On April 13 2012 16:40 p0q wrote: Listened to the song, interesting tune. But once again that sounds like a completely different genre then most of the others i heard in this thread, sounded more like a "normal" heavy band with more of a rhythmic focus. Maybe this djent thing is a fair bit bigger of a genre then i thought, guess i'll listen to some more music from the thread.
Haha well, Periphery is most certainly djent But yea if you listen to chimp spanner he has a lot more progressive metal sound but he still djents up his songs a bit. It's hard to say djent is a specific genre... to me it seems to be more of a style? idk, it just feels like an idea that can span multiple sub-genres in metal music. It just needs a big focus on percussive sound, but can still allow for melodic parts over the top of the percussive/rhythmic parts. I would consider tesseract, chimp spanner, periphery, meshuggah, and the human abstract as djent bands, but they are all quite different from each other.
Hey guys! Skyharbors new album hit on the 23rd, been listening to it alot, and personally id say its a 8/10. Very Tesseract-ish, some cool djenty stuff, but i like the album cause it does have its own feel to it thats missing in a lot of albums lately, its not a spectacular album by any means, but absolutely worth your time, has some really great mellow/clean parts/songs in it as well. So go check it out! This song is preety sick, some great grooves in the middle of the song.
Also, if no ones been listening to Shades of Black, you need to do it right now! im loving this guys stuff right now, so heavy! and hes a really great guitarist thats fo sho! He also announced hes making a new album, heres the pre-production teaser, frankly, its sounding even better than his old stuff, fuck i cant wait!! go now!
Veil of Maya is an amazing band, but it took me forever to get used to their sound because it was my first exploration into the genre. I haven't got too absorbed in their new album yet, but there old stuff is definitely great
Also, I'm having a hard time determing if the band Within the Ruins is djent. They remind me a lot of Veil of Maya, but I can't find many places labeling them as djent. Could someone care to elaborate on the differences?
itkovian, I would say yes they are djent, because to me djent is more than just a genre... it's an idea! While this isn't the standard "groovy" djent, it does have a djenty sound to the guitars, just more br00tal. So mainly I'd say it's metalcore/deathcore with djent influences. It has parts with djenty sounding riffs, but almost no djenty groove.
On April 30 2012 11:30 aike wrote: itkovian, I would say yes they are djent, because to me djent is more than just a genre... it's an idea! While this isn't the standard "groovy" djent, it does have a djenty sound to the guitars, just more br00tal. So mainly I'd say it's metalcore/deathcore with djent influences. It has parts with djenty sounding riffs, but almost no djenty groove.
Haha, well put. I guess since the genre of djent is more of a fan-created label, it has more flexibility when using it to describe bands. Within the Ruins does seem to have mostly of a -core element with the djent influence being a little more subtle
On April 30 2012 11:30 aike wrote: itkovian, I would say yes they are djent, because to me djent is more than just a genre... it's an idea! While this isn't the standard "groovy" djent, it does have a djenty sound to the guitars, just more br00tal. So mainly I'd say it's metalcore/deathcore with djent influences. It has parts with djenty sounding riffs, but almost no djenty groove.
Haha, well put. I guess since the genre of djent is more of a fan-created label, it has more flexibility when using it to describe bands. Within the Ruins does seem to have mostly of a -core element with the djent influence being a little more subtle
Let's just call it djent-core and that will be good?
On July 02 2011 05:50 Unhallowed wrote: CAFO is so fucking sick. One of the best songs I have ever heard
so weird, last night while randomly browsing youtube, this song came up on the recommended sidebar. i had never heard of animal as leaders, but holy crap did i fall in love. then i see this thread as a resurface; so coincidental.
On July 02 2011 05:50 Unhallowed wrote: CAFO is so fucking sick. One of the best songs I have ever heard
so weird, last night while randomly browsing youtube, this song came up on the recommended sidebar. i had never heard of animal as leaders, but holy crap did i fall in love. then i see this thread as a resurface; so coincidental.
but yea, mainly wanted to give some love to CAFO.
Animals as Leaders' entire first album (song to song) is one of the best albums I have ever heard. Some of the songs, it takes longer to really get into it but it is worth it. Second album however I'm still not sold on
I'm listening to Meshuggah's Koloss right now, sounds great but it'll take me a while to get used to the brutal nature of the music. I've know about Textures for a few years now and they're hands down up there in my top favorites of all time. Their most recent is a must have for any fan of this style of music.
On a funny note, I feel like my head is going to burst listening to Koloss. Like... physically feeling ill/dizzy.
I enjoyed Koloss, although I have to say it's the first time I listened to a Meshuggah album and thought : "I've heard this before." Of course it'd be unreasonable to expect them to reinvent the wheel with every album (and I find it ressembles Nothing the most, a plus in my book), and I definitely like it more than Obzen.
Mechuggachuggachugga is a fantastic band, but that's really as far as my djent tastes will allow. I have a friend who obsesses over all things to do with mathy metal though, so I'll show him this :D
Hey guys, some new stuff i just stumbled upon, thought id share it, loving it so far. This to me, IS Djent, just so awesome, great tone here IMO.
And something im liking the more i listen to it as well, vocals werent my favorite, but im starting to get into it now, could only find a preview of the EP, but needless to say, find it, and love it.
On May 08 2012 23:52 Elegance wrote: The second one reminds me of a more djenty chimp spanner
Well idk, some Chimp Spanner is quite djenty:
I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of the first video... it's almost too percussive... very simple drums with the very simple djenty sound over the bass drum only, not a lot of anything else
Not a huge fan of all the sumeriancore bands or periphery (god i can't stand that guy's cleans) but I am a huge Meshuggah fan. Their music seems to never be stale or uninspired. I highly recommend Meshuggah's Koloss, it has a more homogenous sound I feel, the album is much easier to sit through and enjoy than their previous ones while being just as enjoyable.
I just bought Sithu Aye's EP and Album.... they are so fking good! You can download for free on his bandcamp (Pay whatever you want) so I just paid $16.50 for both of them... so worth it :3
Tesseracts new EP leaked, find it for yourselves and have a solid listen. Loving Elliot's range, cant wait to see what they can do when they FINALLY release new material.
EPT
But yea if you listen to chimp spanner he has a lot more progressive metal sound but he still djents up his songs a bit. It's hard to say djent is a specific genre... to me it seems to be more of a style? idk, it just feels like an idea that can span multiple sub-genres in metal music. It just needs a big focus on percussive sound, but can still allow for melodic parts over the top of the percussive/rhythmic parts. I would consider tesseract, chimp spanner, periphery, meshuggah, and the human abstract as djent bands, but they are all quite different from each other.
