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Bowdown (musical phrase/song structure) A variationof "Breakdown". Really common in progressive/death/technical metalbands' songs, such as Veil of Maya and Born of Osiris. It can be defined as a faster and more complex breakdown.

Therm and structure
The therm begun to refer to this kind of breakdowns after "Bow Down", a Born of Osiris's song, which has perfect examples of Bowdowns. The therm was settled after "Follow the Signs", from the album "The Discovery". The bowdown's structure is usually polyrhythmic with fast pick attacks andtriplets, sometimes played among ambient sounds, followed by djent-like riffs. When playedalive, the musicians usually bow themselves banging their heads, as a referenceto crabcore and traditional headbanging, although in a less aggressive way, dueto the complexity of the songs".