wave your hand in the air if you just don't care about breakdowns

[ParsonsMatt]

Even though the vocals are borderline tolerable, I kinda like Psyopus. I think they're way less irritating and "nerving", than... let's say Arsis.
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Arsis is neither irritating or "nerving", they're an excellent melodic/technical death metal band. Your ears are broken

 

[slashvanyoung]

Arsis is neither irritating or "nerving", they're an excellent melodic/technical death metal band. Your ears are broken

Judging by their latest video, it rather seems like they listened to too much "Cold Lake" era Celtic Frost.

 

[gabriel g.]

How can I miss this.
This is the most brutal breakdown I EVER heard!!!!!!

 

[GarethSE]

hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[gabriel g.]

 

[Metaltastic]

You know, I can dig Bury Your Dead, that roaring rawness they have is pretty awesome, and they actually have some semi-interesting riffs and drum parts (can't say the same for any of the others you posted, sorry Gabriel, and I listened to each and every one of 'em) - might have to get my hands on some BYD, them grooves are heavy as hell

 

[gabriel g.]

No problem, to each his own

IMO those metal-breakdowns Gareth posted sound like old-man´s wet underwear


How about this

 

[GarethSE]

now this i can dig

 

[Metaltastic]

IMO those metal-breakdowns Gareth posted sound like old-man´s wet underwear

FWIW, I agree with you And I just endured that entire fucking video hoping he'd start hardcore dancing (only to be disappointed), thanks dick

 

[gabriel g.]

this dude is fucking amazing!!!!!! He would get his probs on the HC-dancefloor for sure KILLAH MOVES

 

[Bekanor]

Nic, I can't tell if you're supporting me or condemning me for my little spiel, but regardless, to everyone else, of course I know music is music and if you love it far be it for me to want to take away that love; I just felt like a brief indulgence in high school music "debating" (for old time's sake )

I suppose I was supporting you, in such a way as to say that everyone is welcome to express whatever opinion they have, and in a round about way making the point that everyone is going to have a negative opinion of something sooner or later and not to take it too personally and write the person off.

That probably seems like it goes without saying to most people on this forum, but I've been to some pretty retarded forums.

 

[CatharsisStudios]

this band rules only because of the guitarist from i killed the prom queen


which that band has epic bds too

 

[mick thompson]

the stupid fucker in my last band literally couldn't have a song without a breakdown. ughhhhh they're so annoying. its the same as like.. putting a solo into something for the sake of just having one

fffffuuuuuuu

 

[RemoWilliams]

Speaking of Arsis

The song, "The Sadistic Motives Behind Bereavement Letters" has a breakdown that I've always loved. Especially with the lyrical content, it fits soooo well. And it grooves so hard.



At 1:19 is when the glory is brought.

 

[gabriel g.]

 

[Harry Hughes]

If they are done in the "right" way breakdowns can be awesome, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4dui0KYkA

But most *core breakdowns tend to get boring since almost everyone is doing the same(or very similar) thing. But as with everything if you don't like it then don't bother listening to it.

Last 2 Gojira albums were pretty much perfection musically, breakdowns or not

 

[jfurr]

Oh god Psyopus - I'd much rather shove screwdrivers into my eardrums for the next thousand years than listen to 20 seconds of them ever ever again.

+1

 

[jfurr]

1:23 to 2:16...

then 3:23.

best breakdownz everrrrr, yo.

 

[Dylan S]

Anyone besides me really dig the breakdown at the end of 'Arcana Hereticae' by Behemoth off The Apostasy? I love that song/breakdown!

I really don't like a lot of the newer breakdown stuff though. As James said, it all seems to be written so the breakdowns can exists as their own thing, rather than having a great song and it be polished off by a nice chunky breakdown.

It seems that the vast majority are just syncopated patterns on the low string and as a result, they all sound so similar and uninspiring/unoriginal. It kind of depresses me that so many bands can explode onto the scene and become so successful when writing stuff like that, and I'm here (along with many other musicians in similar situations) trying to write interesting and fresh music, and there isn't anywhere near as much attention given to us. I know that is how scenes and popularity works and all that, but it is still frustrating.

 

[lekteri]

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