11 Greatest Breakdowns Ever | WIll Putney's Picks

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  • Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
  • Behold, the top 11 breakdowns of all time. We had mosh part maestro Will Putney - producer for A Day To Remember, Every Time I Die, Knocked Loose, etc., and founder of deathcore crushers Fit For an Autopsy - take us through the history and evolution of the breakdown. From the first extreme guitar chugs of Slayer’s 1986 masterpiece “Raining Blood” to the back-to-back brutal breakdowns of modern hardcore heroes Knocked Loose.
    Watch above and let us know some of your top breakdowns in the comments below!
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  • @aidenj5john
    @aidenj5john 2 роки тому +1074

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

    • @irishjoe9195
      @irishjoe9195 2 роки тому +21

      Agreed

    • @jamesennis8837
      @jamesennis8837 2 роки тому +17

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

    • @jamesennis8837
      @jamesennis8837 2 роки тому +22

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

    • @ashchaya7676
      @ashchaya7676 2 роки тому +17

      Domination has that delicious bass in the breakdown too

    • @tomislavprpic2569
      @tomislavprpic2569 2 роки тому +2

      For me its new level from the same album

  • @cloneboy42
    @cloneboy42 2 роки тому +380

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

    • @omarrodriguez4237
      @omarrodriguez4237 2 роки тому +23

      Cant forget Desperate Cry.

    • @brandonshifflett7808
      @brandonshifflett7808 2 роки тому +20

      Basically every song on arise album

    • @angryktulhu
      @angryktulhu 2 роки тому +6

      Sepultura is fokken awesome and has always been

    • @majesticpbjcat7707
      @majesticpbjcat7707 2 роки тому +26

      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
      @gabmano4877 2 роки тому +2

      Attitude

  • @blackened247
    @blackened247 2 роки тому +217

    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
      @Samoan_Metalhead 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @butchvito
      @butchvito 2 роки тому

      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. ua-cam.com/video/j8BTGn-wNKA/v-deo.html

    • @Crowbar11115
      @Crowbar11115 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @cottonmouth8697
      @cottonmouth8697 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @jamesennis8837
      @jamesennis8837 2 роки тому

      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

  • @natedogg1777
    @natedogg1777 2 роки тому +191

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

    • @darnfrick3354
      @darnfrick3354 Рік тому +11

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

    • @adamstark9154
      @adamstark9154 Рік тому

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

    • @1848revolt
      @1848revolt Рік тому +5

      I saw them live and it was pretty awful.

    • @natedogg1777
      @natedogg1777 Рік тому

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

    • @RedBarkedTree
      @RedBarkedTree Рік тому +1

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

  • @hellbach6268
    @hellbach6268 2 роки тому +75

    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
      @darnfrick3354 Рік тому +3

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

    • @chrisreager2614
      @chrisreager2614 Рік тому +4

      ‘Liege Of Inveracity’ should be in there.

    • @HellaKwik
      @HellaKwik Рік тому

      Suffocation sucks. Dude needs some new glasses and weave.

    • @BUFFALO_cougar_slayer
      @BUFFALO_cougar_slayer Рік тому +3

      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
      @KingJerbear Рік тому +4

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

  • @josephbastidas3561
    @josephbastidas3561 2 роки тому +132

    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
      @TheKorfish 2 роки тому +5

      They get heavier when you see them live

    • @hass9510
      @hass9510 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @trevorkellow2039
      @trevorkellow2039 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @dickwhiskey8041
      @dickwhiskey8041 Рік тому

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

  • @Beardodoomus
    @Beardodoomus 2 роки тому +217

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

    • @andrewtrimble6171
      @andrewtrimble6171 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @KeepTheGates
      @KeepTheGates 5 місяців тому

      Cool how you let someone else form your opinion lol

    • @Beardodoomus
      @Beardodoomus 5 місяців тому

      @@KeepTheGates what ya saying there fella?

  • @theartofpablo0110
    @theartofpablo0110 2 роки тому +66

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

  • @paolofurlanis3122
    @paolofurlanis3122 2 роки тому +70

    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
      @djabthrash 2 роки тому

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

    • @GlassThirdEye
      @GlassThirdEye Рік тому +2

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

  • @OGM_OriginalGameMusic
    @OGM_OriginalGameMusic 2 роки тому +15

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

  • @tylergrant-peters4563
    @tylergrant-peters4563 2 роки тому +22

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

  • @TobyKBTY
    @TobyKBTY 2 роки тому +16

    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

  • @finanvipor2549
    @finanvipor2549 2 роки тому +27

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

  • @irishtexan100
    @irishtexan100 2 роки тому +9

    Sepultura-Dead Embryonic Cells. Best breakdown ever.

  • @M4RCi92
    @M4RCi92 2 роки тому +73

    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
      @soilikebread6664 2 роки тому +1

      Necessary Death 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

    • @unknownenemy2027
      @unknownenemy2027 Рік тому

      ESLLY are so sick.

    • @deathmilk475
      @deathmilk475 Рік тому +1

      Necessary Death outro is the best breakdown of all time

    • @rjt201
      @rjt201 Рік тому +1

      that End EP is unrelenting, amazing

  • @chadwick0091
    @chadwick0091 2 роки тому +207

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

    • @ronytomano
      @ronytomano 2 роки тому +4

      💯

    • @ronytomano
      @ronytomano 2 роки тому +15

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

    • @WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL
      @WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL Рік тому +3

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

    • @lightningmonky7674
      @lightningmonky7674 Рік тому +6

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

    • @ARMYStrongHOOAH17
      @ARMYStrongHOOAH17 Рік тому +1

      @@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.

  • @nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688
    @nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688 2 роки тому +24

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

    • @majesticpbjcat7707
      @majesticpbjcat7707 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @Ihvann
      @Ihvann 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @ryanschultz4638
    @ryanschultz4638 2 роки тому +76

    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
      @phatnana2379 2 роки тому +6

      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
      @Dregsovpluto 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @mgonzalez8880
      @mgonzalez8880 Рік тому +5

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

  • @cletusc.r829
    @cletusc.r829 2 роки тому +17

    I think the creeping death breakdown is also important

  • @zanedemir1369
    @zanedemir1369 2 роки тому +6

    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 😂

  • @blapask
    @blapask 2 роки тому +53

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

    • @arturocascante6992
      @arturocascante6992 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @JULIOGARCIA-gi9cz
      @JULIOGARCIA-gi9cz 2 роки тому +4

      Dead embryonic cells is the mother of every breakdown

    • @stephenwinchester6668
      @stephenwinchester6668 2 роки тому

      Agreed!!!

    • @majesticpbjcat7707
      @majesticpbjcat7707 2 роки тому

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

    • @torehy5912
      @torehy5912 2 роки тому

      For me Nomad 🤘

  • @chistake7585
    @chistake7585 2 роки тому +81

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

  • @markresistance8875
    @markresistance8875 2 роки тому +6

    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

  • @Viiniciws
    @Viiniciws 2 роки тому +31

    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
      @onewhitepony 2 роки тому

      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
      @resetskateteam 2 роки тому +1

      Darko US is fucking insane

  • @blakes7455
    @blakes7455 2 роки тому +123

    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
      @geighsects2519 2 роки тому +16

      Future Breed Machine

    • @djabthrash
      @djabthrash 2 роки тому

      out of my face is quite the assbeater indeed

    • @JakeEwing50
      @JakeEwing50 Рік тому

      I’d swap in New Millennium Cyanide Christ

  • @skylarlysaker9321
    @skylarlysaker9321 2 роки тому +46

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

    • @christopherdeftones2878
      @christopherdeftones2878 2 роки тому +4

      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
      @svdderdvze6070 2 роки тому +1

      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
      @jakeybball 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @christopherdeftones2878
      @christopherdeftones2878 2 роки тому

      @@jakeybball 😂

    • @tlars515
      @tlars515 2 роки тому +2

      Lol no

  • @Kotsoros37
    @Kotsoros37 2 роки тому +14

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

    • @ryuhadouken1404
      @ryuhadouken1404 Рік тому +1

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

  • @colt.thrower
    @colt.thrower 2 роки тому +75

    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
      @xwwg1wgax277 2 роки тому

      👍

    • @antimatter2380
      @antimatter2380 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @majesticpbjcat7707
      @majesticpbjcat7707 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @benjamin3290
      @benjamin3290 2 роки тому +9

      Norma Jean is a criminally under appreciated band

    • @kage6613
      @kage6613 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @leon9785
    @leon9785 2 роки тому +10

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

  • @nellanellaperched6767
    @nellanellaperched6767 2 роки тому +6

    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.

  • @kylemcgill2966
    @kylemcgill2966 2 роки тому +13

    The breakdown at the end of Doomsayer by Hatebreed is 🔥

  • @stephenloux30
    @stephenloux30 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @aplus1080
      @aplus1080 2 роки тому +1

      I love it soooooo fuxkinggggg muccccccchhhhh

  • @jasonstiles7672
    @jasonstiles7672 2 роки тому +16

    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
      @abcdefghijkl5408 Рік тому

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

  • @justmedee
    @justmedee 2 роки тому +19

    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.

  • @BornFromTheGrave
    @BornFromTheGrave 2 роки тому +16

    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
      @aplus1080 2 роки тому

      Hated none but liked everything after.

  • @BassRocker617
    @BassRocker617 2 роки тому +16

    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
      @phatnana2379 2 роки тому +1

      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
      @aplus1080 2 роки тому

      My maaaaaaaaaan!

  • @dimitrilemieux4142
    @dimitrilemieux4142 2 роки тому +36

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

    • @AdolfStalin
      @AdolfStalin 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @cloneboy42
      @cloneboy42 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah, that breakdown pretty much invented slam.

    • @ExhumedToConsume
      @ExhumedToConsume 2 роки тому +6

      I came here hoping someone would mention Liege haha

    • @dariiofernando
      @dariiofernando 2 роки тому +4

      yeah Suffocation needs to be here

    • @cottonmouth8697
      @cottonmouth8697 2 роки тому +5

      Jesus wept on Human waste

  • @arturocascante6992
    @arturocascante6992 2 роки тому +32

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

    • @buzwa2k
      @buzwa2k 2 роки тому

      Classic!

    • @roswel47
      @roswel47 2 роки тому +4

      MVP is the other one

    • @ScottBrunelleMusic
      @ScottBrunelleMusic 2 роки тому

      legendary shit

    • @ijustlovemetal
      @ijustlovemetal 2 роки тому

      Love that album

    • @straightlaced
      @straightlaced 2 роки тому

      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

  • @Beardodoomus
    @Beardodoomus 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @Hegder
      @Hegder 2 роки тому +2

      Fuck yes.

    • @DapperHesher
      @DapperHesher 2 роки тому +2

      Yup. Mentioned it as well.

  • @MetalCoreHog131
    @MetalCoreHog131 2 роки тому +10

    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
      @CassanoFamiglia 2 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @AndreLuiz-dm5mo
    @AndreLuiz-dm5mo 2 роки тому +6

    Sepultura changed the game forever, so many incredible breakdowns

  • @ruuddehaan1906
    @ruuddehaan1906 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @ChrisXMetal
    @ChrisXMetal 2 роки тому +4

    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
      @aplus1080 2 роки тому

      Love as Arson is pinnacle Converge for me

  • @michaelcavallaro5064
    @michaelcavallaro5064 Рік тому +1

    The breakdown on Sepultura Dead Embryonic cells is one of the best.

  • @oceanblue5794
    @oceanblue5794 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @jaypowell9596
      @jaypowell9596 Рік тому +1

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

    • @spideyethan3459
      @spideyethan3459 8 місяців тому +1

      @@jaypowell9596That breakdown is fuckin filthy definitely my favorite breakdown in their catalog

  • @danevandenheuvel321
    @danevandenheuvel321 2 роки тому +9

    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
      @Aartskie Рік тому +2

      The Oncoming Storm is full of breakdowns.

    • @fmdof
      @fmdof Рік тому

      endless \m/

  • @nicobrouwer4598
    @nicobrouwer4598 2 роки тому +3

    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

  • @bassrocks4419
    @bassrocks4419 2 роки тому +11

    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

  • @Skeetopunk01
    @Skeetopunk01 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @thegameslave2
    @thegameslave2 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @stevenborrowman9282
    @stevenborrowman9282 2 роки тому +6

    Domination from Pantera is the heaviest riff ever!

  • @markservilio2357
    @markservilio2357 2 роки тому +20

    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
      @ChrisXMetal 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @markservilio2357
      @markservilio2357 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @ChrisXMetal
      @ChrisXMetal 2 роки тому

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

    • @shawnriffninjareacts7316
      @shawnriffninjareacts7316 2 роки тому

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

    • @nate_k9277
      @nate_k9277 2 роки тому +2

      Will also plays in end lmao

  • @knowledgegod2635
    @knowledgegod2635 2 роки тому +23

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

  • @joshforeman1648
    @joshforeman1648 2 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @jerryrig5234
    @jerryrig5234 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome to hear a master of the craft share his thoughts.

  • @TheVnholy
    @TheVnholy Рік тому +2

    I was in Wills social group for the few years I lived in New Jersey in my early 20s and I think it’s really cool that dude accomplished his dream

  • @mangogoat4691
    @mangogoat4691 2 роки тому +77

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

    • @msw0322
      @msw0322 2 роки тому +3

      Obituary - Solid State
      Sepultura - Propaganda

    • @mynameislove1704
      @mynameislove1704 2 роки тому +4

      Asking Alexandria - The Final Episode✌

    • @blahzay_
      @blahzay_ 2 роки тому +17

      @@mynameislove1704 wack

    • @lilmarc701
      @lilmarc701 2 роки тому +1

      What lorna song

    • @mynameislove1704
      @mynameislove1704 2 роки тому +2

      @@blahzay_ My personal favorite

  • @owl509
    @owl509 2 роки тому +6

    Raining Blood - Slayer
    Domination - Pantera

  • @joen6894
    @joen6894 2 роки тому +1

    I’ve seen people attempt this concept countless times and this is the first one I’ve seen that I couldn’t disagree with a single point made. This dude rules.

  • @erocm3241
    @erocm3241 2 роки тому

    I'm so glad you added TERROR to this list and especially that particular song. Seeing them preform live is awesome!

  • @Kotsoros37
    @Kotsoros37 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @atvena
      @atvena 3 місяці тому

      Fear factory

  • @xTheOxx
    @xTheOxx 2 роки тому +19

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

    • @blakes7455
      @blakes7455 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @stillbitter3134
      @stillbitter3134 2 роки тому

      Yeah there are so many awesome breakdowns in their songs.

  • @tintworld8171
    @tintworld8171 2 роки тому

    This is very precise 👏

  • @PJSteMarie
    @PJSteMarie 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @salinaember9527
    @salinaember9527 2 роки тому +35

    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
      @aplus1080 2 роки тому +2

      Dude. F'ing sick.

    • @djabthrash
      @djabthrash 2 роки тому +2

      thorough af

    • @matthamann3007
      @matthamann3007 2 роки тому +1

      Fuck yeah

    • @williamsummerson1204
      @williamsummerson1204 Рік тому +3

      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
      @LateralusMorales Рік тому +1

      Wow ! 🔥🤝🏼⚔️🙏🏼

  • @lower_flo9550
    @lower_flo9550 2 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @paperlung13
    @paperlung13 10 днів тому

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

  • @dougie6107
    @dougie6107 6 місяців тому

    Well done. Excellent choices.

  • @trendkill1909
    @trendkill1909 2 роки тому +13

    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
      @rnhcxcaptain Рік тому

      Listen to the demo version my brother

  • @42itous
    @42itous 2 роки тому +3

    Great list and agree with much of this.
    For breakdowns from these bands, I'd also recommend Meshuggah: Suffer In Truth, Crowbar: Like Broken Glass, Pantera: Shedding Skin, and Hatebreed: Smash Your Enemies

  • @DapperHesher
    @DapperHesher 2 роки тому +2

    'In the Rainy Season' -Strapping Young Lad It's almost a happy, atmospheric thing... a huge lift with a slower tempo than 97% of SYL's madness, but still locks you HARD into that simple groove and delayed vocal smeared on top.
    'Deliverance' -Opeth I fuckin' love how it JUST. KEEPS. GOING. It's like the last four minutes of that track, such a killer pattern, the slide guitar lead dub is unique when it goes to doubles, and THEN that last turnaround where it cleans out the ambiance and the Axe's overhead fills go nuts is just unmatched, IMHO.
    'So Heavy' -Psychostick LOL. Just about every cliché we've come to know. The part where they make the pattern so convoluted that they can't even play it right in the video is gold! "Teabag the stage! Teabag the stage!"

    • @ApostateofHELL
      @ApostateofHELL 2 роки тому

      SYL "The Critic" is outta the solar system.

  • @KRUNK42069
    @KRUNK42069 2 роки тому +2

    In the arms of perdition - despised icon. The ending is wild and changed my life

  • @jzxe10
    @jzxe10 2 роки тому +64

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

    • @Neji4GR
      @Neji4GR 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @stalefridge5406
      @stalefridge5406 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @michaelojeda2098
      @michaelojeda2098 2 роки тому +9

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

    • @Neji4GR
      @Neji4GR 2 роки тому

      @@michaelojeda2098 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
      @Neji4GR 2 роки тому

      @@stalefridge5406 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...

  • @the_clueless_traveller
    @the_clueless_traveller 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @deniswith1n
    @deniswith1n Рік тому

    Appreciate the love for Terror. Never gets old.

  • @chigon89
    @chigon89 2 роки тому

    Great list
    My two favorite drum breakdowns of all time
    Death- Open Casket
    Sepultura- Under Siege

  • @badash1738
    @badash1738 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @bg8881
      @bg8881 2 роки тому

      Saw them with Fetus and Terror, Great band!

  • @Chris-jc1rd
    @Chris-jc1rd 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @capautolack
    @capautolack 2 роки тому +1

    Crowbar are masters of breakdowns and riffs.period.

  • @budrothefox3666
    @budrothefox3666 2 роки тому

    So glad you acknowledged Knocked Loose!

  • @Nile8765
    @Nile8765 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @bunimokjh
      @bunimokjh 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @Nile8765
      @Nile8765 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @bunimokjh
      @bunimokjh 2 роки тому

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

  • @Pantheonslayer
    @Pantheonslayer 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @bg8881
      @bg8881 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @skippy8696
      @skippy8696 2 роки тому

      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
      @djabthrash 2 роки тому

      yes

  • @sldth1175
    @sldth1175 Рік тому

    This has got to be the most legitimate list of all list videos on UA-cam.

  • @benitohernandez935
    @benitohernandez935 2 роки тому

    Great list brother!

  • @depracated
    @depracated 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @bdarknaess1375
    @bdarknaess1375 2 роки тому +4

    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
      @NVH52 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @kage6613
      @kage6613 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @matte8439
      @matte8439 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @salinaember9527 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @andyd9199
    @andyd9199 Рік тому

    well done!!! took me back to high school

  • @RectifyTheParadigm
    @RectifyTheParadigm 2 роки тому

    Good list. I agree most all of these

  • @iBrew_4u
    @iBrew_4u 2 роки тому +3

    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
      @WhiteNucklin 2 роки тому

      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

  • @thecleanslateshow4593
    @thecleanslateshow4593 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @aplus1080
      @aplus1080 2 роки тому

      One of the 2-3 most underrated pantera songs!

  • @jaysonquirante7583
    @jaysonquirante7583 2 роки тому

    Great lists & I agree your all picks Will.🤘💯

  • @KP-vr6ft
    @KP-vr6ft 2 роки тому

    Great descriptions by Will

  • @gnarlyblasterboys4123
    @gnarlyblasterboys4123 2 роки тому +20

    Knocked loose literally saved me. They freshened the genre up! Very tight band! Don't think I'd survive a show... I play guitar and want to be as heavy as them every time I play.

    • @leonkennedy3398
      @leonkennedy3398 2 роки тому +1

      Too bad the vocals are absolutely horrendous. Sounds like a whiney girl or a 12 year old boy who hasn't hit puberty yet

    • @gnarlyblasterboys4123
      @gnarlyblasterboys4123 2 роки тому

      @@leonkennedy3398 absolutely agree. I told my friend that the live show and his vocals probably cut through so much better than lows. Also imagine getting hit by a train head on that's how I think he feels when he's doing what he's doing. Super stressed out tone that only comes from true terror. I love you 😘

    • @mr.intamin1081
      @mr.intamin1081 Рік тому

      counterparts is so much better.

    • @spaceriot23
      @spaceriot23 Рік тому +1

      @@mr.intamin1081 different bands, different sounds bud. if you like melodic stuff have heart-ish lyrics, yeah you pretty much love em

  • @terminaldeity
    @terminaldeity 2 роки тому +3

    One of my recent favorite hardcore breakdowns is No Right - Senescence. Hits super hard. Keep an eye out for them.

  • @irishjoe9195
    @irishjoe9195 2 роки тому +1

    Sweet List

  • @Shawner1000
    @Shawner1000 2 роки тому +1

    Really good list. So glad i foun FFAA and Putney 2 years ago.

  • @Rattles02
    @Rattles02 2 роки тому +3

    I would say Sepultura's breakdown in Dead Embryonic Cells was one of the greats for me.

  • @abusivesystems9844
    @abusivesystems9844 2 роки тому +3

    The breakdown in Angel of Death is the sickest BD ever!

    • @carlglende5660
      @carlglende5660 2 роки тому

      After all these years, I still have to rewind that part at least three times. It's just so filthy.

  • @deathbymyside2527
    @deathbymyside2527 2 роки тому

    That crowbar breakdown is one off my all time favorites, so damn heavy!

  • @aboveallexplore9165
    @aboveallexplore9165 2 роки тому

    Good job Will, nostalgic and fun.