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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!

by Straight Up February 20, 2004

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.

by DISRESPECTYOURSURROUNDINGS September 25, 2010

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

by straya m8 November 18, 2015

Breakdown

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

by InFamousBreakdown October 29, 2019

Breakdown

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

by Unclesht July 18, 2010

Breakdown

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!

by rhiehn June 17, 2010

Breakdown

A hardcore guitar riff used in tight songs.

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

by qwertykiller October 06, 2005