Breakdown

[Kai]

if [music] were [sex], the breakdown would be the [orgasm].

[Jason Yan]

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].

[Rihanna]

[The reason] [my neck] is in a [brace] right now.

[Gregory]

Sections of hardcore / metalcore / deathcore songs which are rhythmically appropriate for most forms of hardcore dancing (mosh), but not appropriate for [two-stepping]. In order to be rhythmically appropriate, the music must conform to the following requirements:

Tempo: Breakdowns are characterized by tempos in the 65 [bpm] - 70 bpm range, but also spanning from 50 bpm (double breakdown), to 90 bpm (fast breakdown / stomp breakdown).

Content: Breakdowns are further characterized by strong emphasis on rhythm, snares on the 2nd

[Monty]

The part in a song (usually associated with Hardcore, Metal, and [Metalcore] music genres) where the music becomes heavy and [rythmic]. Usually has a brutal sound to it and is the perfect music to open a pit or dance to. [Breakdowns] are what makes hardcore. The singer also usually sings a line or two of memorable lyrics, and then repeats them until the breakdown is over.

[Couch Potatoe]

(n.) - a section in a piece of music where rhythmic emphasis is [shifted] causing [the note] value of the previously determined [meter] to be (typically) halved. used for contrast.

[Rihanna]

the point in a song at which time (not tempo) slows down. it is usually associated with metal, hardcore, metalcore, and other sub-genres of metal and [hardcore music]. often the guitar during a breakdown is palm-muted and is played using breaks or rests to create a [choppy], brutal sound. the guitar can also be played strummed or [rung] out and still be considered a breakdown. what makes the part of a song a breakdown is mostly determined by the speed of the drums and also somewhat the style in which the drummer plays in that speed.

[Renato]

A part of a hardcore song where one note is played repeatedly in a chugging-like beat. Though it sounds pretty hardcore and brutal, it is a shame that almost all of them sound the same. [Breakdowns] also start the [hardcore dance], where the crowd [flails] their arms around and kicks their legs around. Maybe trying to hit somebody, maybe not. Either way, it looks stupid.

[Britney]

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, its 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.

[Jessica]

Breakdown in Wrestling. A wrestler brings their opponent to their side or stomach by removing their hand and/or knee support.

[Julene]

A mechanical failure.

[Marquetta]

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