Your way in
Djent 2007
The name imitates the sound: seven- or eight-string guitars, heavily compressed palm mutes and polyrhythms. Meshuggah built the vocabulary; a generation of forum users named it.
- Heaviness
- 9
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- Sweden / United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 90-160 bpm
- Song length
- 4-7 min
- Written about
- Consciousness and the self, Cosmology, Abstraction - where its parents were literal
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Djent | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Both, trading off When someone is singing, what should come out? | mixed | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 2007 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Consciousness and the self, Cosmology, Abstraction - where its parents were literal | 0% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 6 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 86% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 10. Djent leads the next by 3 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Opeth, Blackwater Park 2001
Opeth - Blackwater Park. Growls and acoustic guitar in one song, and nothing forced about it.
- 2The one to put on first
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Progressive metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Djent's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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New nu metal 83%
The generation raised on Korn and Slipknot brings back low tunings and electronic textures with today's production.
4 steps from Djent, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into New nu metal -
Death 'n' roll 82%
Death metal that admits its rock roots: groove, blues riffing and a hoarse shout.
4 steps from Djent, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Death 'n' roll
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Both, trading off put 72 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 10.
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 10.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.