This article is a list of notable bands and musical artists described as playing djent. Djent (/dʒɛnt/) is a subgenre of progressive metal,[1][2] distinguished by a high-gain, distorted, palm-muted, low-pitch guitar sound. The name "djent" is an onomatopoeia of this sound.
Band | Origin | Years active | References |
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After the Burial | United States | 2004–present | [3] |
The Afterimage | Canada | 2012–2018 | [4] |
A Life Once Lost | United States | 1999–2013 | [5][6] |
Animals as Leaders | United States | 2007–present | [2][3] |
Bad Wolves | United States | 2017–present | [7] |
Born of Osiris | United States | 2003–present | [3] |
Brotality (early) | United States | 2016–present | [8] |
Circle of Contempt | Finland | 2006–present | [citation needed] |
The Contortionist | United States | 2007–present | [9] |
Cloudkicker | United States | 2005–present | [10][11] |
DVSR | Australia | 2013–present | [12] |
Erra | United States | 2009–present | [13] |
Fellsilent | United Kingdom | 2003–2010 | [14] |
Forevermore | United States | 2009–present | [15] |
Hacktivist | United Kingdom | 2011–present | [16][17] |
Intervals | Canada | 2011–present | [18] |
Invent Animate | United States | 2011–present | [19] |
Jinjer | Ukraine | 2008–present | [20] |
The Korea | Russia | 2003–present | [21] |
Meshuggah | Sweden | 1987–present | [3] |
Monuments | United Kingdom | 2007–present | [14] |
Northlane | Australia | 2009–present | [22] |
Novelists | France | 2013-present | [23] |
Periphery | United States | 2005–present | [2][24] |
Polyphia | United States | 2010-present | [3] |
Reflections | United States | 2010–present | [25] |
Rivers of Nihil (early) | United States | 2009–present | [2][26] |
Scale the Summit | United States | 2004–present | [3] |
Skyharbor | India | 2010–present | [27] |
Sirens | United States | 2011–present | [28] |
Spiritbox | Canada | 2016–present | [29] |
Structures | Canada | 2009–present | [30] |
Takatak | Pakistan | 2009–present | [31] |
Tesseract | United Kingdom | 2007–present | [32][33][34] |
Textures | Netherlands | 2001–2017 | [35] |
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza (later) | United Stated | 2004–2012 | [36] |
Uneven Structure | France | 2008–present | [37] |
Veil of Maya | United States | 2004–present | [3] |
Vildhjarta | Sweden | 2005–present | [3] |
Vola | Denmark | 2006–present | [3] |
Volumes | United States | 2009–present | [3] |
Within the Ruins | United States | 2003–present | [3] |
Xerath | United Kingdom | 2007–2017 | [3] |
There are a fair number of groups trying to make melodic groove/djent, but few do it as easily and memorably as Bad Wolves.