Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images Google ‘djent’ and you’ll be hit with over 2.5 million search results. On Instagram, #djent has been used ...

It seems as though the djent trend is on a downswing at this moment. While bands like Periphery, Animals As Leaders and Veil of Maya rose to prominence on the sound, if I hear a new band trying to ...

We already know that the word "djent" is one of the worst descriptors ever coined to describe a musical sub-genre. Now, according to the supposed creators of the style, Meshuggah, they claim it was ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Remember Jared Dines’ obscene Ormsby 18-string guitar? Well, fellow YouTuber Steve Terreberry, ...

Ever since Metallica took on Napster, the metal scene has been wary of the internet – until the heavily digitally processed sound of djent began to coalesce in bedrooms worldwide Hardcore techno has ...

On April 20, 2010, Washington, D.C., sextet Periphery released their self-titled debut album. The release went over even the most loyal metal fans' heads, but marked the beginning of a controversial ...

Metal has so many subgenres and classifications it can be impossible to keep up with them all. It’s so complicated at times that some bands don’t even know what kind of music they play, and some ...

In the spring of 2010, an explosion of chuggy riffs, subsonic booms and futuristic metal sounds carved a corner for itself in metal. It was called djent, so named because of the djent-djent sounds of ...

Cultivated by artists such as Meshuggah, Animals as Leaders and Periphery, djent is among the most prevalent components of progressive metal. Basically, it emphasizes palm-muted, low-tuned and highly ...