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What is Breakdown?

Basically the best part of a song. Usually found in genres such as Death metal, Grindcore and Trash Metal. This part of the song usually incorporates the guitar player hammering on a single note in a heavy pattern, sometimes along with the bass and the snare drum.

"Holy shit dude.. did you see Born of Osiris last night?"

"Fuck yeah man.. the breakdown in Open arms to Damnation was fucking insane!!"

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Breakdown - meme gif

Breakdown meme gif

Breakdown - video


Breakdown - what is it?

A word used by people who think they know something about music. It is not a term used by musicians and it usually discredits the person that is using it. Usually just a guitar riff that brings out the rhythm in shitty (cliched) music.

Chico: This breakdown is cool!
Real Musician: You're fucking gay.

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What does "Breakdown" mean?

a part in a song of any genre where the music is played usually in slower time or tempo and is slower and more rhythmic and will usually repeat oa number of riffs. has nothing to do with guitars, vocals or any other instrument other than drums. all the bullshit you see about its being a "brutal part of a hxc/metal song where people hxc dance" is 100% bull shit. most breakdowns have no relativity to brutalness.

The breakdown at the end of "Streetcar" by Funeral for a Friend is a prime example of a breakdown.

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Breakdown - what does it mean?

A hardcore guitar riff used in tight songs.

HXC KID: check out this brutal breakdown
iPOD: duh, duh-uh-duh duh

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Breakdown - meaning

A part of many Hard/Deathcore songs, that in many real metal fan's opinions, ruins the entire genre.

Deathcore kid: Waking the cadaver's entire album is like a breakdown!
Metalhead: That must be why it's so terrible!

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Breakdown - definition

very popular in most styles of music which involve men wearing thier sisters pants screaming about thier ex girlfriends and period pains. a chugging action performed on guitar which only one arm is needed to perform, one armed retards, aswell as, normal retards, love this because, it's an excuse not to have a riff which takes time to write and practice to perfect, people who enjoy this usally start having fits and waving thier arms and legs around trying to be as gay as they can in the biggest amount of space possible.

drumming for a breakdown is just basically a drummer trying to hit every tom, cymbal, and the snare at the exact same time.

those wildmillers are playing breakdowns

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Breakdown - slang

A sexual act in which the female breaks down in tears on the males dick to be used as lube for later use

My friend at homecoming was having a breakdown

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Breakdown

a guitar rhythm usually played in metalcore gigs made up of the tabs 1010101100101010

Jimmy: did you hear brown tounges new song?!?

Benny: yeah! the breakdown is made up of 1's and 0's!

chug mosh breakdowns metalcore tabs slams

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Breakdown

The reason my neck is in a brace right now.

Dude were you at August burns red's concert last night?

Yeah man, on the 3rd breakdown of back burner, i was run over in a mosh pit. but it was fucking worth it cause breakdowns are fucking sick.

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Breakdown

A style of guitar riff used in Hardcore (punk) music that consists of a single note being chugged slowly for maximum heaviness and brutality. Different rhythms and numbers of strums are used in a repeated fashion for usually 2 to 4 bars in length. Written equilivent: JUD-JUD, JUD-JUD, JUDJUDJUDJUD, JUD-JUD, JUD-JUD ...and so forth.

Great for hardcore dancing.

That's a fucking brutal breakdown!

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