History Music / Sybreed

* GenreBusting: Their core sound is a mix of industrial, melodeath, and groove metal. As if that already wasn't hard enough to categorize, they often took elements from genres, both metal and non-metal, and experimented with them in their music. The band simply referred to themselves as "[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Deathwave]]".

* ProgressiveMetal: While highly debatable and contested, ''The Pulse of Awakening'' could be considered this due to it's NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly experimentation with other genres, having a wider variety in song moods and intensity, and having relatively technical songwriting and instrumentation compared to most other metal.

* GrooveMetal

* BaldOfAwesome: Their bassist Ales whom also sports a tough beard.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs are a 8 or 9. Some of their heavier songs like "Dynamic" and "I am Ultraviolence" move into the 10 category while "Ethernity" manages to drop all the way down to a 6.

* BaldOfAwesome: Their bassist Ales whom also sports a BadassBeard.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Music/FearFactory meets Music/InFlames with [[Music/DevinTownsend Strapping Young Lad and Devin Townsend]] occasionally thrown into the mix.

Sybreed was a Swiss metal band, characterized by their genre-busting sound that combines industrial, groove, and melodic death metal into one cohesive sound while occasionally flirting with other genres like progressive metal, symphonic metal, and non-metal genres such as Electonica and NewWave.

* MetalScream: Benjamin used type 2 and 3 for most of their songs. Type 1 was also used occasionally.

* {{Portmantitle}}: Their name is a combination of the words "synthetic" and "breed".

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Music/FearFactory meets Music/InFlames with [[Music/DevinTownsend Strapping Young Lad]] occasionally thrown into the mix.

* EpicRocking: "From Zero to Nothing" (19:19), "Destruction and Bliss" (9:44), "Ethernity" (9:21), "Lucifer Effect" (6:36), "Plasmaterial" (6:27) and "Bioactive" (6:24).

* MetalScream: Benjamin used type 2 and 3 for most of their songs. Type 1 was also used occasionly.

The band contains examples of the following tropes:

* GenreBusting: Their core sound is a mix of industrial, melodeath, and groove metal. As if that already wasn't hard enough to categorize, they often took elements from genres, both metal and non-metal, and experimented with them in their music. As a result, the band simply referred to themselves as "[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Deathwave]]".

* SignatureSong: "Bioactive" and "Doomsday Party".

Formed in Geneva in 2003 by Tomas "Drop" Betrisey (guitars) and Benjamin Nominet (vocals). The band released their first album ''The Slave Design'' in 2004, followed be extensive touring over Europe. In 2006, drummer Alex Anxionaz left and the band hired Dirk Verbeuren (of Music/{{Soilwork}}, Music/{{Aborted}}, and ''Scarved'' fame) to record the drums of ''Antares'', their sophomore album. ''Antrares'' was released in 2007 to almost universal acclaim and is widely considered to be their best album. After Antares the band recruited Kevin Choiral for drumming and continued to tour over the next few years. The band released their third work ''The Pulse of Awakening'', in which the band experimented with their sound, which brought some mixed reactions from their fanbase following the acclaim surrounding Antares. In 2012 they followed up with their fourth album ''God is an Automaton''.

Formed in Geneva in 2003 by Tomas "Drop" Betrisey (guitars) and Benjamin Nominet (vocals). The band released their first album ''The Slave Design'' in 2004, followed be extensive touring over Europe. In 2006, drummer Alex Anxionaz left and the band hired Dirk Verbeuren (of Music/{{Soilwork}}, Music/{{Aborted}}, and Music/{{Scarved}} fame) to record the drums of ''Antares'', their sophomore album. ''Antrares'' was released in 2007 to almost universal acclaim and is widely considered to be their best album. After Antares the band recruited Kevin Choiral for drumming and continued to tour over the next few years. The band released their third work ''The Pulse of Awakening'', in which the band experimented with their sound, which brought some mixed reactions from their fanbase following the acclaim surrounding Antares. In 2012 they followed up with their fourth album ''God is an Automaton''.

Formed in Geneva in 2003 by Tomas "Drop" Betrisey (guitars) and Benjamin Nominet (vocals). The band released their first album ''The Slave Design'' in 2004, followed be extensive touring over Europe. In 2006, drummer Alex Anxionaz left and the band hired Dirk Verbeuren (of {{Soilwork}}, {{Aborted}}, and {{Scarved}} fame) to record the drums of ''Antares'', their sophomore album. ''Antrares'' was released in 2007 to almost universal acclaim and is widely considered to be their best album. After Antares the band recruited Kevin Choiral for drumming and continued to tour over the next few years. The band released their third work ''The Pulse of Awakening'', in which the band experimented with their sound, which brought some mixed reactions from their fanbase following the acclaim surrounding Antares. In 2012 they followed up with their fourth album ''God is an Automaton''.

* XMeetsY: FearFactory meets InFlames with StrappingYoungLad occasionally thrown into the mix.

* MetalScream: Benjamin used type 1 and 3 for most of their songs. Type 2 was also heard a few times on the ''God is an Automaton'' album.

Formed in Geneva in 2003 by Tomas "Drop" Betrisey (guitars) and Benjamin Nominet (vocals). The band released their first album "The Slave Design" in 2004, followed be extensive touring over Europe. In 2006, drummer Alex Anxionaz left and the band hired Dirk Verbeuren (of {{Soilwork}}, {{Aborted}}, and {{Scarved}} fame) to record the drums of "Antares", their sophomore album. Antrares was released in 2007 to almost universal acclaim and is widely considered to be their best album. After Antares the band recruited Kevin Choiral for drumming and continued to tour over the next few years. The band released their third work "The Pulse of Awakening", in which the band experimented with their sound, which brought some mixed reactions from their fanbase following the acclaim surrounding Antares. In 2012 they followed up with their fourth album "God is an Automaton".

* BaldOfAwesome: Their bassist Ales.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "The Slave Design" had a much more "raw" and "industrial" sound than their later albums, especially in terms of the synths and production. The songwriting was also less technical and it didn't have the melodic death metal sound that is prominent on all their albums afterwards.

* GenreBusting: Most of their music after The Slave Design is pretty hard to categorize without splitting hairs.

* MelodicDeathMetal: Has been an important part of their sound From Antares Onward.
* MetalScream: Benjamin used type 1 and 3 for most of their songs. Type 2 was also heard a few times on the "God is an Automaton" album.

* NewSoundAlbum: Multiple:
** "Antares" toned down the industrial metal sound somewhat while adding melodic death metal to the mix and featured much more technical rifts and song structures.
** "The Pulse of Awakening" saw the band put more emphasis on their electronic/industrial sound while experiment with other genres like new wave and symphonic music, with slightly less focus on guitar rifts in the writing.
** "God is an Automaton" is a mix of the last two albums, having Antares-like technical guitar rifts as its core sound while retaining some of the the expanded sonic elements from The Pulse of Awakening.

* SignatureStyle: Groovy guitar and drum rifts that are laced with polyrhythms and syncopation that are quite technical, but are not flashy or over-the-top and still have a strong melodic quality, combined with layers of various synths, samples, and electronic sounds. As a result, the band refer to themselves as "[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Deathwave]]".
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Almost all of their song lyrics fall on the cynical side of scale.
* SpecialGuest: The drums on Antares were recorded by Dirk Verbeuren. Possibly part of the reason why that album was so technical.
* UncommonTime: "Orbital" alternates between 3/4 and 11/16 time while managing to keep a strong groove. Most of their discography is in standard time but their extremely heavy use of syncopation and polyrhythms can make it sound like this being invoked often.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "The Slave Design" had a much more "raw" and "industrial" sound than their later albums, especially in terms of the production. The songwriting was also less technical and it didn't have the melodic death metal sound that is prominent on all their albums afterwards.

* MetalScream: Benjamin used type 1 and 3 for most of their songs. Type 2 was also heard a few times on "God is an Automaton".
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs are a 8 or 9. Some of their heavier songs like "Dynamic" and "I am Ultraviolence" move the 10 category while "Ethernity" manages to drop all the way down to a 6.

** "God is an Automaton" is a mix of the last two albums, having Antares-like technical guitar rifts as it's core sound while retaining some of the the expanded sonic elements from "The Pulse of Awakening".
* SopranoAndGravel: The band's singer Benjamin was a one-man example.
* SignatureSong: "Bioactive"

* SpecialGuest: The drums on "Antares" were recorded by Dirk Verbeuren.

* XMeetsY: FearFactory meets InFlames meets StrappingYoungLad.