

Necessary Death outro is the best breakdown of all time

[@rjt201]

that End EP is unrelenting, amazing

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

Cool list, but let’s all remember how sick the breakdown in Opeth’s Deliverance is. Cathartic as all hell, unforgettable.

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

Oh fuck yeah. That's one of the most satisfying breakdowns ever.

[@Ihvann]

I was thinking exact the same.... totally missed. Nº 1 to me

[@chistake7585]

Damn we missed The Saddest Day by Converge. That breakdown is still a mammoth that holds up to me.

[@beavisandnutmeg]

Locust Reign too

[@cottonmouth8697]

Thaw

[@josephbell6130]

The breakdown in Axe To Fall is my lifeforce

[@kalamay]

Fuck yes!

[@ChrisXMetal]

DUDE, YESSSS!!! Forsaken also.

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

Jesus... knocked loose really are absolute beasts. One if my absolute faves.

[@jasonstiles7672]

The ones that come to mind for me (and I’m not well versed in breakdown culture): Converge- You Fail Me Meshuggah- New Millennium Cyanide Christ Opeth- Deliverance .. and of course.. Pantera- Domination

[@abcdefghijkl5408]

Came here to mention that 'shuggah song...great video too!

[@irishtexan100]

Sepultura-Dead Embryonic Cells. Best breakdown ever.

[@TobyKBTY]

The chaos of early Meshuggah still hits different. Just absolutely soul crushing, and so happy Future Breed Machine still gets recognition. But also awesome list in general. Crowbar, Dillinger, Meshuggah, and a nod to Knocked Loose…lots of good shit

[@BassRocker617]

Just off the top of my head, here's mine in no order: 1. Unearth - This Lying World (he literally screams breakdown before the breakdown I mean come on) 2. Botch - To Our Friends in the Great White North 3. Converge - The Saddest Day 4. the mid section of Hammer Smashed Face 5. Pantera - Domination 6. Arsis - Sadistic Motives 7. Meshuggah - New Millennium Cyanide Christ 8. Fit For An Autopsy - Do You See Him? 9. The Red Chord - Dreaming in Dog Years 10. Dillinger - 43% Burnt

[@phatnana2379]

Haha yo! Homeboy screaming "Breakdown" is kind of cringe but that is a GREAT breakdown! That Unearth album had a bunch of great breakdowns! I chose "Heartless" for Converge tho Edit: had to change "Dreaming In Dog Years" to "That Certain Special Ugly" off that Red Chord album too! SO heavy

[@aplus1080]

My maaaaaaaaaan!

[@knowledgegod2635]

He nailed it for sure. I always thought anthrax had some good breakdowns as well. Incendiary has some beefy ones too.

[@blakes7455]

Great list. Here it is: Slayer - Raining Blood Metallica - One Pantera - This Love Sepultura - Propaganda Machine Head - Davidian Meshuggah - Future Dream Machine Hatebreed - Not One Truth Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt Crowbar - To Carry The Load Terror - Out Of My Face Knocked Loose - God Knows

[@geighsects2519]

Future Breed Machine

[@djabthrash]

out of my face is quite the assbeater indeed

[@JakeEwing50]

I’d swap in New Millennium Cyanide Christ

[@AndrewJShirley]

WILL! How can you miss out Pantera - Domination? I AM DISAPPOINT . How many Hardcore bands have either covered that or ripped it off? ;-)

[@skylarlysaker9321]

i agree with will, KL literally has the best breakdowns always

[@christopherdeftones2878]

Nah idk... Aside from disembodied live. There will never be anything more punishing than a Xibalba, crowbar, or primitive man sludge as hell breakdown.

[@svdderdvze6070]

Same, saw them at el corazon in Seattle and they were absolutely insane. Sold out on a Wednesday night. I felt like i was 17 going to a hardcore show again. I was 33 lol

[@jakeybball]

@@christopherdeftones2878 knocked loose is just worse Disembodied with Mickey Mouse vocals.

[@christopherdeftones2878]

@@jakeybball 😂

[@tlars515]

Lol no

[@tylergrant-peters4563]

The breakdown in strength beyond strength is still to this day one of the heaviest ever

[@КосицкийВсеволод]

agree, and also suicide note pt.2

[@Impuritan1]

Fuck yea.

[@ryanschultz4638]

The outro breakdown to Love by Gojira is probably the most interesting and unique one I've ever heard, it's so dark and heavy

[@phatnana2379]

Between The Buried and Me - Decade of Statues (Track 2 off COLOURS album) has an incredibly unique breakdown too. The MOST unique for my money. Instead of chugs it's a bunch of "Flight of the Bumblebee" esque, not-quite-sweep picking! Check it out if you don't know it! Tho, I'm assuming you prob do as a Gojira fan

[@Dregsovpluto]

I was really hoping someone would mention Love. That song and Clone are some of the craziest breakdowns I’ve ever heard.

[@mgonzalez8880]

Gojira has some might breakdowns.. Backbone, Rememberance, Embrace the world.

[@Qeoa]

That hatebreed album was the first cd I ever bought. My life was changed after that. It’s breakdown central

[@aplus1080]

I love it soooooo fuxkinggggg muccccccchhhhh

[@Beardodoomus]

Strapping Young Lad 'In The Rainy Season' is the greatest breakdown of all time.

[@Hegder]

Fuck yes.

[@leon9785]

I like that this video also doubles as a history of breakdowns lol

[@mangogoat4691]

Gojira-Flying whales Pantera- 5 minutes alone Knocked Loose- Deadringer Slayer- Raining Blood 🐐 Metallica- One Lorna Shore- you know what song Hatebreed- Doomslayer

[@msw0322]

Obituary - Solid State Sepultura - Propaganda

[@mynameislove1704]

Asking Alexandria - The Final Episode✌

[@blahzay_]

@@mynameislove1704 wack

[@lilmarc701]

What lorna song

[@mynameislove1704]

@@blahzay_ My personal favorite

[@justmedee]

I'm an old metalhead that loves reminiscing on the glory days while also trying to remain current because there is too much good music in the world to be perpetually stuck in a time lock of your youth. Out of all the bands I've seen live over 30 years the one that has absolutely blown me away every time I've seen them is Parkway Drive. Not only is everything they've released top notch but their live shows are a must see experience for any metal fan. I know they're a bit "new school" for the old heads, even though they've been dominating the scene for 15 years, but I'd put them in my top 5 for all-time not only breakdowns but metal bands. In my opinion they've mastered the perfect mix of heavy, melody, technicality and raw energy. If you haven't seen them before, do yourself a favor and make sure you do.

[@iAmMarkhor]

Check out Sylosis

[@Kotsoros37]

Also agree about Knocked Loose, the last EP was insane!

[@ryuhadouken1404]

They're good, but August Burns Red are objectively the king of breakdowns.

[@kylemcgill2966]

The breakdown at the end of Doomsayer by Hatebreed is 🔥

[@howiejohnson7227]

Everybody bleeds is a good one as well

[@TheMusicman-tv8pl]

Driven by suffering

[@BornFromTheGrave]

My introduction to MESHUGGAH was the "NONE" EP which blew me away as a kid man. We were jamming out some DEMOLITION HAMMER then put on the NONE EP which I had just bought that afternoon and it just totally destroyed me and my buddy, we were hooked from that point on and I had to make tape copies for everyone I knew so I could spread it.

[@aplus1080]

Hated none but liked everything after.

[@stevenborrowman9282]

Domination from Pantera is the heaviest riff ever!

[@salinaember9527]

I would like to add my input of Suffocation - Liege of Inveracity (1991) for literally creating the slam genre... Suffocation - Pierced From Within (1995) for being a dope heavy breakdown,,, Earth Crisis - Firestorm (1993) for helping start 90s metalcore beatdown.. Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face (1993) for brutal death metal breakdown,... System of a Down - Sugar (1999) or Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff (1999) for Nu metal breakdown.. Lamb Of God - Black Label (2000) for most underrated? From First To Last - Ride the Wings of Pestilence (2004) emo breakdown, From Autumn To Ashes - The After Dinner Payback (2004) my metalcore pick, Job For A Cowboy- Entombment of a Machine (2005), Suicide Silence - Unanswered (2007) / Destruction of a Statue (2005) for greatest deathcore band of all time, Carnifex - Lie to My Face (2007) for classic myspace deathcore breakdown, Impending Doom - My Nemesis (2007) Christ slamcore, Waking The Cadaver - Chased Through The Woods (2007) best slam memecore of all time, Slipknot - Psychosocial (2008) mainstream breakdown.. Oceano - District of Misery (2008) another deathcore banger & some of my favs: Carnifex - Hell Chose me (2010), Chelsea Grin - My Damnation (2011), No Zodiac - Population Control (2012) or No Zodiac - Constant Decay (2015), Beyond Deviation - White Noise (2014), Code Orange - Forever (2016), Poppy - Concrete (2019), Poppy - Bite Your Teeth (2020), Ghostemane - Lazaretto (2020) rap metal breakdown. Honorable Mentions - Animosity, Despised Icon, Motionless In White, Emmure, Cryptopsy ... the list goes on and on :) My favorite modern era breakdown - Extermination Dismemberment - Omnivore (2019). & i have to disagree about Knocked Loose because Lorna Shore exists.

[@aplus1080]

Dude. F'ing sick.

[@djabthrash]

thorough af

[@matthamann3007]

Fuck yeah

[@williamsummerson1204]

Lorna shore is my favorite band out right now and Will Ramos is in his own lane. The beginning breakdown on blind by Korn still breaks my neck

[@LateralusMorales]

Wow ! 🔥🤝🏼⚔️🙏🏼

[@bassrocks4419]

My favorite Crowbar breakdown is the one at the end of The Only Factor, it’s just so disgustingly sludgy and it’s probably my favorite breakdown ever

[@depracated]

Pantera - Domination Knocked Loose - Counting Worms Silent Planet - Trilogy

[@Skeetopunk01]

Let’s not forget Burnt By The Sun. They had some nasty breakdowns. Famke is amazing.

[@trendkill1909]

The only problem with the Domination breakdown is that it doesn't hit quite the same on the album. CFH just didn't have that super aggressive and crisp production and tone that we associate with them like on the albums after.

[@rnhcxcaptain]

Listen to the demo version my brother

[@jzxe10]

Slipknot's Disasterpiece has their best breakdown. Also Eyeless. Man, these were filthy ones. They were my gateway to deathcore.

[@Neji4GR]

wait what ??? you are confused . slipknot with breakdowns and ...deathcore???

[@xloathingwingsx]

@@Neji4GR slipknot has had so many breakdowns (eyeless being the most iconic)

[@MichaelAngeloOjeda31]

@@Neji4GR a lot of deathcore bands were influenced by Slipknot. A lot have made cover songs.

[@Neji4GR]

@@MichaelAngeloOjeda31 not against slipknot, deathcore is another thing. Influence can be found in Demi Lovato, doesnt mean anything. Cover songs ?? Dude cmon...metal bands covered so many times other bands songs, even non metal songs .....

[@Neji4GR]

@@xloathingwingsx not against slipnknot but there are ofcourse nice riffs but slpiknot is like....holding a pocket knife in your hand and play with it...... Parkway drive for example or breakdown of sanity, its like holding a sledgehammer and smashing the wall. Now... deathcore is a fucking bulldozer...... . its like swordsman vs Hulk besides, slipknot shouldnt even be mentioned in this conversation . Its a generation thing . Its just a well known band , nuMetal band with some riffs . If the guy grew up with slipknot i get it .Other than that...

[@nellanellaperched6767]

I've loved watching knocked loose rise to where they are. I always knew that band hit so fucking hard and they never stopped delivering, album after album.

[@owl509]

Raining Blood - Slayer Domination - Pantera

[@zanedemir1369]

I was waiting that whole video for him to say Knocked Loose and it made me so happy when he mentioned it at the end 😂

[@MetalCoreHog131]

Thank you Revolver & Will Putney. Now every time some metal elitist says breakdowns aren’t metal or they come from punk, we can send them here for a history lesson haha great list

[@CassanoFamiglia]

That argument is ridiculous but I hear it all the time. So many 80s/90s hardcore bands were criticized as being metalcore (when the term was derogatory and not its own subgenre) BECAUSE they had breakdowns.

[@danevandenheuvel321]

I would add in some early Unearth (maybe One Step Away or Endless) because they kind of elevated the brutal breakdown landscape around the early 2000s. No problems with the rest of the list. Nicely done!

[@Aartskie]

The Oncoming Storm is full of breakdowns.

[@fmdof]

endless \m/

[@JDizaster]

Does the "die by my hand" riff from Creeping Death not count as a breakdown?

[@jzxe10]

i played it in my head and got goosebumps. thx

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

I mean... thats a subjective one I think... but I would agree! But if you were to include that. I feel you'd have to give back to some black sabbath stuff.like the "breakdown" in the song "black sabbath".

[@BRO77TX]

I would!!

[@emptysoul4455]

I’ve always thought it was a breakdown

[@Kotsoros37]

Machine head, Sepultura and Pantera were definitely the best OGs imo!

[@atvena]

Fear factory

[@chrisnewman7845]

Great list. Leaves a lot on the table when it comes to Metallica and Pantera. Not sure how you cite the bridge to “One” as the best breakdown on AJFA over the breakdown in “Blackened” or “Harvester of Sorrow”. Iconic song and an iconic section, but not the best breakdown on the album and not even really a breakdown imo. As for Pantera, “This Love” is def. innovative with the tempo shift but in a world where “Domination” exists AND pre-dates “This Love”…it just doesn’t stack up. I mean the first four tracks on Far Beyond Driven all have harder breakdowns than “This Love”.

[@corysutton]

Not to mention all the drum tracks Lars does on AJFA, were studio magic! He’s never, ever remotely pulled any of those songs off live, we plays “around” the hard parts.

[@brandonkushner7751]

Unearth has entered the chat

[@markresistance8875]

Will putney props to you im 49 years old and completely agree . From slayer to knocked loose watched and heard it all fall into place year by year breakdown after breakdown

[@xTheOxx]

Great picks, but Converge needs a mention in any breakdown list. The Broken Vow, Eagles Become Vultures and Dark Horse are top notch.

[@blakes7455]

Ah man, not even touching their best. Locust Reign, Heartless, Conduit, Saddest Day…so many ridiculous ones in their bag

[@stillbitter3134]

Yeah there are so many awesome breakdowns in their songs.

[@emiliocontreras2841]

Aw man if youre gonna say you pantera. You gotta mention domination.

[@hahahahahahahaaahahaheehah1924]

Sepultura - Dead Embryonic Cells

[@AndreLuiz-dm5mo]

Sepultura changed the game forever, so many incredible breakdowns

[@ApostateofHELL]

"Dead Embryonic Cells" Say no more.

[@headtrips1]

Also, they left out iconic BEATDOWN and hardcore bands breakdowns from the 90s.

[@kage6613]

Yeah lol definitely a list for 0000 chugga metalheads

[@Pantheonslayer]

Dying fetus has some of the best breakdowns, especially the one in "intentional manslaughter " at about the 1:50 mark.

[@bg8881]

Exactly

[@skippy8696]

I would say albums like Purification Through Violence are almost proto-deathcore...it's got that alternate scream/growl vocals, catchy hooks, brutal breakdowns etc. Every modern deathcore band rips off Dying Fetus in some way 😂

[@djabthrash]

yes

[@lower_flo9550]

HELL YES for Crowbar. Their music definitely does hit different. One of the only bands where I can just listen to their whole discog straight through without a song skip.

[@HarryManback0]

Why are you only playing 3 seconds of each song? It's infuriating and completely ruins this video.

[@kdiamond]

Gonna give some love to Nile. They have some great ones. Sarcophagus is laid back but my favorite. Black Seeds of Vengeance. Cast Down The Heretic. Ithyphallic. No one does it like them.

[@1dnr749]

Anyone remember the breakdown in “Damage Inc.” was not only brought out in 1986 but also Kerry Kings very favorite Metallica riff ever? Am I wrong labeling that mid riff in “Damage Inc.” a breakdown riff??

[@blahzay_]

That’s more of a bridge, I guess? It’s a little too ‘note-y’ and busy to be considered a breakdown

[@simonbernier9253]

Can't we count Creeping Death's part where they sing Die! Die! Die! As a breakdown?

[@davegordon6943]

Anybody remember downset

[@itkojecockot]

"Domination" by PanterA is an obvious top pick

[@markservilio2357]

Would recommend adding these as well: Converge - Last Light & Concubine END - Pariah (Produced by Will Putney) Botch - Transitions from Persona to Object Cult Leader - I Am Healed Hopesfall - Open Hands to the Wind Mastodon - Iron Tusk Frontierer - Bombgnasher

[@ChrisXMetal]

Botch - We Are The Roman’s is one of my favorite hardcore albums ever. So underrated!

[@markservilio2357]

@@ChrisXMetal severely underrated. 100% there wouldn't be Norma Jean without Botch 🤙

[@ChrisXMetal]

@@markservilio2357 Agreed. I still have the vinyl. Time to break it out and crank up the volume!

[@shawnriffninjareacts7316]

Hopesfall! Holy shit I haven't heard that band name in awhile. End of an Era used to be my jam!

[@nate_k9277]

Will also plays in end lmao

[@ruuddehaan1906]

I was waiting for Knocked Loose and goddamn I’m happy he put them on his list

[@thegameslave2]

Great choices. Will has written some truly devastating breakdowns in Fit and END that I'll never forget. Also, Josh Travis has written some utterly filthy breakdowns. Knocked Loose is definitely at the top of the breakdown mountain right now too. A Tear In The Fabric Of Life is on another level.

[@ChrisTWR]

1 year before Hatebreed dropped "Satisfaction..." In 97, 96 was really the year breakdowns became the thing in hardcore. Refused were out there with "rather be dead" and Snapcase had dropped "looking glass self" also Earth Crisis dropped "Fire storm" Definitely worth a mention in genre defining breakdown HC. No taking anything from Hatebreed though, "Satisfaction" was really the perfection of the every song is a breakdown song albums in HC.

[@kevincannon2269]

Empty promises

[@ChrisXMetal]

I completely agree with every band and song mentioned. I’ll add Converge - The Saddest Day. Kurt Ballou was the riff master when it came to writing crushing breakdowns. Coalesce - Functioning On Impatience also. Great list!!!

[@aplus1080]

Love as Arson is pinnacle Converge for me

[@maddyleaf]

I listened to Future Breed Machine for the first time in 2010 and it was still utterly mindblowing, even when having grown up with metalcore, deathcore and tech death bands throughout the 2000s. Great video though, Will has such an incredible insight to the history of breakdown that I didn't even realize was a thing. Even if I had heard Sepultura, hearing the start and stop chugging with the dissonant guitars makes so much sense, it's like I've heard that exact breakdown iterated upon hundreds of times from so many different bands I love, it's crazy.

[@joshforeman1648]

My favourite is actually by Fit For An Autopsy funnily enough. The song ‘Your Pain Is Mine’. The buildup is so emotional and then it hits with a really eerie dissonant breakdown it never fails to give me goosebumps.

[@MrBeef-ec3gd]

Crowbar is fucking awesome🤘

[@Vintage_Chess_Computers]

Pantera's 'Strenght beyond strenght'. Hail kings! The new kings! Stronger than all!

[@01REDEYEDDEVIL]

AT DAWN THEY SLEEP, by SLAYER, the first REAL DROP/BREAKDOWN!!!! Heeeeeeavy and sloooooow. 1985 was LIVE!!!! The 2:55 mark!!!

[@badash1738]

Vitriol is a breath of fresh air! I would dare to say that vitriol is heavier than a neutron star!

[@bg8881]

Saw them with Fetus and Terror, Great band!

[@machinehead]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jeremybogdanovitch5705]

One of my all time favorite albums has some of the best breakdowns. Carnivore's Retaliation. Inner Conflict, Angry Neurotic Catholics ect....... Peter Steel at his best imo

[@less_than_zero05]

Peter Steele's composing talent is amazing. Every song on Slow, Deep and Hard has a great breakdown too.

[@Impuritan1]

@@less_than_zero05 TON will always be my favorite band. October Rust is a masterpiece, in my own opinion.

[@less_than_zero05]

@@Impuritan1 it is

[@johnswarrior]

Jinjer has plenty and the best ones nowadays. Ape, Vortex, Who's Gonna Be The One, Teacher, Teacher!...

[@quickhandluke.387]

I respect the this love choice for pantera but domination is viable as well.🤘

[@ryuhadouken1404]

Knocked Loose is okay, but their breakdowns are objectively nowhere near August Burns Red's.

[@bdarknaess1375]

Great list, but I would like to add one band that to me refined breakdowns and that band is Earth Crisis when they released the song "Firestorm" back in 1993. I think many bands, even those considered "main stream" picked up on that one too. You also have another Syracuse band - Snapcase and the song Fields of Illusions released in '94.

[@NVH52]

The true pioneers of this kind of stuff, they should be on the list instead of Hatebreed.

[@kage6613]

@@NVH52 lol exactly, when he skipped over these and was like "Hatebreed changed hardcore" I was like oh, he's a metalhead lol.

[@matte8439]

Earth crisis was the first hardcore band I'd ever heard when I was a kid. They definitely had some bad ass breakdowns and tempo changes that were definitely heavy as fuck. snapcase needs recognition as well on the list. They for sure had one of the most distinct sounds in hardcore. I ❤️ that piccolo snare sound on progression through unlearning

[@salinaember9527]

was expecting earth crisis in the video... and was left disappointed....

[@trippasnippaz]

First Blood, full blown chaos got some pretty fucking insane breakdowns for all U hardcore lovers who haven't heard of em

[@iBrew_4u]

Not sure if he's heard of these guys, but there's this band called Fit For an Autopsy that is today's modern day breakdown masters.

[@WhiteNucklin]

I caught them at a really small show in Odessa TX a few years back. Good dudes, killer band. They seem to be enjoying a bit a blow up recently

[@FDSbeach]

One of my favorites breakdowns is "In My Kingdom Cold" by Immortal (Sons of Northern Darkness album, 2002). Unusual for black metal, but that's a total headbanger, killer mosh riff. Abbath knew what's up,.. ("...and here we go again.") So fucking cool. Is this the first breakdown by a black metal band? I haven't heard everything, even all the Immortal stuff, but that part definitely stands out to me.

[@kevincannon2269]

Great fucking song

[@oceanblue5794]

Pantera's transition from Suicide part I to Suicide part II is mind blowing. Pure genius!!!

[@ChoirOvWhiteNois]

The breakdown in pt 2 is so heavy, so visceral. Sounds like a mental breakdown.

[@spideyethan3459]

@@ChoirOvWhiteNoisThat breakdown is fuckin filthy definitely my favorite breakdown in their catalog

[@deadheadbetty6663]

That would be a compliment to them being called Blues, crowbar

[@thecleanslateshow4593]

Personally the breakdown in use my third arm by pantera was always a favorite of mine. I find myself screaming the lyrics often

[@aplus1080]

One of the 2-3 most underrated pantera songs!

[@PJSteMarie]

I know people might not like pop-punk but ADTR has some of the most memorable breakdowns IMO

[@the_clueless_traveller]

Satisfaction is my favourite Hatebreed album, but Proven is still the undefeated hardcore breakdown IMO.

[@headtrips1]

LOL how do you forget domination!? Off CFH? Lol but this love is dope

[@nicobrouwer4598]

When I saw this video the first band in my head was knocked loose but as you started saying bands I didn’t think you were gonna go there... thank God you did

[@nickhoffman9256]

Solid list, but I gotta swap this love for domination.

[@Nile8765]

i personally think Benedictine convulsions has one of the most insane breakdowns. VERY underrated breakdown. Also recreant and serial urbicide

[@bunimokjh]

Also Graves of the fathers. Enough metal to build 5 Dyson spheres.

[@Nile8765]

@@bunimokjh the more i think about it, the graves of the fathers, slit your guts, and orgiastic disembowelment all have INSANE breakdowns

[@bunimokjh]

@@Nile8765 yep, such an awesome album from start to finish.

[@paperlung13]

It's like a history of breakdowns, great video!