Best Djent

Singularity is the second studio album by the Australian metalcore band Northlane, released in 2013. The album won the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, marking a milestone in the band's career. It features a combination of djent-influenced guitar work, electronic and ambient atmosphe...

Meshuggah’s obZen (2008) is a progressive metal album renowned for its intensely intricate rhythmic structures. The album showcases the band's signature polyrhythmic approach, particularly evident in tracks like “Bleed,” which features an exceptionally complex and sustained drum pattern. This work i...

The Discovery is the third studio album by American progressive metalcore band Born of Osiris, released on March 22, 2011, through Sumerian Records. It marks the band's first release with guitarist Lee McKinney and bassist David Da Rocha, further refining their keyboard-driven, synth-heavy sound. Th...

Meshuggah’s Chaosphere (1998) established the band as pioneers of progressive metal. The album features intensely complex polyrhythms and a punishingly heavy sound, utilizing djent-influenced riffs and a deliberately abrasive production style. It is notable for its demanding technical precision and...

Rareform is the second studio album by American progressive metalcore band After the Burial, originally released on July 22, 2008, through Sumerian Records. The album was re-released in 2010 with remastered audio and re-recorded vocals featuring their lineup at the time. Heavily influenced by progre...

Meshuggah’s “Destroy Erase Improve” (1995) is a seminal progressive metal record. The album established the band's signature complex rhythmic structures and intensely technical instrumentation, influencing a significant portion of modern djent and progressive metal. Its intricate polyrhythms and dem...

'Altered State' is the second studio album by the British progressive metal band TesseracT, released in 2013. It is the only album to feature vocalist Ashe O'Hara and represents a significant shift toward atmospheric and ambient soundscapes. The album moves away from the heavier, traditional djent e...

'The Joy of Motion' is the third studio album by the instrumental progressive metal project Animals as Leaders, released in 2014. The record features the technical guitar work of Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes, characterized by complex tapping, sweeping, and eight-string guitar techniques. It is the f...

"Nothing" is the fourth studio album by the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, originally released in 2002. The record is historically significant for being recorded entirely with custom-made 8-string guitars, pioneering the instrument's use in heavy music and establishing the foundational sound...

Node is the third studio album by Australian metalcore band Northlane, released in 2015 through UNFD. It served as the band's first release to feature vocalist Marcus Bridge, who replaced former frontman Adrian Fitipaldi. The album marked a shift toward more ambient and atmospheric soundscapes compa...

The Madness of Many is the fourth studio album by the American instrumental progressive metal group Animals as Leaders, released in 2016. The record features the eight-string guitar work of Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes alongside Matt Garstka's drumming. It is characterized by complex polyrhythms, ex...

Juggernaut: Omega is the concluding half of a double concept album by the American progressive metal band Periphery, released in January 2015 alongside Juggernaut: Alpha. The record completes a narrative arc focused on a tragic character, featuring the band's signature downtuned guitar work, polyrhy...

Released in 2011, "One" is the debut studio album by the British progressive metal band TesseracT. It serves as an early and defining release within the djent movement, recognized for its heavily distorted, polymetric guitar riffs and atmospheric, ambient clean sections. The album features original...

"Animals as Leaders" is the self-titled debut studio album by the instrumental progressive metal project of the same name, released in 2009. Spearheaded by Washington, D.C.-based guitarist Tosin Abasi, the record is a pioneering work in the djent subgenre and heavily showcases the extended range cap...

"Juggernaut: Alpha" is a 2015 studio album by American progressive metal band Periphery, released simultaneously with its companion record, "Juggernaut: Omega." It serves as the opening half of a conceptual double album, outlining a narrative that explores themes of creation, destruction, and person...

The Violent Sleep of Reason is the eighth studio album by Swedish extreme-metal band Meshuggah, released in 2016. The group recorded the core performances live in the studio, an approach that preserved interaction among the musicians while presenting the band’s characteristic shifting rhythmic patte...

Weightless is the second studio album by the American instrumental progressive metal band Animals as Leaders, released in 2011. Led by guitarists Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes, it develops the group's use of extended range guitars, complex meters, electronic textures, and jazz fusion influenced phras...

Koloss is the seventh studio album by the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, released in 2012. It retains the group's low tuned eight string guitars, polyrhythmic riffs, harsh vocals, and tightly synchronized rhythm section while often emphasizing weight and groove over continuous technical densi...

Debut studio album by Sydney, Australia progressive metalcore band Northlane, released in 2011 with founding vocalist Adrian Fitipaldi.

"[id]" is the fourth studio album by the American progressive metalcore band Veil of Maya, released in 2010 through Sumerian Records. The album marked a continuation of the band's highly technical, djent-influenced sound, characterized by complex guitar riffs and abrasive breakdowns. It was the fina...

War of Being is the fifth studio album by the British progressive metal band TesseracT, released in 2023. The record marks a significant addition to the modern djent movement, characterized by heavily down-tuned, polymetric guitar riffs, atmospheric ambient textures, and the dynamic vocal performanc...

Polaris is the third studio album by the British progressive metal band TesseracT, released in 2015. The record notably marks the return of original vocalist Daniel Tompkins to the lineup. Musically, it blends the band's signature heavy djent guitar rhythms with expansive atmospheric passages and me...

Periphery III: Select Difficulty is the fourth studio album by the American progressive metal band Periphery, released in July 2016 through Sumerian Records. Marking a shift toward a heavier, more streamlined approach compared to their sprawling double album *Juggernaut*, it features the band's esta...

Immutable is the ninth studio album by the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, released in April 2022 via Atomic Fire Records. Arriving six years after *The Violent Sleep of Reason*, the record continues the band's exploration of complex polyrhythmic extreme metal, down-tuned eight-string guitars,...

Catch Thirtythree is the third studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, released in 2005 through Nuclear Blast. The album is structured as a single, continuous 47-minute composition divided into thirteen distinct but interconnected segments. Notably, it features programmed drum tracks u...

Sonder is the fourth studio album by the British progressive metal band TesseracT, released in 2018. It marks the final studio appearance of vocalist Daniel Tompkins during his second stint with the band. The record is defined by its heavily atmospheric production, polyrhythmic djent guitar work, an...

Parrhesia (2022) is Animals as Leaders' fifth album, its title drawn from the ancient Greek term for frank or fearless speech, continuing the band's instrumental progressive metal and jazz fusion approach.

Periphery II: This Time It's Personal is the second studio album by the American progressive metal band Periphery, released in 2012. The record was the first to feature full-time bassist Adam "Nolly" Getgood and guitarist Mark Holcomb, solidifying the band's core lineup. It expands on their signatur...

Released in 2019, Periphery IV: Hail Stan is the sixth studio album by the American progressive metal band Periphery. The record marks their first release on their independent label, 3DOT Recordings, following their departure from Sumerian Records. It features complex polyrhythms, heavy downtuned gu...