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Djent () is a subgenre of progressive metal, termed for an onomatopoeia of the guitar sound that characterizes it. While sources such as The Guardian and Guitar World describe djent as a Music genre, some notable musicians including Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) and Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) say it is not.
Other bands important in the development of the style are Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Tesseract, and Textures, with Periphery and Animals as Leaders both emerging at the beginning of the coining of the phrase "Djent" and both hailing from the Washington DC Suburban area.
The scene has grown rapidly, and members of the original online community, including the bands Chimp Spanner, Sithu Aye, and Monuments, have gone on to tour and release albums commercially. Other bands influenced by djent include A Life Once Lost, Veil of Maya, Vildhjarta, and Xerath. Born of Osiris have also been described as being inspired by the djent movement. Furthermore, Hacktivist and DVSR are djent bands that use rapping as a primary vocal style.
In a later interview with Freethinkers Blog, Mansoor stated that he felt djent had become "this big umbrella term for any sort of progressive band, and also any band that will use off-time chugs ... You also get bands like Scale the Summit who a djent band when 80% of their stuff sounds like clean channel, and it's all beautiful and pretty, you know ... In that way, I think it's cool because it groups really cool bands together ... We are surrounded by a lot of bands that I respect, but at the same time, I don't think people know what djent is either ... It's very unclear". Later in the interview, he stated, "If you call us djent, that's fine. I mean, I would never self-apply the term, but at the same time, it's just so vague that I don't know what to make of it"."Periphery interview part 3 of 3."
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Archived from the original on April 30, 2021 In 2023, Periphery directly referenced the term's controversy with the subtitle of their seventh studio album, .
Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders takes a more lenient view of the term, stating that there are specific characteristics that are common to djent bands, and as a result the term can be legitimately used as a genre. While stating that he personally strives not to subscribe exclusively to any one genre, he makes the point that a genre is defined by the ability to associate common features between different artists. He says that in this way, it is possible to view djent as a genre describing a particular niche of modern progressive metal.
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