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benjamin801 wrote:Guys, just as a reminder, a breakdown can have the power, in the hands of a properly motivated group of young Latino men, to make it start snowing:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSZI6UJEUQ[/video]


Good lord that's awful shit. :shoot: :shoot: :shoot:
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^ They should've just stuck to mariachi.
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^ Just when you think it can't get worse...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLYoJgbybes[/video]

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :wank: :crap:

Nothing beats the true breakdowns mentioned earlier in this thread.
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[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeetS4vERoo[/video]




[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuG4-lewUTs[/video]



[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7lpftvYDMA[/video]
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Breakdowns have been in metal long before "core" genres. I dig em all :dance:


There are so many breakdowns in countless "tr00" ( :facepalm: ) band's songs though, the list could be infinite. Here's a couple random ones though

2:00
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iLmF_2q7KA[/video]

Most of the song
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Here's the first song I ever heard with a part I knew to call a breakdown. And while it's pretty tame compared to modern breakdowns, it's still pretty fucking cool. Here it is, cued up to the good part:

WAR DANCE!

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[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHSOeAIj5cI[/video]

Hell, they even say it (3:45 ish mark) Great album, btw.
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goddammit, it's called an interlude.
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Tyrone Biggums wrote:[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHSOeAIj5cI[/video]

Hell, they even say it (3:45 ish mark) Great album, btw.



Yep, when Unearth was still good. I saw them live in 07 and it was a great show.

start this oh say around 1:45

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZpiTA5LX0A[/video]
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I thought a breakdown was like what happens at 1:35.
edit: not metal but it is Frank so that makes it OK.

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@ 2:20



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Go to 2:04...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2RZC5BQyA&list=ALBTKoXRg38BALcnGSG2_vJXDgiptcO9rW[/video]

More Unearth ... go to 2:57...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfOVY9Uawk[/video]

Fucking Revocation...

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@ 2:15- It only gets better from there.

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JCDenton6 wrote:^ Just when you think it can't get worse...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLYoJgbybes[/video]

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :wank: :crap:

Nothing beats the true breakdowns mentioned earlier in this thread.



Wow. I didn't think it could get worse than Emmure.
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3:25 - 4:15 of this song >>>>>>> any shitty "-core" breakdown:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ[/video]
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AdrianPOA wrote:3:25 - 4:15 of this song >>>>>>> any shitty "-core" breakdown:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ[/video]





:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wank:


Try 1:40 :thu:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQrdopjkak[/video]
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Redbowties88 wrote:
AdrianPOA wrote:3:25 - 4:15 of this song >>>>>>> any shitty "-core" breakdown:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ[/video]





:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wank:


Try 1:40 :thu:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQrdopjkak[/video]


You like August Burns Red :sick: :crap: :cop: :-q
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AdrianPOA wrote:
Redbowties88 wrote:
AdrianPOA wrote:3:25 - 4:15 of this song >>>>>>> any shitty "-core" breakdown:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ[/video]





:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wank:


Try 1:40 :thu:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQrdopjkak[/video]


You like August Burns Red :sick: :crap: :cop: :-q




Yea it's pretty awesome, they can even be metal without growing their hair out or wearing all black :idk: :cool:

try 3:00 :thu:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nl_ttX031Y[/video]
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Redbowties88 wrote:
AdrianPOA wrote:
Redbowties88 wrote:
AdrianPOA wrote:3:25 - 4:15 of this song >>>>>>> any shitty "-core" breakdown:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ[/video]





:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wank:


Try 1:40 :thu:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQrdopjkak[/video]


You like August Burns Red :sick: :crap: :cop: :-q




Yea it's pretty awesome, they can even be metal without growing their hair out or wearing all black :idk: :cool:

try 3:00 :thu:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nl_ttX031Y[/video]



Who said this had anything to do with their hairstyles or choices of clothing? That band is flat out lame, period.
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AdrianPOA wrote:
Who said this had anything to do with their hairstyles or choices of clothing? That band is flat out lame, period.



Nope
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Redbowties88 wrote:
AdrianPOA wrote:
Who said this had anything to do with their hairstyles or choices of clothing? That band is flat out lame, period.



Nope



I'll just attribute it to being a Jersey thing, and that I wouldn't understand.
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I feel lucky that I like both August Burns Red and Morbid Angel. There's plenty of great metalcore just like there's plenty of shitty death metal... However, I do totally understand the desire to distance oneself from that movement when there's shit like Attila and Asking Alexandria plaguing art and mankind in general.
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bce5150 wrote:I feel lucky that I like both August Burns Red and Morbid Angel. There's plenty of great metalcore just like there's plenty of shitty death metal... However, I do totally understand the desire to distance oneself from that movement when there's shit like Attila and Asking Alexandria plaguing art and mankind in general.


I like this post a lot. Not in the specific case of ABR, I don't know there stuff, but the general statement. :thu:
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ovid9 wrote:
bce5150 wrote:I feel lucky that I like both August Burns Red and Morbid Angel. There's plenty of great metalcore just like there's plenty of shitty death metal... However, I do totally understand the desire to distance oneself from that movement when there's shit like Attila and Asking Alexandria plaguing art and mankind in general.


I like this post a lot. Not in the specific case of ABR, I don't know there stuff, but the general statement. :thu:



I agree with both of these posts :thu: I like August Burns Red's first two albums, kinda lost interest after that
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ovid9 wrote:[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8[/video]


Timestamp @ 10 seconds, that synth guy... he's just bracing and head banging? Like the piano is the only thing keeping him from launching into space?
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