Best Djent Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1809 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3011 Nothing (2006) #3197
2	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #618 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1361 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1664
3	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #425 The Joy of Motion (2014) #893 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1561
4	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #1135 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #1859 Soul Sphere (2015) #3629
5	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1090 Invent the Universe (2012) #1964 Pulse (2014) [EP] #2712
6	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #675 In Dreams (2010) #2136 Dig Deep (2016) #2190
7	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	Altered State (2013) #2236 One (2011) #2640 PORTALS (2021) [Live]
8	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	Subject Zero (2013) [Single] The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3451 False Idol (2017) #6147
9	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Dualism (2011) #3227 Drawing Circles (2006) #4291
10	Gru Poland Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz Fusion	Cosmogenesis (2010) #986
11	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1069 Animus (2020) [Single] The Amanuensis (2014) #6223
12	Polyphia 2010, United States Progressive Metal, Djent, Math Rock	Renaissance (2016) #1352 New Levels New Devils (2018) #7281 Muse (2014)
13	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	The Space Between (2011) [EP] In Time (2012) [EP] #1489 The Way Forward (2017)
14	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czech Republic Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #2528 The Ocean Atlas (2015) [EP] #6441 The Manipulation Theory (2011)
15	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #6051 Terraforming (2015)
16	Volumes 2009, United States Metalcore, Djent	Via (2011) #4331 No Sleep (2014) #7579 The Concept of Dreaming (2010) [EP]
17	Anup Sastry 2012, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Illuminate (2019) Ghost (2013) Lion (2014) [EP]
18	Widek 2010, Poland Djent, Progressive Metal	Outside the Universe (2014) #5648 Aurora Borealis (2012) [EP] Multiverse (2011) [EP]
19	Northlane 2009, Australia Ambient Metalcore, Djent	Alien (2019) #3612 Discoveries (2011) Singularity (2013) #6013
20	Outrun the Sunlight 2011, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Terrapin (2014) #3378 The Return of Inertia (2011) Red Bird (2017) [EP]
21	Stevie T. United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent, Trancecore, Comedy Metal	Album of Epicness (2015) #1943
22	Skyharbor 2011, India Progressive Metal, Djent	Guiding Lights (2014) #5403 Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos (2012) #6793 Sunshine Dust (2018)
23	The Omnific 2016, Australia Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz	Kismet (2017) [EP] #4189 Sonorous (2016) [EP] The Mind's Eye (2019) [EP]
24	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3613 Inmazes (2015) Applause of a Distant Crowd (2018)
25	Reflections 2010, United States Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Exi(s)t (2013) #5397 The Fantasy Effect (2012) Willow (2020)
26	Heart of a Coward 2009, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent	Deliverance (2015) Severance (2013) #6426 Hope and Hinderence (2012)
27	The Algorithm 2008, France Experimental Metal, Djent	Brute Force (2016) #2919 Compiler Optimization Techniques (2018) Polymorphic Code (2012)
28	Novelists 2013, France Metalcore, Djent	Souvenirs (2015) Twenty Years (2013) [Single] Delusion (2013) [Single]
29	Elitist 2010, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Reshape \| Reason (2012) #4147 Earth (2011) [EP] Between the Balance (2013) [EP]
30	Ovid's Withering 2010, United States Djent, Deathcore	The Cloud Gatherer (2012) [EP] #5025 Scryers of the Ibis (2013)
31	Unprocessed 2013, Germany Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Artificial Void (2019) Deadrose (2020) [Single] Prototype (2019) [Single]
32	abstracts 2014, Japan Djent, Progressive Metalcore	abstracts (2014) HOLOGRAM (2016) MODE (2017) [EP]

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