Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Djent /ˈdʒɛnt/ is a style of heavy metal music that developed as a spinoff of traditional progressive metal. The word djent is an onomatopoeia for the distinctive high-gain distorted palm-muted guitar sound employed by bands like Meshuggah. The term was initially coined by their lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal. Typically the word is used to refer to music that makes use of this sound to the sound itself or to the scene that revolves around it.