Best Djent Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1608 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3396 Nothing (2006) #3469
2	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #693 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1510 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1845
3	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #429 The Joy of Motion (2014) #763 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1681
4	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #851 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2229 Soul Sphere (2015) #2933
5	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1203 Invent the Universe (2012) #2187 Pulse (2014) [EP] #2992
6	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #647 In Dreams (2010) #2085 Dig Deep (2016) #2175
7	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	Altered State (2013) #2490 One (2011) #2923 Polaris (2015) #4379
8	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	Subject Zero (2013) [Single] The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #4313 Matriarch (2015) #6433
9	Polyphia 2010, United States Progressive Metal, Djent, Math Rock, Instrumental Rock	Renaissance (2016) #1423 Playing God (2022) [Single] ABC (feat. Sophia Black) (2022) [Single]
10	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Dualism (2011) #3546 Drawing Circles (2006) #4707
11	Gru Poland Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz Fusion	Cosmogenesis (2010) #858
12	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1179 Animus (2020) [Single] In Stasis (2022)
13	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czech Republic Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #2492 COMA (2018) The Ocean Atlas (2015) [EP] #5890
14	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	The Space Between (2011) [EP] In Time (2012) [EP] #1576 The Way Forward (2017) #5327
15	Widek 2010, Poland Djent, Progressive Metal	Outside the Universe (2014) #5718 The Garden of Existence (2019) Journey to the Stars (2015)
16	Northlane 2009, Australia Ambient Metalcore, Djent	Alien (2019) #3987 Discoveries (2011) Singularity (2013) #6539
17	The Algorithm 2008, France Experimental Metal, Djent	Brute Force (2016) #2387 Compiler Optimization Techniques (2018) Octopus4 (2014)
18	Eighteen April 2011, Korea Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Kamui (2021) [Single] Vioes (2019) #2646 Polaris (2022) [Single]
19	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #6578 Terraforming (2015)
20	Haunted Shores 2005, United States Metalcore, Djent	Viscera (2015) [EP] #2627 Void (2022) #3883 Following Ivy (2009) [EP]
21	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #1302 Måsstaden (2011) #6349 Thousands of Evils (2013) [EP]
22	Volumes 2009, United States Metalcore, Djent	Via (2011) #3405 No Sleep (2014) #8208 The Concept of Dreaming (2010) [EP]
23	Outrun the Sunlight 2011, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Terrapin (2014) #3608 The Return of Inertia (2011) Red Bird (2017) [EP]
24	Anup Sastry 2012, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Illuminate (2019) Ghost (2013) Lion (2014) [EP]
25	Cloudkicker United States Djent, Instrumental	Beacons (2010) Subsume (2013) Solitude (2021)
26	Stevie T. United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent, Trancecore, Comedy Metal	Album of Epicness (2015) #2154
27	Skyharbor 2011, India Progressive Metal, Djent	Guiding Lights (2014) #5884 Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos (2012) #7376 Sunshine Dust (2018)
28	The Omnific 2016, Australia Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz	Kismet (2017) [EP] #4584 Sonorous (2016) [EP] The Mind's Eye (2019) [EP]
29	Andromida 2016, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Wrath of the Vanguard (2022) Hellscape (2021) The Void (2017)
30	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3989 Inmazes (2015) Applause of a Distant Crowd (2018)
31	Novelists 2013, France Metalcore, Djent	Souvenirs (2015) Twenty Years (2013) [Single] Delusion (2013) [Single]
32	Shades of Black 2006, United States Ambidjent, Oriental Metalcore	The Gates (2016) Kaos (2011) Ocean (2014)
33	Reflections 2010, United States Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Exi(s)t (2013) #5875 The Fantasy Effect (2012) Willow (2020)
34	Heart of a Coward 2009, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent	Deliverance (2015) Severance (2013) #6973 Hope and Hinderence (2012)
35	Elitist 2010, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Reshape \| Reason (2012) #4540 Earth (2011) [EP] Between the Balance (2013) [EP]
36	Ovid's Withering 2010, United States Djent, Deathcore	The Cloud Gatherer (2012) [EP] #5496 Scryers of the Ibis (2013)
37	Unprocessed 2013, Germany Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Artificial Void (2019) Deadrose (2020) [Single] Prototype (2019) [Single]
38	abstracts 2014, Japan Djent, Progressive Metalcore	abstracts (2014) HOLOGRAM (2016) MODE (2017) [EP]

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