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 ...
YouTuber Steve Terreberry has taken delivery of what he's calling the most metal guitar ever, a 20 string monster that takes the Djent battle straight to Jared Dines, who had an 18 string beast ...
“But does it djent?” It’s a question that’s haunted a generation (djeneration?) of progressive metal bands. Ever since Meshuggah first stormed onto the scene in the mid-1990s with their polyrhythmic ...
That mighty rapscallion Rob Scallon is at it again, this time at the behest of money-grubbing Super Metal Records CEO Rick Riffson, a recurring character in Scallon’s videos. His request? Something ...
"That's a first," TesseracT's vocalist Dan Tompkins informs us as he looks on at the three men excitedly comparing their guitars on the couch - Misha Mansoor of US band Periphery, plus Brits Acle ...
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 ...
Remember Jared Dines and Ormsby’s 18-string monstrosity, revealed back at NAMM? Well, the YouTube joker has finally put together a piece of music using the guitar, entitled Djent 2018. Proof that you ...
Chuggah-chug-chuggah-chuggah-chug! It's time to celebrate one of metal's relatively newer genres: djent! The term was derived from the sound downtuned seven and eight string guitars make when met with ...
A big criticism of "djent" is that it's all just one open chord (am I saying that right?!) Miguel Yépez doesn't see this as a problem, and rather embraces it with his new creation, the Djentstick!
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 ...
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 ...