History Main / Djent

* Music/{{Blankfield}} (known for doing the music for the ''Danmaku Unlimited'' games)

* Music/Sleep token (mixed with alternative pop and R&B)

+ NuMetal, {{Metalcore}}, MelodicDeathMetal, TechnicalDeathMetal, {{Deathcore}}, {{Grindcore}}, PostHardcore, ElectronicMusic

+ NuMetal, {{Metalcore}}, MelodicDeathMetal, TechnicalDeathMetal, {{Deathcore}}, {{Grindcore}}, ElectronicMusic

+ NuMetal, {{Metalcore}}, MelodicDeathMetal, TechnicalDeathMetal, {{Deathcore}}

* Music/{{Meshuggah}} (UrExample, TropeMaker, and TropeNamer)

* Music/{{SikTh}} (early TropeCodifier, also NuMetal. The EnsembleDarkhorse of the subgenre)

* FromClonesToGenre: Many bands in the early days of the genre just started out copying Meshuggah or other GrooveMetal bands and varying up the riffing style to some degree. Soon enough there were many bands performing in a similar style that they could be classified into their own separate microgenre.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Many metal fans new to djent often find it surprising to discover that guitars with more than six strings exist and are actually in common use.

* EpicRocking: Many bands in the genre would write songs that can range anywhere from six to eight minutes long, with some truly long-playing tracks recorded by older bands or those with a more overtly ambient influence. Occasionally, there will be EPs or even full-length albums that are meant to be listened to as one complete song.

* FriendlyFandoms: With [[PowerMetal shred]]. Despite the two genres' radically different approaches to musical composition, fans of djent and shred are generally on friendly terms due to a shared love of guitar playing and an emphasis on music theory, technical performance, and eclectic musicianship. Several djent artists such as Music/JeffLoomis, [[Music/ScarSymmetry Per Nilsson]], Devin Townsend, and Jason Richardson have crossed over into producing shred material as well.

* Music/HumanitysLastBreath (an offshoot of Vildhjarta, also deathcore and mathcore; their later material also has prominent dissonant death metal elements)

* Music/{{Vildhjarta}} (also see Humanity's Last Breath)

'''Djent''' is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by heavy syncopated riffs, polyrhythmic drumming, and irregular time signatures which became popular in the early 2010s. Later bands also added in other elements that became commonly associated with the genre, namely clean, ethereal atmospheric textures, [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] overtones, and occasionally clean singing depending on the act. Dissonance is sometimes associated with the genre in the late 2010s and early 2020s, usually in more extreme acts that may or may not use the "thall" tag[[note]]an onomatopoeia created by Vildhjarta to describe the sound of an open note on an extended-range guitar[[/note]]; this was largely codified by Car Bomb and Vildhjarta in the earlier part of the decade and additionally popularized by Humanity's Last Breath in the final quarter of the decade, and most extreme djent acts with prominent dissonant death metal or post-metal elements fit within this stylistic framework. Essentially, a cross between ProgressiveMetal and GrooveMetal.

* GreenAesop: Bands with more of an ambient influence have this as a lyrical topic, Earthists, Invent Animate, and Aviana being the most notable. Yuto of Earthists jokingly refers to their style of music as ''naturecore.''

* FollowTheLeader: One of the biggest criticisms of the genre, and even its musicians will (half-jokingly) [[LampshadeHanging admit to it]]. The stereotype of the Periphery or Animals as Leaders soundalike with a plural noun name, preppy-looking members in dress shirts, a vocalist (if the band isn't an instrumental ensemble) who is either a clean-singing [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] / [[Music/{{Deftones}} Chino Moreno]] stand-in, or a bald, hammy, funny-faced dude whose HarshVocals sound like someone going through a SanitySlippage, guitarists who use Kiesels or Strandbergs, run everything through Axe-Fx, and play a mix of chugging riffs, groovy bends, effects-laden atmospheric textures, and heavily processed fusionesque leadwork, and Website/YouTube channels that are mostly covers and Jared Dines-aping comedy sketches exists for a reason, and all but the most self-unaware djent musicians will probably laugh with you and/or offer several additional components if you bring it up.

* SopranoAndGravel: Many bands in the genre alternate between clean and harsh vocals, much like the {{Metalcore}}, AlternativeMetal, and MelodicDeathMetal bands they are influenced by.

* FollowTheLeader: One of the biggest criticisms of the genre, and even its musicians will (half-jokingly) [[LampshadeHanging admit to it]]. The stereotype of the Periphery or Animals as Leaders soundalike with a plural noun name, preppy-looking members in dress shirts, a vocalist (if the band isn't an instrumental ensemble) whose clean singing voice sounds suspiciously similar to [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] or [[Music/{{Deftones}} Chino Moreno]], guitarists who use Kiesels or Strandbergs, run everything through Axe-Fx, and play a mix of chugging riffs, groovy bends, effects-laden atmospheric textures, and heavily processed fusionesque leadwork, and Website/YouTube channels that are mostly covers and Jared Dines-aping comedy sketches exists for a reason, and all but the most self-unaware djent musicians will probably laugh with you and/or offer several additional components if you bring it up.

* MinusculeRocking: The heavier and more extreme bands of the genre would sometimes record minute-long tracks that make up for their brevity with great intensity and technical prowess.

* SopranoAndGravel: Many bands in the genre alternate between clean and harsh vocals, much like {{Metalcore}}.

* TropeMaker and UrExample - {{Music/Meshuggah}}. Other musical acts that have left their influence on the genre include {{Music/Nevermore}}, Music/ScarSymmetry, Music/DevinTownsend, Music/{{Deftones}} and {{Music/Mnemic}}.

* TropeMaker - {{Music/Meshuggah}} and {{Music/Nevermore}}