djent
/d͡ʒɛnt/
djent noun: 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.
Noun
djent (uncountable)
- 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.
- […] they later evolved into a progressive technical metal band with elements of mathcore and djent.2015, Brian Giffin, Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal, page 2232
Verb
djent (third-person singular simple present djents, present participle djenting, simple past and past participle djented)
- To play a djent riff.
- It may have thirteen strings, but can it Djent?2016, Patrick Johnson, Departure
- Be creative in your arrangement for maximum djenting effectiveness.2020 February 7, Tyler Larson, “Djent for Dummies: A How-To Guide”, in Guitar World
Forms of djent
| third-person singular present | djents |
|---|---|
| present participle | djenting |
| past participle | djented |
| past | djented |
Origin of djent
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.
Words that rhyme with djent
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- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- ent
Questions about djent
- What does djent mean?
- Djent means 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.
- What part of speech is djent?
- Djent can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce djent?
- Djent is pronounced /d͡ʒɛnt/.
Words near djent in the dictionary
Source and license
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