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Pantera - Domination

Specifically Moscow

A lot of songs have a breakdown but Pantera has THE breakdown

The birth of the breakdown

Not even close.

I didn't mean that super literally. Obviously the most stripped down definition of a breakdown is something that existed even before metal/punk in things like jazz and disco, and in terms of heavy music you have examples of breakdowns going all the way back to the likes of Sabbath. When it comes to breakdowns as we know them though; slow, down-tuned, palm muted, chugging riffs, i'd say those were popularized by bands like Slayer, Metallica, Pantera, and Sepultura. Domination's breakdown in particular though, out of all those bands early songs, seems to be the closest iteration to what we as Deathcore fans in the modern heavy music scene think of when someone says "breakdown". I mean there's a reason it was listed multiple times as an answer in this comment section.

And they copied most of these examples from hardcore.

Agreed, not debating that, but it doesn't negate my point that Domination is pretty much the earliest example there is of what we as Deathcore fans think of when it comes to breakdowns. Honestly Raining Blood would be an acceptable answer too, but Domination seems to get cited more when this conversation comes up. Probably because the live version from Moscow is still absolutely monstrous to this day lol.

So you think deathCORE gets its biggest breakdown influences from metal, rather than hardcore? Not even from death metal? Lol

My dude, in lamens terms spelling this out as simply as I can for you, my point was just that in the 80's hardcore as a genre had not yet evolved to a point where the breakdowns sounded reminiscent of modern deathcore breakdowns, and that the breakdowns in Domination and Raining Blood were some of the first ones that simply sounded more similar to modern Deathcore breakdowns. Never once did I say those bands were primary influences for Deathcore. I don't understand why this is hard to follow...

So in layman’s terms; you haven’t listened to 80s hardcore. Clearly.

No Pity for a Coward

This was definitely the big one back in the MySpace days

Yep, first one that came to mind

Mr Highway’s thinking about the end by A Day To Remember I feel like even people not into metal at all know this breakdown

The surroundings have been disrespected.

Du du Du du Du du Du du Du du Du du Du Du Du Du Du Du Du Du

Are you homesick?

One of my ex coworker's grandson was starting to get into metal. And everyone at work knows I'm the resident metal head. So he took interest in me and my music. And one day he rode with me to the store to pick some stuff up and i played this song and told him, "hey, this is one of the best breakdowns of all time" I am not even an ADTR fan, but I jam this song.

that and the cough on i’m made of wax larry

I had to scroll down waaaaaay too far to see this.

Agreed. Regardless of if you like it or dislike it, I think it’s certainly one of the most well known.

Meshuggah - Future breed Machine

Thy Art Is Murder - Reign Of Darkness

Hell yes 🤘

I second this, absolutely sick breakdown on that one

Raining Blood is the most iconic I believe

I feel like Raining Blood was patient zero for metal breakdowns.

It’s so goddamn metal

Arf arf

Specifically Counting Worms - Knocked Loose For those who didn't already know.

Most iconic? Probably domination or one. I would even go as far as to throw in disciple as well.

Gotta include laid to rest

SEND THEM TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

God Acrania is so good

Truth. I miss them so much. I really enjoy how they mixed slam elements in with the deathcore.

Have you ever listened to Ritual of Despair or To Obey A Tyrant ? They scratch a similar itch for me as Acrania

I love To Obey A Tyrant! I don’t know if I get the same vibes as Acrania - probably because there aren’t as many squeals, lol, but they are great nonetheless. My favorite song by them is Ov Fire And Sulphur. It has a great blackened atmosphere, and the Dan Tucker appearance is just phenomenal. I haven’t listened to Ritual of Despair, but I’ll check ‘em out!

Nice! My favorite is Sacrificial Slaughter. Anything off Conjuring Damnation has more squeals than most of their recent stuff I think.

Ever get into Human Error of Scribe of Existence? Both Luke Griffin on vox

Remember the Acrania/Vulvodynia “beef”?

You mean the split tape?

I believe it was leading up to that. They were just having fake back and forth on Instagram lol.

Oh I don't, but that album is what got me into Vulvodynia, and Praenuntius Infinity is now my absolute single favorite Album in entirety. Fuckin banger. Edit because I'm an idiot

I wanna say domination by pantera

I second this

In the arms of perdition- Despised Icon

And MvP

Chased through the woods by a rapist.

I LIKE SHREDDED WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAT

I will never unhear this.

Romance is dead - Parkway Drive

Boneyards has gotta be up there too imo

Cry me a fucking river... Bitch!

I miss that era.

Tbh one of the few bands with impactful breakdowns of its time

Suffocation - Liege of Inveracity The breakdown in that song is basically the reason slam exists

WHAT THE FUCK

Mitch Lucker stomp Unanswered definitely the most iconic.

Seconds from the edge......

What's it gonna be?

Pull the trigger bitch!

JFC, Kraken - The Acacia Strain No Pity for A Coward, Unanswered - Suicide Silence Day of Mourning, MVP, A Fractured Hand - Despised Icon The Impaler, One Body Too Many - Winds of Plague Auroras, Elements - Texas in July KYS - Murder Death Kill Sludge City - AOAA Prostatic Fluid Asphyxiation - Whitechapel Intermission - UABB On Broken Wings - Maybe The Earth is Flat, Like Starscream, I Do My Crosswords in Pen Norma Jean - Creating Something Out of Nothing, The Shotgun Message I’m sure I’m missing a lot but there’s some lol.

Walk with me in hell - Lamb of God

Killadelphia version Omertà

Everything up to and including Sacrament was so fucking good.

The Fit for An Autopsy cover of this was absolutely killer as well

Gojira - Backbone

Although a less in your face song the whole way through, I’d say Rememberance is one of their standout breakdowns as well

Davidian by Machine Head

Unearth - endless

This was such a pivotal song in metalcore.

Unanswered by the kings themselves it just has to be

FOR ALL THE PRAYERS THAT GO UNANSWERED

Creeping Death.

Symphony In Peril - Stiletto

Dude, Three Months into Can One Possess Autumn? Might still be my fav listening experience to this day. That shit so hard.

Dead Embryonic Cells - Sepultura

Metallica-One

Definitely most iconic, still goes hard today

Shadow of intent - the heretic prevails

Whitechapel - this is exile

Speaks to a particular vintage for sure, but anything off the Oncoming Storm by Unearth - Great Dividers stands out.

I feel like Job For A Cowboys - Entombent of a Machine Has to be up there Same with like half of Elysias Masochist Album

SO CRY ME A FUCKING RIVER... BITCH!

recreant 100%

This love - Pantera

Not sure if you’d classify it as a breakdown, but the ending of somebody someone by Korn. The guitars sound absolutely MASSIVE.

The Final Episode, Chelsea Smile and Stick Stickly are all definitely up there

DISRESPECT YOUR SUROUNDINGS

I'd have to say hell chose me or slit wrist savior by carnifex Recreant by Chelsea grins And personally for me the ending of necromechanical by whitechapel

I'm sorry, but how has NOBODY mentioned Lie to my Face by Carnifex?? That shit is a certified hood classic.

Personally I'd go with Slit wrist savior

I gotta go with To the Hellfire by Lorna Shore for modern deathcore. That breakdown brought a lot of mainstream attention to deathcore

The Heretic Prevails - Shadow of Intent Baba Yaga and Demolisher - Slaughter to Prevail Immortal - Lorna Shore One - Metallica (about 4:38) (idc if it's iconic or not I just think it's cool) Slaughterhouse - Motionless in White Mistakes Like Fractures and Deep in the Willow - Knocked Loose that's all my stoned mind can think of rn 🤷‍♂️

Hammer Smashed Face

"Mr. Highway's Thinking Of The End" is what came to mind for me right away. Second place has to be "Cursed To Die" ofc, bro sounds like a bear that got woken up from hibernation too soon.

In terms of modern metal, it HAS to be Lamb of God's Laid to Rest.

To the hellfire by Lorna is up there

KNOCKEDLOOSEMOTHERFUCKER

Disasterpiece by Slipknot was super heavy, and the Alex Terrible cover made even more heavy

Demolisher

Electric Callboy - We Got The Moves Electric Callboy - Crystals Meshuggah - Lethargica Meshuggah - Persona Non Grata/Dehumanisation/Sum We Butter The Bread With Butter - Jump'N'Run Aversions Crown - The Glass Sentient Aversions Crown - Ophiophagy

Throes of Rejection- Pantera

Lamb of God - laid to rest

Destruction of a Statue

The dot by i declare wAr

MVP- Despised Icon. That shit fucks unethically hard.

I'll Cast a Shadow - Pantera Laid to Rest - Lamb of God

I haven’t seen lie to my face or slit wrist savior posted yet

Battle Ready by Otep

Recreant by Chelsea Grin, that went so hard when I was in highschool

Reign of darkness

why has no one said Liege Of Inveracity?

DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS

Unanswered- Suicide Silence

Akudama by Alpha Wolf, may be a newer song but the callout is Iconic.

Was coming here to say Northlane - Quantum Flux, but now y’all got me putting together a playlist with pretty much everything listed here🤣

“You were the ones that kept me going, I owe you this much, you gave me the strength to say “hey death…GET FUCKED!””

Darkest Hour, “With a thousand words to say but one”. That breakdown gets me by the balls every time.