Tag Djent
After 12 years of warping the lines of genre, experimental noise project Palehorse are finally being paid their dues; with the release of the definitive album of their career, ‘Harm Starts Here’, they have been picked up by prestigious record… Continue Reading →
Tesseract, or TesseracT if you prefer, are a respected Prog band who can lay claim in part to the foundation of the style known as “djent”. This album, their second full work, is split into four groupings: “Of Matter, Of… Continue Reading →
There is the Battle of the Bands. This is the battle of the same band. The one in question is Lifeforms from Sacramento, USA. The title of this album is well chosen. Twanging djent, raging metalcore and long, high, sirening… Continue Reading →
For those of a djenty disposition, here’s Benea Reach from Norway. This collection of ten wide-reaching and substantial chunks makes up their third album release. Let me say now that Benea Reach not a version of Uneven Structure or Vildjharta…. Continue Reading →
The progressive scene in Poland is very interesting. Spearheaded by Riverside and supported by excellent bands like Votum and Acute, here’s another one. In fact Disperse draw influence from Cynic, Dream Theater and Pink Floyd with this, their second album…. Continue Reading →
I would not normally be seen dead picking up one of these four word band title albums and giving it a listen, something just shouts out “core” at me and has me grimacing, so I am not sure what drew… Continue Reading →
We’re promised much on this, the second album release by US “progmetal alchemists” The Contortionist. I confess to being sceptical of their claim to “shatter the boundaries of conventional music”. It’s always best to listen to these things, so that’s… Continue Reading →
Post hardcore from a band that has been a forerunner of the genre for nearly a decade now. This is The Chariot’s fifth album and from what I garner from a bit of research the band throws musical curveballs on… Continue Reading →