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Definition from Urban Dictionary
Djent is used to describe a certain kind of guitar tone characterized when a two-octave power chord is palm-muted; a "djent" sound is created rather than the typical chunkier (chug chug chug) sound.
Djent also refers to repeated staccato playing of the lowest-pitch string on a detuned 6 string or 7 string guitar with a powerful attack such that the string goes very slightly sharp upon the pick's release from the string. Lower-gauge strings are used to facilitate this.
Djent tone is many times created using a Line 6 amp modeling product such as the Pod series or the Axe-Fx. When possible, an amp model such as the Big Bottom or Modern High Gain on these devices is used in conjunction with a modeled Tube Screamer in front. Engl and Mesa amplifiers are typically used when tube amplification is preferred.
Djent is widely acknowledged to have come first from Meshuggah, but Misha 'Bulb' Mansoor has arguably popularized the sound. Djent's typical uses give rise to a "genre" of djent that is characterized by hi-fi compressed production, polyrhythmic/staccato distorted riffs and ambient clean passages which make liberal use of 9 and other "jazzy" chords. Electronica influences such as glitchy percussion and synthesizers are also incorporated.
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I personally am a big djent fan and my brother obviously is too, but hes a way more talented musician than i am haha, but i wanted to know what the djent community thought about it ;)
New single
Hi, I just released my first original track and I'd love some feedback!
To those of you that record your own guitar and all that, I am in need of some help. So I use plugins for my tracks, and I normally play in drop G# and I’ve used the pitch shifter on my plugin plenty of times before but I’ve never tracked with it because I didn’t like the way it sounded very much. Anytime I’ve ever tried to track with it, it makes my guitar sound way muddier and almost sounds like I made a totally different tone. I want to record a song in drop F but this issue is still present. Just wanted to see if anybody else has experience with this and what they did to “fix” it. My first thought was to add an automated EQ that flips on when the pitch shifted parts come in. Curious if anybody else had any other remedies
Hello,
I just released a song that does not have your typical djent sound but it's still "Modern Metal"/Metalcore, with some old school prog influence.
I'd love to have some feedbacks! I'm overall very proud of the final product.
My band, Sun-Chaser just released some RIFFS for ya.
FFO: Periphery, Vildhjarta, Meshuggah
For fans of Nine Inch Nails, djent, and a sprinkle of EDM
New Bass Playthrough from Awaiting Oblivion
Check out Arseniic from India. (Spotify link is in the description)
Too bad these guys never got big, this song just absolutely slaps. Love the toan and the tightness of the production.
I discovered Indistinct a couple months ago and really dig hearing Leprous style clean vocal sections paired with the thall atmosphere and fat riffs. I'd welcome recommendations for anything similar as long as it contains clean vocals.
I'm already quite familiar with a lot of progmetal bands with mixed/clean vocals like Tesseract, Vola, Allt, Vildhjarta, and Karmanjakah but please fire away with any recommendations!
Sentient Glow is one of my top 3 songs from the album
Just threw up this drum cover on my YouTube channel, figured this community might dig it. Let me know what you think!
They’ve caught the djent bug, listen to those guitar tones / bends & DAW-first production aesthetic.