Little preface: I love how Bands like Lorna Shore, Synestia or Disembodied Tyrant sound. I just dont like their mad breakdowns with the massive tempo slow, straight 0-0-0-0 chugs without discernible rhythm or pattern and all atmosphere gone.
Are there bands/tracks out there that have a similar level of production and mixing with more interesting breakdowns not dialled to 17? Doesn't need to be Deathcore too.
Ill drop some tracks here that I like and some that I dont to help you guys understand what I'm looking for:
Tracks/Albums that I Like
Necrotted - Zeitenschlächter | perfect example of what I'm looking for
Shadow of Intent - most of Melancholy and Elegy, Prepare To Die, Vehement Draconian Vengeance, Beholding The Sickness | love them, cohesion is incredible even for most of their heavier stuff
Lorna Shore - Obsession, In Darkness, Death Can Take Me (save for the end lmao) | LS would be my favorite band of all time if their breakdowns weren't what made them. DCTM has some very cool patterns in its first 2 breakdowns
Fleshgod Apocalypse | Great all around, but a little too italian sometimes, need to be in the mood. Ferrini is a god of Arrangement tho
Tracks/Albums that I don't like:
Mental Cruelty - All of Zwielicht, especially Mortal Shells | would be second to LS, Mortal Shells especially annoys me with how much its cohesion is ruined, its a beautiful and haunting song otherwise
Synestia & Disembodied Tyrant - pretty much their entire stuff, as much as I love how they sound.
Lorna Shore - Unbreakable | why is this breakdown here?
I tried to make this as rantless as I could, I know I'm on the turf of a lot of people who love this stuff. But you guys are probably also experts on the rest of it which I adore, so I figured I'd give this a shot here.