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Djent is a heavy metal music strumming technique that emerged as a spin-off from progressive metal. Coined by the band Meshuggah, it was popularized through the internet by Periphery, specifically guitarist Misha Mansoor. The word "djent" is an onomatopoeia for a heavily palm-muted, distorted guitar chord. Typically, the word is used to refer to music that makes use of this sound, to the sound itself, or to the scene that revolves around it.

Musicians

The Swedish band Meshuggah, who coined the term "djent" in the early 2000s, and the British band Sikth are credited as the inspirations for djent. The djent movement itself emerged from the solo recordings of Misha Mansoor of Periphery, with Periphery subsequently bringing djent "from the virtual world into the real one." Other pioneering bands are Tesseract, Animals as Leaders, and Textures. The genre has grown rapidly and has become a trend, and numerous bands emerged out of the scene in 2009 and 2010. Other bands that are labeled under the term include Veil of Maya, A Life Once Lost, Vildhjarta, and Xerath. Also, the groups After the Burial and Born of Osiris have been described as being inspired by the genre.

Metalcore band, Attack Attack!'s third studio effort, This Means War has been credited to incorporate a djent sound.

Characteristics

Djent, in its original meaning, is a heavily digitally processed power chord, and is the name for an elastic, syncopated guitar riff. Djent as a style has been described as featuring heavily palm-muted, distorted guitar chords alongside virtuoso soloing, and is characterized by rhythmic complexity and palm-muted riffing. Another major contribution to "djent" is computerised sound. Many djent musicians, such as Misha Mansoor, started their careers in home recording using amp modelling and programmed drums.

Reception

Many members of the metal community have criticized the term djent and what it's true meaning should be.

Post-metal band Rosetta has said:

"Maybe we should start calling doom metal 'DUNNN'."

In response to a question Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe stated:

"There is no such thing as 'djent,' it's not a genre."

References

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External links

• got-djent.com

• Use dmy dates from July 2011
• Heavy metal subgenres