Best Djent Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1056 Nothing (2006) #1371 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3168
2	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #578 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1585 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1701
3	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #389 The Joy of Motion (2014) #841 Parrhesia (2022) #2022
4	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	War of Being (2023) #1588 War of Being (2023) [Single] Altered State (2013) #2638
5	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1216 Invent the Universe (2012) #2640 Senpai EP II: The Noticing「先輩EPII：ザ・ノーティシング」 (2017) [EP] #4253
6	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #572 In Dreams (2010) #1373 Dig Deep (2016) #2288
7	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion	Impulse Voices (2020) Handmade Cities (2016) #2556 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] #3434
8	Gru Poland Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz Fusion	Cosmogenesis (2010) #946
9	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2289 Augment (2013) #3082 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
10	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #1351 The Space Between (2011) [EP] The Way Forward (2017) #5952
11	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3491 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4710
12	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #5726 Intrinsic (2012) #7127 Language (2014) #7338
13	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czech Republic Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #3587 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] #2500 Void (2022) #4297 Following Ivy (2009) [EP]
16	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3319 Friend of a Phantom (2024) #8355 Inmazes (2015)
17	Widek 2010, Poland Djent, Progressive Metal	Journey to the Stars (2015) #5929 Dream Reflection (2018) The Garden of Existence (2019)
18	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #838 + den spanska känslan + (2023) [Single] Måsstaden (2011) #5507
19	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #6610 Terraforming (2015)
20	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #534 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2100 Soul Sphere (2015) #2880
21	Volumes 2009, United States Metalcore, Djent	Via (2011) #4417 No Sleep (2014) #9160 Happier? (2021)
22	Currents 2011, United States Metalcore, Djent	The Way It Ends (2020) #2810 The Place I Feel Safest (2017) The Death We Seek (2023) #9285
23	The Algorithm 2008, France Experimental Metal, Djent	Brute Force (2016) #2506 Compiler Optimization Techniques (2018) Octopus4 (2014)
24	Stevie T. United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent, Trancecore, Comedy Metal	Album of Epicness (2015) #3009 Knipslot (2022) [Single]
25	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1192 Animus (2020) [Single] In Stasis (2022)
26	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3235 You Won't Believe What Happens Next! (2019) Story I (2020) [EP]
27	Outrun the Sunlight 2011, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Terrapin (2014) #4817 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) #6578 Guiding Lights (2014) #7134 Sunshine Dust (2018)
30	The Omnific 2016, Australia Progressive Metal, Djent, Jazz	Kismet (2017) [EP] #4115 Sonorous (2016) [EP] The Mind's Eye (2019) [EP]
31	Humanity's Last Breath 2009, Sweden Progressive Deathcore	Välde (2021) #2078 Detestor (2016) [EP] #4285 Ashen (2023) #6029
32	Shokran 2012, Russia Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Supreme Truth (2014) #6749 Ethereal (2019) Exodus (2016)
33	Eighteen April 2011, Korea Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Vioes (2019) #2809 Oceans Apart (2016) [Single] The End of the New World (2014) [EP]
34	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Wallflowers (2021) #2813 Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Duél (2025)
35	Spiritbox 2016, Canada Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	The Fear of Fear (2023) [EP] #4897 Eternal Blue (2021) #6247 Tsunami Sea (2025) #8356
36	Northlane 2009, Australia Ambient Metalcore, Djent	Alien (2019) #5244 Node (2015) Singularity (2013) #7857
37	Heart of a Coward 2009, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent	Deliverance (2015) Severance (2013) #8824 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) #5167
39	Car Bomb 2000, United States Mathcore	Mordial (2019) #5970 Meta (2016) #7433 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) #2188
41	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4692 Dualism (2011) #4886
42	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2927 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3871 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	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #1666 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3746 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
47	Polyphia 2010, United States Progressive Metal, Djent, Math Rock, Instrumental Rock	Renaissance (2016) #1076 Playing God (2022) [Single] ABC (feat. Sophia Black) (2022) [Single]
48	Lorna Shore 2009, United States Symphonic Deathcore	...And I Return to Nothingness (2021) [EP] #1134 Pain Remains (2022) #3046 Immortal (2020) #3555

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