I could never like a band dressed like that
^ that's pretty closed minded. Music is music. I don't care if you have dreads, wear too-tight jeans, or a turban. If your music rocks, that is the end of discussion.
Gotta agree with Ken. Music is supposed to be about audio, not appearance, stage shows, or other superficial things. Unfortunately, much of the music industry disagrees with this.
I have to agree, djent is unlistenable.
I'm not a fan, either. One time my friends and I went to a show by Periphery, and by the end of it I wanted to jump off of a bridge. There was some nice lead work, but when the "singer" comes in it becomes nearly unlistenable.
If that song is djent, then Symphony X is djent too.
That Shattered Skies song was actually not bad, and not at all what I would think of when I hear the world "djent." I'm glad the singer actually sung as opposed to all the screaming crap in other bands. In the end, I guess it boils down to overly-specific genre labeling, which is slightly annoying in the first place. Can't music just be music?
I could possibly see why someone may see a few of the riffs in "Lords of Chaos" as in the djent style, but other than that, I can't think of another instance where Symphony X has sounded anything like this "genre."
No, the bass also has to be inaudible.
This is the problem I have with a lot of downtuned, guitar-heavy music. The bass generally has to play the riffs an octave lower than the guitar, and when the guitar is chugging away on the eighth string, what exactly is the bass supposed to do?! I'm unaware of basses that have a lower string than a low B, and even if they existed, the human ear wouldn't be able to easily pick up tones that low.
I think it's when you play as blindingly fast and out of tempo with your bandmates as possible. This makes this music accessible to other 15 yr olds.
Lol, I'm not sure if this is an actual genre, but something tells me that your assessment of 15-year-olds loving it is dead on.
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