Djent Fans?

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Any Djent fans on OCUK ???

If you are unaware of Djent, here you go: (copy and paste info)

Djent is widely acknowledged to have come first from Meshuggah, but Misha 'Bulb' Mansoor has arguably popularized the sound. Djent's typical uses give rise to a "genre" of djent that is characterized by hi-fi compressed production, polyrhythmic/staccato distorted riffs and ambient clean passages which make liberal use of 9 and other "jazzy" chords. Electronica influences such as glitchy percussion and synthesizers are also incorporated.

(Although some of that is kinda wrong, its still a basic explanation.)


If you do not like metal, you most probably will not like this. Give it ago anyway.

If you are not such a metal fan, give "Monuments - Memoirs" or Periphery - Icarus Lives! a listen.

Few links:

Monuments - Memoirs

Periphery - Icarus Lives!

Vildhjarta - Deceit

Meshuggah - Bleed
 
I'd definitely say I'm a fan! I'm not as big into it these days any more though - there are far too many people out there putting out too many average releases. Just look at got-djent.com, so many tiny bands with good production. Many of which sound very very similar. Disappoint. I'd say my favourite artists are: Periphery, Tesseract, Chimp Spanner, Animals As Leaders.

Not sure if djent: SikTh, Meshuggah, Textures (these first three were around before the whole djent thing kicked off, so I'm not sure if they should be considered as such), Cloudkicker (gorgeous instrumental progressive metal mixed with post-rock, certainly some djent inspiration, but not very many staccato riffs), Om Mani (too much prog death in there to be djent, though I can see why some people would throw them in the djent pit), Cyclamen (so much cross genre, definitely some of their songs are djent though), After The Burial (metalcore/deathcore + djent?), The Contortionist (see: After The Burial, but with way more prog), The Arusha Accord (if Dillinger married Sikth and had a baby).

I'm definitely very interested in the upcoming Uneven Structure album, less so in Vildjharta however - they've always seemed a bit average djent to I. The songs of theirs I've heard have seemed the exact sort which are causing the genre to gain a bit of a bad name. Though, considering they haven't released a proper album yet, I'll reserve judgment. Some of the Uneven Structure songs I've heard have been disappointing, but one of them has been fantastic. So I'm really mildly confused. Their first EP, 8, was really bland though.

I do quite enjoy Monuments, though I'll wait for an album (if they get around to it) to judge them fully. Two of the three songs released properly so far are superb, but the third was very meh.

Anyways, some songs for those interested:
Tesseract - April

Chimp Spanner - Bad Code

Cloudkicker - Amy, I Love You (absolutely stunning)

Textures - Laments Of An Icarus

After The Burial - Aspiration (happy djent. yeah.)

Uneven Structure - Frost (gorgeous)

So yeah. Did you by any chance go to see LXD (League of Extraordinary Djentlemen - Periphery, TesseracT and Monuments) when it came though London? Also Lowering The Tone (Tesseract, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure) more recently. Those were some excellent tours.
 
Another fan of Djent here, been listening to Bulb since he was on Myspace and have a few of his demos and other bits. Love the Periphery album too, can't wait for a new one! Also quite like Vildhjarta, found them on a random video on YouTube.

Love that Cloudkicker song posted above, shall have to check them out.
 
A fan of this type of metal, but I don't see it going much further than what the original bands like Meshuggah and Textures have already achieved, the rest just seem to be mindlessly playing these djent style guitar chords, which impressive as they are, don't really add anything to the genre. You also get bands who randomly incorporate these guitar chords into other subgenres of metal, but as before, don't really bring anything new to the fold. I may be wrong, as I've not been keeping up with the latest bands, but thats the impression I always get. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's bad or anything. It's just that, to me, it's not really progressive metal anymore when no progress is being made.

For me the epitome of the subgenre is Meshuggah - Catch 33. The djent style actually makes sense in the wider context of the album and adds to the whole 'staring into the abyss' and 'losing your mind' vibe the album has.


Also, Meshuggah - I should be mandatory listening for anyone looking to educate themselves on this subgenre; it's like a 21 minute anthology of it.


Finally, another band to add to this thread is Coprofago. They are like a mix between Meshuggah and Cynic.



 
Love "Djent" can't stand the name though, it's sad that the two pioneering bands aren't around anymore, but without the split there would be no TesseracT or Monuments



 
"I" and "Catch 33" are f'ing brilliant, I love Meshuggah. "I" was the first album of theirs I heard. I just picked it up in HMV on a whim since I went to buy a Tool album and it wasn't in stock, but I had heard Meshuggah influenced Tool, so I grabbed it.
 
Eames said:
Um isn't this known as math metal or progressive metal.

I was looking for a band called Djent lol.
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Generally - yes it can be both of those things. Djent is more to do with the tone/sound/chunky chord but it depends entirely on who you ask whether or not it's a genre or a sound or a technique. But basically you're looking at bands like Periphery, Monuments, TesseracT, and so on. Math Metal is a term that seems to have subsided in use at the moment - I saw it a lot a few years ago, but it's very rare to hear it any more. Most of the time Prog or Tech Metal is used, and often (if it fits the bill) Djent. The tones and technique of Djent generally also mean that someone will be playing progressive metal with odd timings.

Also you were looking for a band called Djent? They don't exist I'm afraid, but if you were serious then I suppose there are bands like Hydrodjent (now known as Skyharbor, a solo project from India with lots of Groove - see here for a song of his with Dan Tompkins, ex-Tesseract vocalist,
https://soundcloud.com/basickrecords%2Fskyharbor-celestial-edit
) or Dilidjent who have 'djent' in their name. I've always thought that a little silly, but Hydrodjent at least changed the name.

For further reading on the word djent: http://got-djent.com/article/definition-djent-part-one-survey-results
 
Anyway.

Had no idea this was a genre, its just metal to me, but by far my favourite of these bands other than meshuggah is sybreed.


great stuff.
 
Funnily enough, I was only introduced to the term "Djent" yesterday after reading it on a random metal website. It's not even regarded as a legtimate term for a subgenre by the guy who coined the phrase. :D

Not that I have a problem with people using it or anything (though many of the musicians in bands referred to as "Djent" bands apparently do), I just find it funny how something like that can be made up/thrown around by a random person and suddenly it's embellished and escalated into an actual genre term. Only in metal, I tells ye! :D
 
There is so much of this on youtube now. Definitely oversaturated, but all of a sudden I am enjoying. 5 years too late? What's the new style now?
 
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