List of djent bands
Appearance
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This article is a list of notable bands and musical artists described as playing djent. Djent (/dʒɛnt/ ) is a subgenre of progressive metal,[1] [2] distinguished by a high-gain, distorted, palm-muted, low-pitch guitar sound. The name "djent" is an onomatopoeia of this sound.
Artists
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| Band | Origin | Years active | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| After the Burial | United States | 2004–present | [3] |
| The Afterimage | Canada | 2012–2018 | [4] |
| A Life Once Lost | United States | 1999–2013 | [5] [6] |
| Animals as Leaders | United States | 2007–present | [2] [3] |
| Arch Echo | United States | 2016–present | [7] |
| Bad Wolves | United States | 2017–present | [8] |
| Born of Osiris | United States | 2003–present | [3] |
| Circle of Contempt | Finland | 2006–present | [9] |
| The Contortionist | United States | 2007–present | [10] |
| Cloudkicker | United States | 2005–present | [11] [12] |
| Currents | United States | 2011–present | [13] |
| DVSR | Australia | 2013–present | [14] |
| Erra | United States | 2009–present | [15] |
| Fellsilent | United Kingdom | 2003–2010 | [16] |
| Forevermore | United States | 2009–present | [17] |
| Hacktivist | United Kingdom | 2011–present | [18] |
| Humanity's Last Breath | Sweden | 2009–present | [19] |
| Intervals | Canada | 2011–present | [20] |
| Invent Animate | United States | 2011–present | [21] |
| Jinjer | Ukraine | 2008–present | [22] |
| The Korea | Russia | 2003–present | [23] |
| Meshuggah | Sweden | 1987–present | [3] |
| Monuments | United Kingdom | 2007–present | [16] |
| Northlane | Australia | 2009–present | [24] |
| Novelists | France | 2013–present | [25] |
| Periphery | United States | 2005–present | [2] [26] |
| Polyphia (early) | United States | 2010–present | [3] |
| Reflections | United States | 2010–present | [27] |
| Rivers of Nihil (early) | United States | 2009–present | [2] [28] |
| Scale the Summit | United States | 2004–present | [3] |
| Sirens | United States | 2011–present | [29] |
| Skyharbor | India | 2010–present | [30] |
| Sleep Token | United Kingdom | 2016-present | [31] |
| Spiritbox | Canada | 2016–present | [32] |
| Steve Terreberry | Canada | 2008–present | [33] |
| Structures | Canada | 2009–present | [34] |
| Takatak | Pakistan | 2009–present | [35] |
| Tesseract | United Kingdom | 2007–present | [36] [37] [38] |
| Textures | Netherlands | 2001–2017, 2023–present | [39] |
| The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza (later) | United States | 2004–2012 | [40] |
| Uneven Structure | France | 2008–present | [41] |
| Unprocessed | German | 2013–present | [3] |
| Veil of Maya | United States | 2004–present | [3] |
| Vildhjarta | Sweden | 2005–present | [3] |
| Vola | Denmark | 2006–present | [3] |
| Volumes | United States | 2009–present | [3] |
| Within the Ruins | United States | 2003–present | [3] |
| Xerath | United Kingdom | 2007–present | [3] |
References
[edit ]- ^ Bowcott, Nick (26 June 2011). "Meshuggah Share the Secrets of Their Sound". Guitar World . Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d Angle, Brad (23 July 2011). "Interview: Meshuggah Guitarist Fredrik Thordendal Answers Reader Questions". Guitar World . Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Deiterman, Corey. "What the Hell Is Djent Metal Anyway?". Houston Press. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "The Afterimage". Tragic Hero Records . Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Debenedictis, Matt (23 February 2011). "A Life Once Lost Took 'an Outsider's Point of View' During Time Off". Noisecreep . Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "A Life Once Lost– Ecstatic Trance". Rock Hard (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Senior, Nicholas (14 December 2017). "Album Review: Arch Echo – Self-Titled". New Noise Magazine . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Album Review: Bad Wolves – Disobey". New Noise Magazine . 7 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
There are a fair number of groups trying to make melodic groove/djent, but few do it as easily and memorably as Bad Wolves.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Neilstein, Vince (5 July 2016). "Tag: circle of contempt". MetalSucks . Archived from the original on 10 November 2024.
The Finnish djent band returns with their first release in four years and first full-length in seven.
- ^ "Djent Won't Djie: Periphery, The Contortionist Live Stream Today". Metal Sucks. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "#TBT: Djent June Kicks Off with Cloudkicker's Beacons". Metal Injection. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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- ^ "Currents: making waves in the djent-metal underground". Louder. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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- ^ Lake, Nate (13 August 2014). "Forevermore - Telos". HM Magazine . Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ Rosenberg, Axl (17 October 2011). "Djent-rappers Hacktivist Kind Enough to Put the Word Hack Right There in the Name". MetalSucks . Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "ALBUM REVIEW: Humanity's Last Breath – Ashen". Boolin Tunes. 2 August 2023.
- ^ Delano, Chris. "The Rise of Jazz Fusion Djent" . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Boehmer, Dominik. "Review: Invent, Animate – "Stillworld"" . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Gerber, Lothar (22 August 2022). "Jinjer fühlen sich vom Krieg in der Ukraine zu neuen Songs inspiriert". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "The Korea". MetalMusicArchives.com.
- ^ Neilstein, Vince (10 November 2021). "Northlane Announce New Album, Obsidian, Drop First Single, "Echo Chamber"" . Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Shrum, Tony (5 November 2015). "Album Review: Novelists - 'Souvenirs'" . Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Djent, the metal geek's microgenre". The Guardian. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011
- ^ "Album Review: Reflections – 'Exi(s)t'". New Noise Magazine . 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Rivers of Nihil – The Conscious Seed of Light Review". AngryMetalGuy. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2022
- ^ "Review: Sirens – Surge [2015]". New Transcendence. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Skyharbor - got-djent.com". got-djent.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Double Review: Sleep Token – Even in Arcadia". The Progressive Subway. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Spiritbox Want to Be the "2 Chainz of Metalcore" | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Scarlett, Liz (23 November 2022). "Some smart ass has created a Metallica skit pretending to be the band in the studio, and the Lars Ulrich impression has us screaming". Metal Hammer . Retrieved 15 October 2023.
To kick off the video, the 'Djent God/guitar shredder/triangle officianado' Terreberry begins...
- ^ Aarons, Ricky (9 June 2021). "Structures Return After Extended Hiatus With New Song 'Planet of Garbage'". Wall of Sound. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Buckle Up in the "Backseat" for New Music Video from Pakistani Proggers Takatak". Metal Injection. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "TesseracT Unveil New Video". Guitar World . 16 March 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "One". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Concealing Fate". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Bland, Ben (3 October 2011). "Textures - Dualism (Album Review)". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Hadusek, Jon (10 August 2023). "Brad Thomson of The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Has Died". Consequence . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Wright, Holly (25 April 2017). "Uneven Structure: Why the metallers turned to prog for album number two". Louder . Retrieved 1 June 2023.