djent
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Djent () is a subgenre of progressive metal, termed for the guitar sound that characterizes it. While sources such as The Guardian and Guitar World describe djent as a genre, some notable musicians including Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) and Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) say it is not.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Djent
- Music genre.stylistic_origins
- Extreme metal progressive metal groove metal avant-garde metal industrial metal
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Mid-1990s Sweden, late 2000s and early 2010s England and United States
- Music genre.instruments
- Electric guitar bass drums vocals synthesizers
- Music genre.regional_scenes
- Australia Brazil Europe United States
- Music genre.other_topics
- List of djent bands mathcore technical death metal math rock
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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- topic's main category
- Category:Djent
- inception
- 1995-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Development
- Characteristics
- Reception
- See also
- References
Djent () is a subgenre of progressive metal, termed for the guitar sound that characterizes it. While sources such as The Guardian and Guitar World describe djent as a genre, some notable musicians including Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) and Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) say it is not.
==Development== Fredrik Thordendal, lead guitarist of Swedish band Meshuggah, coined the term in 2011. In a 2018 interview by Rauta, Meshuggah guitarist Mårten Hagström apologized for the band's role in creating the "djent" style of guitar playing, calling it "a drunk misunderstanding".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “djent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.