Best Djent Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1055 Nothing (2006) #1376 ObZen (2008) #3131
2	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #579 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1584 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1705
3	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #392 The Joy of Motion (2014) #852 Parrhesia (2022) #2028
4	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	War of Being (2023) #1588 War of Being (2023) [Single] Altered State (2013) #2645
5	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1225 Invent the Universe (2012) #2648 Senpai EP II: The Noticing「先輩EPII：ザ・ノーティシング」 (2017) [EP] #4275
6	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #575 In Dreams (2010) #1378 Dig Deep (2016) #2294
7	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion	Impulse Voices (2020) Handmade Cities (2016) #2563 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] #3456
8	Gru Poland Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz Fusion	Cosmogenesis (2010) #946
9	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2295 Augment (2013) #3107 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
10	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #1358 The Space Between (2011) [EP] The Way Forward (2017) #5980
11	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3512 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4735
12	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #5748 Intrinsic (2012) #7155 Language (2014) #7372
13	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czech Republic Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #3606 COMA (2018) Undefeated (2019) [EP]
14	Andromida 2016, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Wrath of the Vanguard (2022) Hellscape (2021) Timeless (2020)
15	Haunted Shores 2005, United States Metalcore, Djent	Viscera (2015) [EP] #2509 Void (2022) #4317 Following Ivy (2009) [EP]
16	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3344 Friend of a Phantom (2024) #8396 Inmazes (2015)
17	Widek 2010, Poland Djent, Progressive Metal	Journey to the Stars (2015) #5957 Hidden Dimensions (2017) Dream Reflection (2018)
18	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #847 + den spanska känslan + (2023) [Single] + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + (2025)
19	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #6631 Terraforming (2015)
20	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #538 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2103 Soul Sphere (2015) #2900
21	Volumes 2009, United States Metalcore, Djent	Via (2011) #4435 No Sleep (2014) #9202 Happier? (2021)
22	Currents 2011, United States Metalcore, Djent	The Way It Ends (2020) #2827 The Place I Feel Safest (2017) The Death We Seek (2023) #9324
23	The Algorithm 2008, France Experimental Metal, Djent	Brute Force (2016) #2514 Compiler Optimization Techniques (2018) Octopus4 (2014)
24	Stevie T. United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent, Trancecore, Comedy Metal	Album of Epicness (2015) #3030 Knipslot (2022) [Single]
25	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1198 Animus (2020) [Single] In Stasis (2022)
26	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3257 You Won't Believe What Happens Next! (2019) Story I (2020) [EP]
27	Outrun the Sunlight 2011, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Terrapin (2014) #4842 The Return of Inertia (2011) Red Bird (2017) [EP]
28	The Dark Atom France Djent, Electronic Metal, Progressive Metalcore, Midicore	Stargate Synchronicity (2022) Luminescence (2022) [EP] Imagination (2022)
29	Skyharbor 2011, India Progressive Metal, Djent	Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos (2012) #6599 Guiding Lights (2014) #7162 Sunshine Dust (2018)
30	The Omnific 2016, Australia Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz	Kismet (2017) [EP] #4138 Sonorous (2016) [EP] The Mind's Eye (2019) [EP]
31	Humanity's Last Breath 2009, Sweden Progressive Deathcore	Välde (2021) #2084 Detestor (2016) [EP] #4304 Ashen (2023) #6058
32	Spiritbox 2016, Canada Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	The Fear of Fear (2023) [EP] #4919 Eternal Blue (2021) #6273 Tsunami Sea (2025) #8397
33	Shokran 2012, Russia Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Supreme Truth (2014) #6772 Ethereal (2019) Exodus (2016)
34	Eighteen April 2011, Korea Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Vioes (2019) #2826 Oceans Apart (2016) [Single] The End of the New World (2014) [EP]
35	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Wallflowers (2021) #2830 Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Duél (2025)
36	Northlane 2009, Australia Ambient Metalcore, Djent	Alien (2019) #5256 Node (2015) Singularity (2013) #7895
37	Heart of a Coward 2009, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent	Deliverance (2015) Severance (2013) #8870 Hope and Hinderence (2012)
38	Invent Animate 2011, United States Metalcore, Djent	Stillworld (2016) The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was (2021) [EP] Heavener (2023) #5183
39	Car Bomb 2000, United States Mathcore	Mordial (2019) #5999 Meta (2016) #7466 w^w^^w^w (2012)
40	Mechina 2004, United States Symphonic Metal, Industrial Metal	Andromeda (2011) [Single] As Embers Turn to Dust (2017) Progenitor (2016) #2195
41	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4719 Dualism (2011) #4908
42	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2949 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3897 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]
43	Pomegranate Tiger 2010, Canada Experimental Progressive Metal	Entities (2013) All Input Is Error (2023) Boundless (2015)
44	Voyager 1999, Australia Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Djent	V (2014) Colours in the Sun (2019) Fearless in Love (2023)
45	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
46	Sleep Token 2016, United Kingdom Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Art Pop	Take Me Back to Eden (2023) #6866 This Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021) Sundowning (2019)
47	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #1530 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3765 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
48	Polyphia 2010, United States Progressive Metal, Djent, Math Rock, Instrumental Rock	Renaissance (2016) #1076 Playing God (2022) [Single] ABC (feat. Sophia Black) (2022) [Single]
49	Lorna Shore 2009, United States Symphonic Deathcore	...And I Return to Nothingness (2021) [EP] #1136 Pain Remains (2022) #3070 Immortal (2020) #3573

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