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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a debate currently raging over at Gear Gods, where two of the site’s writers have gone head to head in the battle to end all battles: has djent ruined or has it improved metal? In one corner, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Aslak Junttu / Grimvisions Thall is one of metal’s newest, darkest and most inventive movements. From Sleep Token and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Does it djent or does it not? That’s the question one metalhead is seeking to find out about the word “djent” itself, which he’s attempting to add to the Oxford English Dictionary via a petition on ...

Meshuggah guitarist Mårten Hagström was quoted back in 2018 as apologizing for creating djent, and said the term came from fellow guitarist Fredrik Thordendal being drunk. "First of all, we're very ...

UPDATE (Jan. 12, 2023): Periphery have now released two new songs — "Wildfire" and "Zagreus" — which can be heard further down the page. Did someone just open up a can of worms? Periphery are on their ...