ShaolinLambKiller wrote:and to goldfish... death metal is summed up with JCM800... not MesaBoogie cause you listening to the wrong stuff then.
Oh, cool. I don't know much about Death Metal, to be honest.
BoatRich wrote:So I officially moved into my first place on my own as of today. Completely off topic but I'm really stoked about it
I'm actually considering going for a house view this weekend. It'll be my first time moving out too. All the best, mate.
D.o.S. wrote:It's a great shirt. Doesn't quite dethrone my Black Face tee as far as articles of clothing I really have to think about wearing in public, but it's close.
I would love to have one, but it really will not go down well with my family.
Ancient Astronaught wrote:Dan: Yes and no.... There are the sleep Matamp fanboys of course but just the fact that you can split the genre in to Doom and Sludge all ready offers a difference from Djent. Djent to me is like all the sleep fanboys creating their very own genre which they create a mold for and never break from. But its not just tone its the playing style too that they mimic.
Sam: I concur. There is more to a genre than just the music, but they seemed to create a stereotype and try to fit hard into it. It seems either all in or all out.
It's true that, in general, Djentleman WANT to be associated with a certain sect or group of musicians that all use Axe-FX, tubescreamers and Blackmachines, while Doom, Sludge, Stoner, they just play whatever makes them happy—except the few fanbois, like you say. But Djent is a sub-genre of Progressive Metal. It isn't really a genre at all. It's more of a sub-culture than anything, focusing on specific guitar-related details. Dillinger Escape Plan sound nothing like Periphery or Animals As Leaders, but there are definite crossovers, and the origins are similar. The endless over-edited videos of people playing 7 and 8-string guitars with super tight Axe-FX patches is ridiculous. They all sound the same to me. But so do many Black Metal bands. That's because I don't know the genre well and cannot distinguish between the differences. Maybe those who play and live the lifestyle, so to speak, of 'Djent' and modern versions of technical metal can distinguish between Periphery and Animals As Leaders and Protest The Hero. I think those three bands sound very distinct, yet they're all considered 'Djent'.
Funnily enough, I don't consider Meshuggah to be Djent. They're Progressive Metal through and through. They are that because they 'progressed' the genre of metal to new heights.