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 ...

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 ...

Through nü-metal-leaning tendencies for bouncy groove riffs and rapped vocals, Volumes secured their place as a pioneer of djent. Although former guitarist Diego Farias passed shortly after leaving ...

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 ...

Few bands can legitimately claim to have spearheaded an entire movement in music, let alone a genre all its own. Meshuggah can. If you enjoy bands such as Periphery or Tesseract, Animals As Leaders or ...

There are only a few things that are certain in life: Death, taxes, and Meshuggah‘s hatred of the entire subgenre of djent. Or at least, we thought we were certain about that last one. A reason that ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Meshuggah will unleash ninth studio album Immutable on the world tomorrow (April 1), and ahead of its arrival, the band's Mårten Hagström has dismissed the notion that the Swedish group actively ...

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 ...

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Periphery have formally announced their fifth self-titled album (and seventh album overall), ‘Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre’, poking fun at the prog-metal movement they helped pioneer. The ...