Best Djent Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1069 Nothing (2006) #1384 ObZen (2008) #3158
2	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #656 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1597 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1709
3	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #400 The Joy of Motion (2014) #857 Parrhesia (2022) #2045
4	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	War of Being (2023) #1603 War of Being (2023) [Single] Altered State (2013) #2671
5	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1246 Invent the Universe (2012) #2673 Senpai EP II: The Noticing「先輩EPII：ザ・ノーティシング」 (2017) [EP] #4359
6	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #580 In Dreams (2010) #1387 Dig Deep (2016) #1913
7	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion	Handmade Cities (2016) #2753 Impulse Voices (2020) #2490 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] #3501
8	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2311 Augment (2013) #2323 Silence Outlives the Earth (2026)
9	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #854 + den spanska känslan + (2023) [Single] + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + (2025) #2657
10	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3551 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4855
11	Gru Poland Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz Fusion	Cosmogenesis (2010) #957
12	Currents 2011, United States Metalcore, Djent	I Let the Devil In (2018) [EP] It Only Get's Darker (2025) [Single] All That Follows (2025) [EP]
13	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #454 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2124 Soul Sphere (2015) #2934
14	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #2067 The Space Between (2011) [EP] #3265 The Way Forward (2017) #6242
15	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #6002 Intrinsic (2012) #7585 Language (2014) #7804
16	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czechia Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #3648 Undefeated (2019) [EP] The Manipulation Theory (2011)
17	Andromida 2016, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Wrath of the Vanguard (2022) Hellscape (2021) Timeless (2020)
18	Haunted Shores 2005, United States Metalcore, Djent	Viscera (2015) [EP] #2528 Void (2022) #4401 Following Ivy (2009) [EP]
19	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3390 Friend of a Phantom (2024) #8920 Inmazes (2015)
20	Widek 2010, Poland Djent, Progressive Metal	Journey to the Stars (2015) #6217 Hidden Dimensions (2017) Dream Reflection (2018)
21	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #7007 Terraforming (2015)
22	Volumes 2009, United States Metalcore, Djent	Via (2011) #4526 No Sleep (2014) #9753 Happier? (2021)
23	The Algorithm 2008, France Experimental Metal, Djent	Brute Force (2016) #2535 Compiler Optimization Techniques (2018) Octopus4 (2014)
24	Stevie T. United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent, Trancecore, Comedy Metal	Album of Epicness (2015) #3064 Knipslot (2022) [Single]
25	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1208 Animus (2020) [Single] In Stasis (2022)
26	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3292 You Won't Believe What Happens Next! (2019) Story I (2020) [EP]
27	Eighteen April 2011, Korea Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Vioes (2019) #2863 Visions (2025) Oceans Apart (2016) [Single]
28	Outrun the Sunlight 2011, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Terrapin (2014) #5275 The Return of Inertia (2011) Red Bird (2017) [EP]
29	The Dark Atom France Djent, Electronic Metal, Progressive Metalcore, Midicore	Stargate Synchronicity (2022) Luminescence (2022) [EP] Imagination (2022)
30	Ihlo 2016, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Djent	Union (2019) Legacy (2025)
31	Skyharbor 2011, India Progressive Metal, Djent	Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos (2012) #6971 Guiding Lights (2014) #7597 Sunshine Dust (2018)
32	The Omnific 2016, Australia Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz	Kismet (2017) [EP] #4229 Sonorous (2016) [EP] The Mind's Eye (2019) [EP]
33	Humanity's Last Breath 2009, Sweden Progressive Deathcore	Välde (2021) #2105 Detestor (2016) [EP] #4383 Ashen (2023) #6330
34	Spiritbox 2016, Canada Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	The Fear of Fear (2023) [EP] #5065 Eternal Blue (2021) #6421 Tsunami Sea (2025) #9539
35	Northlane 2009, Australia Ambient Metalcore, Djent	Alien (2019) #5422 Node (2015) Singularity (2013) #8525
36	Shokran 2012, Russia Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Supreme Truth (2014) #7159 Ethereal (2019) Exodus (2016)
37	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Wallflowers (2021) #2867 Duél (2025)
38	Shades of Black 2006, United States Ambidjent, Oriental Metalcore	The Gates (2016) Kaos (2011) Ocean (2014)
39	Heart of a Coward 2009, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent	Deliverance (2015) Severance (2013) #9431 Hope and Hinderence (2012)
40	Sleep Token 2016, United Kingdom Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Art Pop	This Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021) Take Me Back to Eden (2023) #7348 Even in Arcadia (2025) #9840
41	Invent Animate 2011, United States Metalcore, Djent	Stillworld (2016) The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was (2021) [EP] Heavener (2023) #5338
42	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4835 Dualism (2011) #5091
43	Car Bomb 2000, United States Mathcore	Mordial (2019) #6259 Meta (2016) #7911 w^w^^w^w (2012)
44	Mechina 2004, United States Symphonic Metal, Industrial Metal	Andromeda (2011) [Single] As Embers Turn to Dust (2017) Progenitor (2016) #2218
45	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2982 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3975 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]
46	Pomegranate Tiger 2010, Canada Experimental Progressive Metal	Entities (2013) All Input Is Error (2023) Boundless (2015)
47	Voyager 1999, Australia Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Djent	V (2014) Colours in the Sun (2019) Fearless in Love (2023)
48	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	Redeemer (2006) All Hail (2019) O' God, the Aftermath (2005)
49	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #1135 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3823 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
50	Polyphia 2010, United States Progressive Metal, Djent, Math Rock, Instrumental Rock	Renaissance (2016) #759 Playing God (2022) [Single] ABC (feat. Sophia Black) (2022) [Single]

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