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We have seen the rise of Djent within the last few years, all stemming from 'that' guitar tone, coined by Fredrik Thordendal. There are links in Devy's work as well as bands like Tool but the sub-genre has definitely grown. So which Djent bands do we all dig?

Personally I am really getting into Tesseract, Animals as Leaders and Xerath

some of the music's cool, I like about half of that AAL album, but dear god I have never wanted a term to die more than Djent.

I don't know shit about Djent... all though I like Animals as Leaders A LOT! : D
(I think I actually discovered them here back in my lurking days)

Why the hate for the term lol, its easier than post progressive art-math-metal

What happened to groove metal? I think that's a pretty easy one. Or progressive groove metal? Technical groove metal?

I hate the idea of "djent is a genre" a lot more than "djent is a sound you can make on guitar"

There are plenty of excellent stand out bands: Periphery, Tesseract, Fell Silent(all 3 pioneers of the "Style"), Monuments, Stealing Axion (seriously worth your time), Circles...There are plenty to name, but those are real stand outs.

I like the idea of djent the genre. It sounds much less pretentious than any of the -cores or whatever national-socialist progressive vegetarian speedmetals. It began its life as a cheeky onomatopeia and ended being a flag for genre pretty much spontaneously.

It's, like, the best kind of genres - nobody tried to look tough when inventing it - you can't say that about most of -metals.

I've been following Tesseract since it was just Acle in his bedroom and they just keep getting better and better! Animals as leaders rock too...periphery on the other hand do nothing for me.

Like all these names it's just another way of describing music, the term makes little difference.

They slightly Djenty thing does seem to be everywhere at the moment and I can see it getting to be too much before long

Ugh. Are we really going here?

daneulephus wrote:Ugh. Are we really going here?

djefinitely.

I'm not trying to be a djerk. I djust don't see how it's djustified to discuss anymore. The debate is played out. Djenius music for the most part though...

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I didn't understand a bit of that.

ChaosD. wrote:Why the hate for the term lol, its easier than post progressive art-math-metal

I'm just tired of every time a band or two come out with a similar sound, they are suddenly the founders of a new genre. Do we have to be that exact? Can't it just be "progressive metal?"

We're running out of names for new genres, anyway. Now we are naming them after guitar sounds. We need to simplify things. Honestly, if someone asks me what kind of music Periphery plays, I say "metal." That's enough for me, and usually good enough for them, as well.

I understand the point but Cannibal Corpse are vastly different from Saxon....yet they are both metal. Sub-genre's give birth to arguing, rivalry and in fighting but I think they are a necesarry evil.

ChaosD. wrote:I understand the point but Cannibal Corpse are vastly different from Saxon....yet they are both metal. Sub-genre's give birth to arguing, rivalry and in fighting but I think they are a necesarry evil.

I think it's just because I'm old, and remember a time when Led Zeppelin, Rush, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, and Metallica were all just "metal." lol