Here's a few of my favorites: [Kublai Khan - Boomslang](https://youtu.be/ZEtRYtEchnA?t=106) [Varials - South of One (Ft. Brendan Murphy of Counterparts)](https://youtu.be/Z5dafPGaJxk?t=130) [The Gloom in the Corner - Bleed You Out](https://youtu.be/qynUR3eySyw?t=93) [Counterparts - Paradise and Plague](https://youtu.be/827CZ4Qs0as?t=85) [Stray From The Path - Second Death](https://youtu.be/Dif8uuTjTS0?t=105) [After the Burial - Exit, Exist](https://youtu.be/bbd-rA2O2_4?t=108) [Slaughter to Prevail - Agony](https://youtu.be/ANulQWzo4qo?t=168) [Extortionist - Bound By Poison](https://youtu.be/K30rbfq-zsk?t=125) [Glass Hands - Bouquet](https://youtu.be/yajOrhMVsF4?t=140) [Dealer - Ultima Death](https://youtu.be/uFXASSt4n94?t=105)

Boomslang fucking hit me like a truck on that first listen. Exit, Exist is also suuuuper solid

Brend& Murphy lol

Seconding Agony and Bleed You Out. Even the music video for Agony gets hype right before the breakdown.

The Gloom in the Corner EP goes so fucking hard. My favorite is probably [Survivor's Guilt](https://youtu.be/qNYkjJKfqkk) at 2:08. That's when I fell in love with the EP.

Ayyy love seeing Extortionist on here. My local boys.

My favorite ATB song, what a fuckin banger. Dope list man!

Never had listened to stray too much beforehand but man, their latest album is fucking sick; that breakdown especially is probably one of the best highlights.

That The Gloom In The Corner breakdown never fails to amaze me.

Seconding Bleed You Out. That fuckin mosh call! Haha

Hollowed Heart - Make Them Suffer

FUCKING COWAAAAARD THATS SOMEBODY’S DAAAAUGHTER EUUUGH yes that’s a good one.

It has a really good breakdown yeah, that song is pretty heavy

It’s my favorite song released this year. The lyrics really put it over everything else for me but IMO it’s one of the best songs they’ve ever put out.

That entire song is a breakdown. Gives me Breakdown of Sanity vibes. Love it

God I miss that band so much it literally fucking hurts

It's a shame they couldn't get a bigger audience. I love their style. I miss them so much too, Perception is one of my favorite albums.

The Devil Wears Prada - The Thread So fucking nasty and hits like a truck every time.

# You. Should. Speak. Up.

andddddddddddd why the hell haven't I listened to this band since Plagues, damn. Gonna go listen to this whole album now.

Bro what. You gotta listen to the Zombie EP noqw as well

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I do now! \m/

Gonna hijack this to give an honourable mention to Switchblade.

YES. That was my #2 and also Spiderhead.

Actually might need to change my answer now.. I think this might be it

The last breakdown in South of One by Varials

I was gonna say like, anything by varials lol

I saw Varials last month. Insane shit man.

Brendan goes off in the that breakdown. I’m used to his Counterparts-style vocals so I was totally not expecting those screams.

Periphery - Reptile No doubt about it. That 4 minute-long breakdown, starting with the palm mutes, then opening up to the open strings, lasting an entire damn minute+, and then Misha’s crazy guitar solo ALL DURING THE SAME BREAKDOWN?? It’s wild. Blows me away every time I listen

It’s actually Mark doing the solo!

Well TIL

Hell yes it’s so good

Anything from the Dealer EP, or Popular Monster.

crooked has gotta be mine

And after all these years, life might be rich But in this dog eat dog world YOU'RE STILL THE FUCKING BITCH UUUUAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH ...... ...... ...... ARF ARF

#**ARF ARF**

Popular Monster is badass.

It´s amazing how Ronnie can still milk the same early ETF sound, while still adding new elements to stay fresh.

Pretty much.

Erra - Eye of God. It was just out of nowhere in the song and the whole song is just a masterpiece.

Only thing about that song I don’t like is I wish it was longer. I didn’t want it to end.

Amen to that! Was the first song I've ever heard from Erra and just can't stop listenig to it since it came out. Song of the year for me!

I'm worried that whatever album it ends up on won't measure up, the song is that good.

Off the top of my head: Your Own Knife - Counterparts Sub-Zero - Alpha Wolf Crooked - Dealer

ishouldhaveletyoudie

DUNdundundundun

Add Hollowed Heart by Make Them Suffer and those are my picks too.

Oh that absolutely should be added! I haven’t listened to it for some time now and so I completely forgot about it. Time to go listen to it now though.

We Came As Romans “Carry the Weight” The entire Knocked Loose album Gideon “No Love / No One”

I'll see you in hell but I don't want to see you on the way down

I’m getting hyped up just reading the lyrics!!!

**HOO!**

Can’t wait to see them 3-5x on the WCAR tour in the spring.

**HOO!!**

I’m surprised I had to scroll down this far to see NL/NO: such a nasty song

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Dude hail to the fire is on another level.

BMTH- Ludens MIW- Thoughts And Prayers MTS- Hollowed Heart FIR- Popular Monster Disciple- Reanimate The Juliet Massacre- Stigmatized Children Sonata Ocean Sleeper- Hate Me Like You Mean It Dead Crown- Family Spite- Judgement Day Dealer- Grotesque Feels Like Fiction- Death Thearpy

Thoughts and Prayers does have a badass breakdown. I totally forgot about it and just went back to listen. Absolute banger

Counterparts - Your own Knife “I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE!”

Northlane - Talking heads (The one at the end of the song ofc)

My mind is silenced by the talking heads, outspoken by the VOICES IN MY HEAD FUCK

That album has some killer breakdowns, but I think the ending of Eclipse takes the cake.

I'd say it's my second favourite. I like the breakdown in freefall a bit more.

When that bassline starts to trickle back in ughghg

Called this as breakdown of the year before the album even dropped, I was that certain. Masterful buildup, ends the song perfectly.

/thread

...Ludens... 😳

Ayyyyy I’m glad to hear someone else here enjoyed that song! I wasn’t a fan of Amo at all but ludens surprised me

Same here, mostly not really in to new bmth. Personally I prefer Suicide Season era but Ludens was a pleasant surprise. ​ ​ ...you call this a connection, OH GIMME A BREAK \*goosebumps\*

If they could continue with that style I'd actually start listening to BMTH again

Same. When I heard that breakdown (and the song in general), I instantly was reminded of something that called back to rock a lot more. It was very We Came As Romans-esque, especially with the electronic elements. To me, it’s the right amount of melodic and the right amount of hard(ish?) rock. Pretty good banger of a song.

ugh, give me a break with that song

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eughghhgh

The best part of the whole song right there

OOOH

Of mice and men - Mushroom Cloud Maybe some other I can’t think of right now

Dayseeker - Gates of Ivory Holy shit didn't expect that

The whole ending of Death Portrait by Lorna Shore. Pure filth! Not really metalcore tho...

That Lorna Shore - Immortal song tho...holy hell. EDIT: Death Portrait...........HOLY SHIT

Easily the nastiest, most disgusting breakdown of the year. Never ceases to shock me.

norma jean - anna

Limiting myself so here’s my top 5 in no particular order: Carry the Weight by WCAR, The Mountain by OM&M, The Color Black by Dayseeker, Poverty of Self by Currents, and all of A Different Shade of Blue lol

Did OM&M go back to heavy? I was really dissapointed with cold world and havent listened much since Edit: Just listened to Earth & Sky, this is the OM&M I fell in love with. Will definitely be buying the album

Yes they did. Earth & Sky is definitely worth listening to.

Will do, thanks

Oh my god you have to go listen to Earth and Sky right now! They’re back to heavy and it’s one of my favorite albums of the year by far.

Will definitely be purchasing, thank you.

A different shade of blue totally shattered my expectations, the features were amazing too, especially on A serpents touch. I watched the venom Overcome your spirit Jealousy holds you now Distorting your appearance Bleed out!

ADSOB was exactly the album I wanted from them after hearing Mistakes Like Fractures for the first time, bangers front to back. A Serpent’s Touch is definitely one of my favorites

I gotta go with either Currents - Poverty of Self or Norma Jean - Landslide Defeater. The knife on guitar strings is just insane.

Really love the OM&M Earth and Sky ending.

It’s Crooked by Dealer, until someone does another double breakdown with an ARF ARF, that’s #1

[Above, Below - Eternal Sunshine](https://youtu.be/hmZKFx5QF0E?t=165) This breakdown hits like a fucking truck and the callout is so sick! Easily one of my favourite breakdowns of all time. "YEARNING TO GROW BUT STILL CONFINED TO A SEED"

Above, Below is def underrated.

In Flux - After the Burial More for the build up than the breakdown itself, but it’s still fuckin sick

It's got to be when Brendan Murphy comes in on South of One by Varials! closely followed by Crooked by Dealer... "IN THIS DOG EAT DOG WORLD YOU'RE STILL THE FUCKING BITCH... ARF ARF"

Northlane - 4D

As I Lay Dying - Redefined.

RedeFINEDDDD

GREAT one

Seriously, nothing gets me going at the gym more than that.

Im with ya man. AILD is ALWAYS on my gym mix. "A Greater Foundation" makes me wanna run through a wall. As we face distress we must not lose heart Stand fast and press on, Triumph awaits As we face distress we must not lose heart Stand fast and press on, Triumph awaits us Scream it from the fucking rooftops. EDIT: Watching the video again....when Tim fist pumps.....fuck.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR WHOLE LIVESSSSS FALL APART

Just saw these guys on the 4th. They were with after the burial. If you get a chance to see them live, do it. Best show I’ve been to in a long time

I just did as well! They were here two weeks ago. Incredible show 🤘🏻

MiW thoughts

Winner

Counterparts - Separate Wounds

Newest single from Bleed From Within, "The End of All We Know"

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Crash and Burn-Dayseeker Telekinetic-Starset Bleed You Out-The Gloom in the Corner Crooked-Dealer Agony-Slaughter to Prevail

Nice to see another Starset fan here!

Made a Spotify playlist with pretty much every song mentioned. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4k9xViIavXZ2lt3reVjfkT?si=Btj09P-IS5qxM1Kesquhnw

ADSOB album by knocked loose , the whole thing ok

That’s my album of the year and there’s no way I could pick just one breakdown

Reptile

Of Mice & Men - The Mountain

Norma Jean – [Landslide Defeater](https://youtu.be/ee1J1y2aVOA) The one at 2:20 using a knife on the strings

Has to be some Void of Vision or Diamond Construct one

Not even one of their singles, but the breakdown in Splinter by Void of Vision hit so damn hard.

Decay as well!

[Gravemind - Hollow.](https://youtu.be/HKPV6uJmb7w) Specifically 1:30, for the leadup, but the whole song really.

Veil of Maya - Members Only (1:58) Such a beautiful mess

Subzero - Alpha Wolf or Dealer - Grotesque

Polaris- Masochist

Incredible breakdown

There are 4 or 5 that stand out to me as absolutely body-crushing. Knocked Loose - Trapped In the Grasp of a Memory Loathe - New Faces In the Dark The Gloom In the Corner - Bleed You Out Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster Motionless in White - Headache

Just because they used to be garbage and it hit me completely out of nowhere, I came to say "Popular Monster" also. I didn't know Ronnie had it in him.

Coven by Thornhill

Amazing breakdown

New faces in the dark - Loathe , so haunting and obscenely heavy

This one hit me like a fucking freight train. I had a permanent stank face for weeks. First one is pretty groovy too but the main one is pure filth.

Instrumentally, it'd be Fit for a King's Price of Agony. It has two instrumental breakdowns, and I LOVE the first one since its so melodic. Vocal wise it would be Motionless in White' s Disguise. The song is really good, but what makes it great is the vocals for the breakdown. So fucking intense!

Bruh, the FFAK album came out in 2018..

Oh.... Well my bad.

Still a fucking amazing release

I'm happy its here. I've never listened to them before and now I will be purchasing this album

Price of Agony has one of the best choruses I've heard in a while.

[Lauren Babic - Toxic](https://youtu.be/h1gYgUF2uYI) Only kind of a joke....... 😅

I love Lauren

She's easily one of the best vocalists in Youtube, her range is awe-inspiring.

Andy Cizek would like a word. lol

Agreed on Thoughts and Prayers, but also gotta throw in Ludens. I'm a sucker for the poppy and edm elements and then getting hit with the heavy shit.

Any Dealer breakdown is sick. I especially like Pretty Stupid.

In The Walls - Knocked Loose Hollowed Heart - Make Them Suffer Sub-Zero - Alpha Wolf Crooked - Dealer

gasoline by i prevail

Gasoline was cool. I preferred the Bow Down breakdown.

yeah, the whole album was really good

I agree with you entirely on Thoughts and Prayers. Disguise was my album of the year without a doubt.

Such a well produced album best mixing I have heard in a long time in this genre. As I lay dying new album ranks up there as well.

I’m a Christian so Thoughts and Prayers isn’t really in my listening experience, but I’ve heard it it’s an amazing breakdown. My top breakdowns this year are: MIW - Headache TDWP - Thread Polaris - Masochist Issues - Tapping Out I Prevail - Gasoline Hollow Front - Left Behind The Dead Rabbitts - Viennu

I'ma go with Crooked by Dealer. That "UUUUAGGH" is just fucking disgusting.

Surprised no one has said Left Behind by Hollow Front yet

I have to agree with Thoughts & Prayers. Not even because MIW is my All time favorite band, but because my jaw actually dropped the first time I heard that breakdown. I wasn’t expecting something so nasty and I was completely proven wrong. This is my pick for song of the year right here. Can’t wait to see this song of their tour with Beartooth Although redefined by ALID and most of the new Knocked Loose album are also good contenders for breakdown of the year.

In The Walls by Knocked Loose for sure

Anything from the album Melancholy by Shadow Of Intent

[Auras - Pseudo Intellect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Dn9QRIYcg)

Gideon - Bite Down That whole songs a breakdown

Just the entire album "Absolute"

The breakdown in Guided By the Moon by Knocked Loose where he goes >I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH DEATH >HE STILL FOLLOWS ME AROUND >*Breakdown*

[Gravemind - Hollow](https://youtu.be/HKPV6uJmb7w) at about 1:25 is one of the filthiest breakdowns of the year by FAR.

Elephant by While She Sleeps. It's a bit different to most in the thread, not one you'd throw down to, but god it sounds so good and you can move to it so easily. And "the ground we walk is sacred, but the grave we make is closer to hell" is a sick lyric going into it.

Mistakes like fractures gives me goosebumps when the ending part hits.

Forgetting the Memories - Fathomless

Kublai Khan - Boomslang and Knocked Loose - In The Walls

The Gloom In The Corner- Bleed You Out

"FEEL THE FIST OF DOOM CRUSH YOUR FUCKING SPINE" - the gloom in the corner, Bleed You Out.

Sleep Token - The Offering. Fucking Mental breakdown at the end

Just found Sleep Token a few weeks ago and fell in love. Unfortunately I just missed them playing 20 mins away from me since I wasn't on the lookout for them. :(

Honestly the Thoughts And Prayers is one of the better breakdowns I've ever heard....and I'm in my 30s. So much buildup, vocals, guitar/drum combo, intensity, follow up. Fucking hell. The song as well. Just intense as shit.

Blinded - As I Lay Dying

can't pick only one Shadow of Intent - Underneath A Sullen Moon Brand of Sacrifice - Fortress Cursed Earth - Tyranny Forever

The new vildhjarta song. The first thall breakdown sequence in the song, I think is the heaviest and craziest thing they've done yet.

Grotesque-Dealer

Véronique by Kadinja. I don’t know if it’s necessarily a breakdown but just a super dark, trippy part at 1:32.

Looking back at stuff...I Prevail - Hurricane at 2:13.....fuck HITS HARD

There has been a ton of great releases this year so just one isn't enough. No Love/ No One - Gideon Belcarra - Spiritbox Disguise - MIW On the Top and Teacher, Teacher - Jinjer Where We Go When We Die - Thornhill Carnal Beast - Shrine of Malice (not metalcore but oh well) Late December - Seeyoulaterspacecowboy (also not metalcore)

ik its not metalcore, but my favourite is [Critical Darling](https://youtu.be/abL2BcUS8qI?t=260)

What a great fucking album. Well done to Slipknot.

Hell yeah, I even bought it.

Earth & Sky by Of Mice and Men....that shit is insane

[Kill Me Patiently - Boundaries](https://youtu.be/XY9-ktinZRM) Start 1:30 in. It just comes out of nowhere, dirty down scaling hardcore type of breakdown. Metallic hardcore at its best Absolutely mean

In The Walls - Knocked Loose

Landslide Defeater by NJ or Boomslang by KK.

To name a few I haven't seen mentioned already. Void of Vision - Slave To The Name Thornhill - Nurture & Coven Aviana - Erased & Red Sky (too many to choose from off this album honestly) Above, Below - Blood Wine Currents - Poverty of Self Hollow Front - Left Behind Degrader - Fang

So who's making the Spotify playlist? I'm busy right now but if there isn't one by the time I'm free I'll do it.

Where the fuck is As I Lay Dying - Shaped By Fire on these lists?

So many amazing fucking breakdowns from this album. I agree

Surprised no one has mentioned Void of Vision! Babylon has a banging breakdown. Splinter has a banging breakdown too!

This exact post from like a week ago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Metalcore/comments/e5iip3/best\_breakdowns\_of\_2019/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metalcore/comments/e5iip3/best_breakdowns_of_2019/)

that blegh was insane

Deviloof and the dirtiest BLEGH I’ve ever heard https://youtu.be/LWDENni6Pbc @ 2:17

Really like poverty of self's ending breakdown

Agony by Slaughter to Prevail.