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noun
A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and technical complexity, and typically featuring heavily distorted, palm-muted guitar chords, syncopated, downtuned riffs, and polyrhythms alongside virtuoso soloing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
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verb
To play a djent riff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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History
Onomatopoeia for a high-gain, distorted palm-muted, low pitch guitar sound; coined by guitarist Fredrik Thordendal (b. 1970) of the Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
