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Prog Geo 
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I had created this topic at General music discussions in PA.It was a good topic.So,I start it here too.
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J-Man
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 3:16pm |
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I'm not very familiar with the style (most of the bands that use extensive djent riffing aren't my cup of tea, so to speak), but I do enjoy bands like Meshuggah from time to time.
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Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 3:43pm |
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I�m still not familiar enough with the term Djent to comment. Anyone who can give a good explanation to what Djent is?
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 3:48pm |
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Ah gotta love them djent-ers. From Periphery to Meshuggah, that style is extremely unique and refreshing amongst the now "standard" prog metal that was refreshing in the 90s. Always good to hear experimentation.
And UMUR: Djent is a style of heavy metal that utilizes heavily downtuned or 7- and 8-string guitars with boosted mids and a lot of bending to make an "up down" kind of metal riff. Example: |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:15pm |
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I rather like the founders of djent like Meshuggah and Fredrik Thordendal. Spacey, odd shifting experimental music with more groove than you can shake a stick at.
I can't say I care for what djent has turned into such as Periphery and vildhjarta, where the riffs have been made into a more catchy accessible format and it's closer to alternative or post hardcore than actual metal. I find the post-hardcore elements in these bands extremely annoying and I don't think the mix works well. |
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Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:19pm |
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There's a fantastic band.They're called Katatura.They played Djent with death metal vocals.Awesome stuff.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:21pm |
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Never heard of this before, but I rather enjoy the video that andyman posted.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:22pm |
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Brian,listen to this band that I wrote.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:28pm |
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You should definitely add them to MMA: http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Katatura-l-en.html
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:31pm |
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Nice.I didn't knew that spirit of metal has Katatura.I will add them tomorrow.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:32pm |
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At spirit of metal they're classified as prog metal, is that true? From what I've heard(on YouTube over the past couple of minutes) they don't sound very progy.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:35pm |
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Right.They're not prog.For me it's a djent metal band with death metal vocals.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:42pm |
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...Metalcore
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:43pm |
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Either that or death, though this is a discussion for another thread
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:54pm |
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Why?
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Inexistence is the true normality.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 4:58pm |
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The Death metal team thread, maybe?
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 5:44pm |
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There is great band from France called Uneven Structure. There it is:
Honestly, I prefer this more "inhuman" side of djent, these "gentle" bands like TesseracT or Perifery generally leave me cold. This above is an exception. Edited by bartosso - 28 Jan 2011 at 5:45pm |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 8:07pm |
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Going to correct you all before this gets too deep: djent is not a genre. The word "djent" itself is onomatopoeia that's used to describe the characteristic tight, punchy sound of a low-tuned guitar with strong pick attack, a tone more or less pioneered by Meshuggah and popularized today by the likes of prog metal acts such as Periphery, Animals as Leaders, TesseracT, Cloudkicker, et al. It's much more of a tight, rounded "bwwaaaaaoowwhhhh" than your typical chugging noise, and the tone is usually helped with heavy use of digital modification and the assistance of seven or eight-string guitars.
It's become inappropriately associated with a genre in and of itself because a number of the forerunning "djent bands" have a style that incorporates similar elements, most noticeably heavy use of polyrhythmic metering and syncopation in the riffing and oftentimes metalcore or deathcore tendencies. It's spawned a burgeoning underground scene of closet guitar geeks and has been propagated by swapping riffs and numerating project after project through the internet. It's an undeniably cool concept but one that I feel at this point has been done to death by misrepresentation (something I'm guilty of myself) and the insurmountable number of cookie-cutter bands and solo projects that pop up like weeds. It's a tone, folks, nothing more. The forerunning bands that implement this tone are among my absolute favorites (sh*t, I'm an 8 string guitarist myself), but once you get past those select few amazing bands there's almost nothing to find worth listening to.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 8:26pm |
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/thread  Some of these bands (mostly the ones Kevin mentioned) have helped get me into more than just avant metal. |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 8:41pm |
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LOL, overkill by Kev. |
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