List of djent bands
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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.
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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
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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.
- ↑ "Periphery on their love/hate relationship with djent". Louder. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Currents: making waves in the djent-metal underground". Louder. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ↑ "Review: 'Self-titled' by DVSR". Metal Noise. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ Dodderidge, Tim (11 February 2015). "Interview: Erra". Mind Equals Blown. Retrieved 11 December 2017.[dead link]
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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.
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- ↑ 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.