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’The Album Breakdown’ is podcast where we tell each other to listen to an album that is important to us. We go through the album talking about it from our different musical backgrounds and talk about why the album was important to us in our own musical journeys. Robert is a trained musician with a master degree in musical education and a background in multiple genres and instruments. On the other side, Wolf has no musical education to speak of, but has been in hardcore or metal bands for mos ...
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What does your leitmotif sound like?
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Robert and Wolf breakdown The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise. Robert goes in depth into how this album is performed across each song, and the interesting ways that different techniques and methods are used. Wolf tells us the story of the Boy across the album and how his poor decisions lead him into being manipulated in the end. The next e…
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Wolf takes a stab at understanding the lyrical intricacies of Breaking Benjamin's 2006 album 'Phobia'. Our hosts discuss the shifting music scene around the time of this release, how you can frame songs depending on strengths of a band, how this album could be looked at as a concept album, the idea of a perfect album, and more. Wolf assigns Robert …
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Robert and Wolf break down three albums recommended by members of the Anchoret; WINTERHORDE - Underwatermoon, Voivod - Dimension Hatröss, and Seven Impale - SUMMIT. The hosts discuss being in the right place and space at the right time for music, sometimes needing to digest a more complex piece of music, how different music can inspire musicians ou…
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In case of moon disaster with the Anchoret
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Robert and Wolf are joined by Eduard Levitsky, Sylvain Auclair, and Andy Tillison of the band the Anchoret. Their debut album 'It all began with loneliness' came out June 23, 2023 and has been topping everyone's AOTY lists. Together with our hosts they discuss how the album came to be, working through emotions with music, how they approached record…
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Wolf gets his polyrhythmic groove back while he breaks down 'Via' by Volumes, Robert teaches us how to write and structure dissonant cords into songs effectively, both guys gush over a rewind effect into a crushing breakdown, and they discuss if Djent is a genre. The podcast is excited to announce the next album breakdown is 'It All Began With Lone…
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The guys are back this time discussing Between the Buried and Me's 2009 classic 'The Great Misdirect." Robert tries to keep up with all the different time changes and Wolf explains the concept of the notorious Night Owls. The 'Great Misdirect' is a Victory records released that was remastered in 2019, there is also a live version of the album from …
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This time Robert and Wolf breakdown the albums Phenomenon by Thousand Foot Krutch and The Baring of Shadows by Kardashev. Wolf gets tries to figure out which Nu Metal group copied the other, while Robert works his way through a beautiful but at the same time brootal, or perhaps brut-eaful, 30 minutes. We cover our top albums of 23, and get ready to…
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And next, we have some more weirdness
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This week Robert and Wolf breakdown the albums Bloodwork by Texas in July and De-Loused in the Comatorium by the Mars Volta. Wolf gets caught up in all an album of breakdowns, while Robert finds out how may different ways you can put weirdness into a song. They also discuss some new music they have been listening to and assign next weeks albums of …
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First episode of 'The Album Breakdown' featuring cohosts Robert and Wolf. A podcast where we tell each other to listen to an album that is important to us. This week the albums being discussed are Intervals - A Voice Within and The Contortionist - Language. We talk some on new albums that just came out we are excited about and talk next weeks album…
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