Djent
Pioneered by the Swedish Extreme Metal outfit Meshuggah, djent music has carved out its own little scene within the metal universe. The word itself is an onomatopoeia to describe the downtuned, palm muted riffs that are the most recognizable element of the style. The sound of djent is characterized by extremely downtuned guitars, odd time signature riffing, low frequency bass and usually harsh vocals (but not always). Djent drumming often uses complex polyrhythmic patterns. Typically the bass drum follows the rhythm of the guitars to accentuate the overall rhythm of the song. Djent bass tends to follow the guitar lines but has been known to do its own thing depending what on band you're listening to at the time. Fairly recently, many deathcore and metalcore bands have begun to incorporate djent style, syncopated riffing into their trademark breakdowns as well. So Let's get the discussing going! Talk about your favs of the genre, the genre itself, or if you haven't heard djent before...give your opinion! Some of my favorite groups in the style: The Godfathers, Meshuggah: Textures from Denmark: Progressive Deathcore group The Contortionist from my hometown of Indy: Sort of poppy take on the style, also becoming pretty popular on the web. Periphery: Born of Osiris: There are MANY more out there, you just have to look! |
I'm not gonna lie, this style of guitar playing/rhythms bothers me, and I can't put my finger on why.
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I have to admit to not being much of a Meshuggah fan. I admire them a lot but can't quite get into them for one reason or another but Textures are damn good from that one track. Would love to hear more from them.
Periphery sound awful as do Born Of Osiris :( but that Textures track is class. |
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See what you think of this one by Textures: |
I really like Periphery, especially "Racecar" and "Insomnia". "Awake" is probably my favorite song by Textures.
Sybreed uses this style a lot. Can't sell this band hard enough. A solo artist named Keith Merrow does some cool djent instrumental stuff as well. |
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strange i always tagged born of osiris metalcore/deathcore
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Yeah. My only real gripe on Osiris aside from maybe a bit much chug is their main vocalist isn't very good in my opinion.
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As a side...I thought this thread would fare better...c'mon people! |
Seeing this thread I was prepared (and hopeful) for some big time discussing...I've been pretty bored with the threads for the last couple weeks aside from the Metal Wars one.
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The textures stuff is great also.
this band does a fair amount of djenty stuff too TESSERACT - Nascent (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube |
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So has anyone heard the new Textures album? I think it's great!
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