What is Djent?
1.
Guitar noise onomatopoetia.
The sound you get when you palm mute with razor tight, high gain tone.
"DJENT! DJEN-DJENT!"
Not to be mixed up with the ordinary "chugga-chugga" or "dun! dun-dun!".
Metalhead #1: Dude, did you hear Peripherys new tunes?
Metalhead #2: Yeah, what a great djent on the guitars!
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2.
Hitting the low string on a 6-7 or even an 8 string guitar, but then palm muting the string straight after it has been hit. Tunings used with 'djents' are usually Drop C# right down to low F's.
Artists such as Meshuggah, Periphery, Textures, Xerath and Midnight Realm use Djents in their music.
my god bulb did a Djent.... he is so cool at Djenting
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3.
Sound originated by Bethesda, Maryland based progressive metal act Periphery.
Damn son, that song was chalk full of djent. Those first 10 bars of "Insomnia" define dejent.
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4.
Djent is slang for rent in the north east of the West Midlands (England). It comes from the mis pronunciation of rent by the early French immigrants who settled in the area in the late 1800's. It has since become common place especially with the advance or modern slang and ever changing vernacular of the youth of England.
"I is well late with djent."
"You owes us djent mate."
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