--- title: "Djent Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/djent" parent: "Metal" bands: 155 era: "late 2000s" --- # Djent Metal **Djent Metal** is a metal sub-genre, formative in the late 2000s. TheMetalNet maps 155 bands and 332 albums under it. Djent is a style of progressive metal named after the onomatopoeic, palm-muted, high-gain guitar sound at its core — a percussive djjt snapped off an extended-range guitar. It is built on seven- and eight-string guitars tuned very low, with riffs organized around polyrhythms and shifting time signatures set against clean, precise production. Sweden’s Meshuggah engineered the blueprint, and guitarist Fredrik Thordendal is credited with coining the term, while later bands like Periphery and Animals as Leaders added melody and jazz-fusion flash. Debate continues over whether djent is a true genre or a guitar tone, but its rhythmic complexity is unmistakable. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Djent Metal | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Metal | | Formative era | late 2000s | | Bands | 155 | | Albums | 332 | | Formation span | 1976 to 2025 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Meshuggah](https://themetalnet.com/band/meshuggah) (Sweden, 1987) - [The Algorithm](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-algorithm) (France, 1989) - [Tigran Hamasyan](https://themetalnet.com/band/tigran-hamasyan) (Armenia, 1987) - [Drewsif](https://themetalnet.com/band/drewsif) (1993) - [Returning We Hear the Larks](https://themetalnet.com/band/returning-we-hear-the-larks) (United Kingdom, 1992) - [Vildhjarta](https://themetalnet.com/band/vildhjarta) (2005) - [Sarah Longfield](https://themetalnet.com/band/sarah-longfield) (United States, 1994) - [Uneven Structure](https://themetalnet.com/band/uneven-structure) (2008) - [Xerath](https://themetalnet.com/band/xerath) (United Kingdom, 2007) - [Bulb](https://themetalnet.com/band/bulb) (United States, 1984) - [VOLA](https://themetalnet.com/band/vola) (Denmark, 2006) - [Berried Alive](https://themetalnet.com/band/berried-alive) (United States, 2012) - [Jason Richardson](https://themetalnet.com/band/jason-richardson) (United States, 1991) - [Anomalous](https://themetalnet.com/band/anomalous) (United States, 2001) - [Hacktivist](https://themetalnet.com/band/hacktivist) (United Kingdom, 2011) - [Their Dogs Were Astronauts](https://themetalnet.com/band/their-dogs-were-astronauts) (Austria, 2014) - [Cyclamen](https://themetalnet.com/band/cyclamen) (Japan) - [Jared Dines](https://themetalnet.com/band/jared-dines) (United States, 1989) - [Andromida](https://themetalnet.com/band/andromida) (United States, 2016) - [Ever Forthright](https://themetalnet.com/band/ever-forthright) (2008) - [The HAARP Machine](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-haarp-machine) (2007) - [Fellsilent](https://themetalnet.com/band/fellsilent) (2003) - [Keith Merrow](https://themetalnet.com/band/keith-merrow) (United States) - [The Safety Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-safety-fire) (United Kingdom, 2006) - [Aliases](https://themetalnet.com/band/aliases) (United Kingdom, 2010) - [Friend for a Foe](https://themetalnet.com/band/friend-for-a-foe) (United States, 2008) - [Modern Day Babylon](https://themetalnet.com/band/modern-day-babylon) (Czechia, 2010) - [Entities](https://themetalnet.com/band/entities) (2012) - [Syncatto](https://themetalnet.com/band/syncatto) - [Widek](https://themetalnet.com/band/widek) (Poland) - [Seas on the Moon](https://themetalnet.com/band/seas-on-the-moon) (Moldova, 1998) - [I Built the Sky](https://themetalnet.com/band/i-built-the-sky) - [Jakub Żytecki](https://themetalnet.com/band/jakub-zytecki) - [Paul Wardingham](https://themetalnet.com/band/paul-wardingham) (Australia) - [AURAS](https://themetalnet.com/band/auras) (Canada, 2010) - [Earthists.](https://themetalnet.com/band/earthists) (Japan, 2015) - [Galactic Empire](https://themetalnet.com/band/galactic-empire) (United States, 2015) - [Gravemind](https://themetalnet.com/band/gravemind) (2015) - [Mycelia](https://themetalnet.com/band/mycelia) (2010) - [Ando San](https://themetalnet.com/band/ando-san) - [Red Seas Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-seas-fire) (United Kingdom) - [Sordid Pink](https://themetalnet.com/band/sordid-pink) (Serbia, 2018) - [The Omnific](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-omnific) (Australia) - [vianova](https://themetalnet.com/band/vianova) (2014) - [DVSR](https://themetalnet.com/band/dvsr) (2013) - [Shattered Skies](https://themetalnet.com/band/shattered-skies) - [Tre Watson](https://themetalnet.com/band/tre-watson) (United States) - [IAMONE](https://themetalnet.com/band/iamone) (2018) - [Distant Dream](https://themetalnet.com/band/distant-dream) (Poland) - [Hippotraktor](https://themetalnet.com/band/hippotraktor) (Belgium, 2017) - [A Sense of Gravity](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-sense-of-gravity) (United States, 2011) - [Fractalize](https://themetalnet.com/band/fractalize) (Moldova, 2016) - [Noise Trail Immersion](https://themetalnet.com/band/noise-trail-immersion) (2013) - [Sectioned](https://themetalnet.com/band/sectioned) (United Kingdom) - [Anima Tempo](https://themetalnet.com/band/anima-tempo) (Mexico, 2009) - [For Giants](https://themetalnet.com/band/for-giants) (United States) - [Frostbitt](https://themetalnet.com/band/frostbitt) (Norway, 2012) - [Hedras](https://themetalnet.com/band/hedras) (1992) - [Akeldama](https://themetalnet.com/band/akeldama) - [breakkaway](https://themetalnet.com/band/breakkaway) (2022) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 22 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 8 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 6 bands - [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 5 bands - [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 3 bands - [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 3 bands - [Switzerland](https://themetalnet.com/country/ch): 2 bands - [Brazil](https://themetalnet.com/country/br): 2 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1970s | 1 | | 1980s | 6 | | 1990s | 11 | | 2000s | 14 | | 2010s | 63 | | 2020s | 7 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/djent](https://themetalnet.com/genre/djent). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt