djent

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeia for a high-gain, distorted palm-muted, low pitch guitar sound; coined by guitarist Fredrik Thordendal (b. 1970) of the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah.

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Noun

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djent (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and technical complexity, and typically featuring heavily distorted, palm-muted guitar chords, syncopated, downtuned riffs, and polyrhythms alongside virtuoso soloing.
    • 2015, Brian Giffin, Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal, page 2232:
      [] they later evolved into a progressive technical metal band with elements of mathcore and djent.

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Verb

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djent (third-person singular simple present djents, present participle djenting, simple past and past participle djented)

  1. (slang) To play a djent riff.
    But does it djent?
    • 2016, Patrick Johnson, Departure:
      It may have thirteen strings, but can it Djent?
    • 2020 February 7, Tyler Larson, “Djent for Dummies: A How-To Guide”, in Guitar World:
      Be creative in your arrangement for maximum djenting effectiveness.
    • 2021, Steven Gamble, How Music Empowers: Listening to Modern Rap and Metal:
      A particular meme sees individuals preoccupied with the question "does it djent?", a way of ascertaining the suitability of equipment (Rabea Massaad 2015).

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