I BET THE DUDES IN BURY YOUR DEAD WERE THOSE KIDS WHO COULD NEVER EAT THEIR DINNER BEFORE THEIR DESSERT

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 10:48am by

Here’s what’s funny about Bury Your Dead: they clearly really, really, really love breakdowns, see songs only as an excuse to get to the breakdown, and therefore have decided to write songs that are 99.9% breakdowns. Seriously. Not like, a couple of breakdowns a song. Like, every single section of every song is just a new breakdown.

Take “Wombdisease,” the excellently titled new track the band just posted on their MySpace page. After a Faith No More-ish intro that dances dangerously close to being nu-metal, the song hits its first breakdown at the 24 second mark, starts a slight variation on that breakdown at the 41 second mark, hits it’s first “real,” vocal-free breakdown at the 56 second mark, then returns to its initial breakdown-riff right around 1:12. Then, at 1:26, guess what happens? There’s a breakdown! Then, at 2:02, it presents the fourth incarnation of the original breakdown. Finally, at 3:20, the song presents its final breakdown, which lasts a mere twenty fucking seconds.

Here’s the video for “House of Straw,” from their last album, entitled – wait for it – Beauty and THE MOTHERFUCKING BREAKDOWN*.

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*I may have added the “motherfucking” part.

  • The Pig In Zen

    You make a strong point, but these guys are an excellent guilty pleasure. It’s like porn without a shitty plot.

  • Ross

    Guilty pleasure my ass. This is Neanderthal music.

  • vman

    i love ‘cover your tracks’, always in my ipod run mix

  • Tommy Toughtits

    I was at a DEP show last month and a big fat kid behind me actually said “I live for the breakdown” and was totally sincere. What a fucking waste of life.

  • Fink

    I still think breakdowns are fun. Lacking in any kind of musical depth or creativity, maybe. But still fun.

    Bury Your Dead suck regardless. When I want breakdowns, I look to Unearth. That shit never gets old.

  • Seth

    Breakdowns are only heavy when they are juxtaposed next…to…something…that…is…NOT…a…breakdown. Thats why it is called a breakdown–it has to be breaking down something, like another riff.

    And yes, as he is the person who introduced me to the band many moons ago, I agree with Fink that Unearth does it better than anyone–and BTBAM when they do it–like that break down in ‘All Bodies’…SO HEAVY!

  • TJ

    Unearth is the king of the breakdown.

    BYD is the ultimate in meathead-mosh-metal. And I love that shit.
    Bands like First Blood and BYD are great, so long as you know what to expect from them.

  • http://www.crustcake.com crustcake gerf

    terrible band

  • Gaahl

    I bet they could never eat their dinner before their dessert

  • Sammy

    A bridge is not necessarily a “breakdown”. Quite liberal use of the term being used here. Hell, by that defintion, all of Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All is a breakdown.

  • hegster90

    Jamie Jasta wannabe.