![]() ![]() The djent specifically refers to the rhythm guitar tone and playing style, especially used in breakdowns and main riffs. ![]() Check out Meshuggah, widely credited as progenitors of the style, as well as TESSERACT, Animals as Leaders, and Periphery for some of the best examples. I’ll call Djent a playing style for lack of a better term.ĭjent refers to a movement in certain subgenres of metal, particularly progressive metal. Apparently its detractors have been certain it was a short-lived fad for about ten years, but here I am writing an article about it, so there you go. ![]() For those not in the know, Djent is a genre, or maybe it isn’t, depending on who you ask. But maybe it’s time to stop letting rhythm guitarists name genres. Why’s it called ska? Because the guitar goes “…ska! Ska! Ska!” How about reggae? Because the guitar goes “… Reg-gah! Reg-gah!” Now you see that calling a genre “djent” after the sound the guitar makes is not so odd.
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