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BananaSlayer64 I think Meshuggah deserves to be whatever Meshuggah says they are. They've never actually said they were "djent." With that said, I don't know that djent deserves Meshuggah.
Only people who never listened to this bands say that. Check out periphery- scarlet for example. A very technical, progressive, diverse and melodic band. It aint about just playing 0-s on a 7-string.
Gaseous Snake No need to insult first of all, second as a guitarist I have to tell you, Periphery musicianship's put them above a lot of these bands. Their use of changing keys, complex and intricate riffs, their approach to melody etc.
I don't really understand the hooblah over meshugga, yes, they pretty much created the genre, but honestly, meshugga is by far one of the most boring, "Djent," bands I've ever heard. Too many of their songs can be played on one string with a total of 3-4 frets. It bothers me when people go around saying, "oh djent, how easy and boring, 0-0-0-00-0-00-0-1-0-30-12-0-0-00-000-010" but when it comes to meshugga, yeah, thats pretty much the truth. and his vocals are about as boring as watching paint dry. So, yeah, go ahead, put them on the list purely because they are the, "Fathers of djent" but break em back down to ten... and keep them there.
What are the songs being played by each showcased band on the list? • After the Burial • Veil of Maya • Monuments • Tesseract • Animals as Leaders • Periphery
Came back to this to say they are my favorite band of all time and people are just too small brained to appreciate how insane their writing is especially on guitar.
Teutone Well in fairness to these artists, its hard to make such a dense sound like Djent. Expand and standout in any significant way, TesseracT is definitely the most experimental of them all. Its especially hard when having almost a decade worth of bands before has been abusing the Low end like Metalcore and Deathcore.
It's not really new, Meshuggah has been doing the djent thing since the 90's and it wasn't until the mid-2000's when Misha Mansoor started gaining prominence in the internet metal scene and people hopped into the trend.
@@HugoStiglitz88 Periphery are fucking amazing, however I gotta agree with the original commenter and say I personally prefer TesseracT. Their style is very different, so it's less about who is better, and more about personal preference.
I really want to. I'm pissed their next tour isn't coming to New England. I'm thinking about driving 3.5 hours each way just to see em play for an hour. If they were headlining I definitely would but Underoath is which worries me periphery won't even get to play for long so it seems like a dumb move. I'm still thinking about it
YoLpIsBest even today! I saw them last week and they're fucking amazing! the other djent bands are good, too, but what meshuggah made! There's no word for it!
YoLpIsBest Meshuggah gives djent a good reputation. It's the subtleness in their sound that makes them amazing. Plus... have you seen their music videos lmao they make the best low budget music videos there are
I think when so many bands have such similar styles (I don't mean that in a bad way necessarily), you can't call it progressive. At least not your average Djent band
The difference between djent and prog metal is that in djent, a steady pulse is maintained regardless of the time signatures while in prog,you have to follow the odd time signatures.Djent is easier to follow and that is done in a very intelligent way.Animals As Leaders would fit better in prog metal though.
The truth of the matter is that Meshuggah, Textures, Sikth, Mnemic, Chimp Spanner, Periphery, Animals As Leaders, Volumes, Cruentus (Poland), Circles, Means End, and The Contortionist should be at the top since they all brought something original & top quality to the "genre". Bad Wolves are sounding pretty badass too.
If you're looking for new good Djent bands, try the French band Kadinja. They released one EP and a few more songs, but their first album should be released by the end of January.
Dan 2c plus Yeah. It goes beyond just downpicking at X bpm - he has a groove and articulation that's incredibly hard to replicate. I realise I border on blasphemy here, but I find it hard to believe even Het could handle Doxa as well...
***** Just completely different. Doxa is just insane, but john Browne would never have thought of those weird riffs like the gallop riff in disposable heroes. I do believe John is more technically sound and has even more potential.
Where is fucking volumes...They created djent and and they are still one of the best djent bands . They are the fathers of djent. Even before meshuggah
Seeing all these comments about how Djent is not a style of music and it shouldn't be called a (sub)genre, reminds me of the times when people were saying the same things about Death metal or Doom metal: "oh, it's just Heavy metal, but playing lower and faster" or "oh, it's just Heavy metal, but playing very slowly and mostly in minor". That's how (sub)genres get born and that's what they mean. Yet people never learn.
ahh I remember when my death metal band starting to take the turn into djents, yeaa that made me bail out. I was struggling enough with all the sweep pick demands in the solos and it would sure to get a lot more than my 10 fingers if I had stuck around.
Trent Stines yes, i think so, but i also think that could be interesting to "discover" which are the other eight, ah ah ah p.s. obscura is (one of) my favourite prog death metal band
correct me if i'm wrong but didn't tomas haake himself say meshuggah was just the band that laid the framework for djent and then periphery made it a thing? i ain't making it up, it was in a wikipedia fact or fiction, so wouldn't they count as something else?
