UNDERSTANDING 'DJENT' (Modern Progressive Metal), PRAISE/CRITICISM/FUTURE 

No problem. I think as I stated in the video the high end high gain has become an important aspect of modern Prog... and Sikth definitely played a role in how it’s used now

saystheman behindthemask. Great.

Thank you very much! I appreciate the positive feedback!

Cheers man! Glad you enjoyed it!

Well thank you I appreciate the positive feedback

saystheman behindthemask no problem my friend, keep it up

Hi, Sure I can. Well most of basic info the skeleton of it things such numbers and dates are from Wikipedia. But I knew quite a lot of information about the bands myself because I have been following Periphery since 2008 or 2009 when they still had MySpace page... with Barreto doing vocals on Lights and I even remember their cover with him on Michael Jackon's Black or White just when Jackson died. But their really old video material I used I could find on their official RU-vid page. When I was making the video it was still there. And Tesseract I have been following since 2010 or 2011, so I know all complex history with their singers as I was there almost from the start of their actual career. Meshuggah has a long history I know it only briefly they formed in late 80's and they are largely responsible for this unique "djent" sound, my advice would be for you to learn more about them as they are Godfathers of this movement and it is universally accepted that after all these years and many many bands no one does it like Meshuggah! Sikth was a little more difficult to crack as they are less mainstream and resumed their activity only recently... Majority of content is on Wikipedia! Most of the videos I used I could find here on YT. Another thing I usually do is check if there is any fiction on Wikipedia... So I watch Wikipedia Fact or Fiction to confirm some of the stuff that is written there because I found that there are mistakes here and there. If there is something else I could help with you can DM me on Insta... link on my channel! Thanks for compliments and your interest.

MESHUGGAH- brake those bones whose sinews gave it motion

Cheers man! Glad you liked it.

Owane is one of my favorites and one of the most talented musicians to ever live. It's a shame most people have never heard of him.

@@iamvulgar8188 Same with Chimp Spanner.

No, have not heard of them... hmm actually I remember one band from back in the day but I don’t remember their name

Monuments - I, the creator

​@@saysthemanbehindthemaskthanks, got confused because the guitar tapping section from cafo matched perfectly with the song

You're welcome. ;)

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Well thank you! Yes this was not an easy one to make. As for metal dying out... is sad but kind of true... unfortunately I have to agree. It has been well explored and there is very little for exploration left. Djent has been the last big thing in metal music but it’s been nearly 10 years since it blew up... and I don’t really see anything new on the horizon . Depressing really... as an aspiring musician my self it’s quite discouraging. Thank you for a thoughtful comment!

No problem man keep it up!

Go listen to Car Bomb. The future is here.

Please, let people do whatever music they want even you don't enjoy it. It's not all about money and market, it is ART.

Never heard of em’. This video is 5 years old though, so there’s that

​@@saysthemanbehindthemaskthall is a genre like djent

I am aware.

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saystheman behindthemask also glad you mentioned the holy trinity of modern progressive metal: Periphery, Tesseract, Monuments. It would be cool to see you do a vid of how Fell Silent essentially gave us two of the best modern prog metal bands.

Of course Without the holy trinity this video would not have been complete. Fell Silent I don't know that much about. Acle's other band isn't it?

saystheman behindthemask Yeah! John Browne and Acle were in there together until ~2010. Then they split to focus on Monuments and Tesseract respectively. Fell Silent is pretty wicked stuff.

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Man totally different bands... the only similarity is that if there was no MESHUGGAH there would be no VITALISM. =D Besides it seems to me that they are trying too hard... and the result is kind of underwhelming. I honestly can't stand any new Djent act that came about after 2014. There is no creativity whatsoever and reliance on that Low string has gotten old pretty quick as it sounds exactly the same in every band... keeping in mind that the production of every new djent act sounds exactly the same... that i can't even tell who is who. When I hear Meshuggah I know it's them. Along with a few acts that started this thing early and managed to actually keep it tasteful and recognisable.

Well he kind of set the tone for the whole Djent thing in terms of vocals. Clean singing, mid growls. Plus he set the bar for high cleans

I know what you mean. Largely I had enough of it by 2013 when everyone started copying each other. But I still think Tesseract did well as they have a sound of their own at least more so than majority of other Djent bands… periphery’s last record was cool as well… and MESHUGGAH is in a league of their own even all these years they have been around.

You don’t have to like it but I wish you elaborated a little as to why. Just saying “it’s not good” doesn’t cut it. I myself got tired of it pretty quickly to be honest... a couple bands I still follow... well not a couple... 1 = Tesseract. I think the reasoning for that is because they give bass some room to breath and Daniel Tompkins is one of the best metal singers in the past 10 years. Periphery’s “Hail Stan” is quite an interesting piece of work, it’s not perfect but worth a praise. But also they kind of stopped relying on that Djent sound as much as sooo many new bands that are coming out rely on. I honestly don’t understand why young bands still try to play the same Djent structure and sound thing over and over. It got old very quickly at least to me. By 2014 I’ve had enough really. Hmm, but you can’t say Tosin Abasi is not a worthy guitarist as well now can you? Difficult topic.

Just cause you studied this does not mean you are right.