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DJENT Bands RANKED

Metal Trenches | December 14, 2025



Today we are ranking DJENT bands, and putting it out there, I do NOT consider this to be a genre but more of an approach to guitar, thus the diversity of some of the bands on this list. Regardless, from the mighty Meshuggah to the core foundations of Periphery and architects, this tier list covers 32 BANDS that love the rhythm and groove above all else.
#djent #meshuggah #metalcore

00:00 Intro
00:22 Meshuggah
01:26 Darko
02:03 Northlane
02:42 Textures
03:12 Vildhjarta
04:12 Monuments
04:49 Loathe
05:40 Humanity’s Last Breath
06:24 Within The Ruins
07:16 Spiritbox
08:31 Veil Of Maya
09:27 Skyharbor
10:07 Sikth
11:10 Erra
12:01 Unprocessed
13:06 Volumes
13:31 Car Bomb
14:27 Animals As Leaders
14:58 Currents
15:45 Born Of Osiris
16:45 Polyphia
17:29 Architects
18:53 After The Burial
19:57 Sleep Token
20:56 Tesseract
21:32 The Contortionist
22:20 Frontierer
23:06 Jinjer
24:21 Invent Animate
24:55 VOLA
25:37 Fear Factory
26:37 Periphery

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  2. @l0rd_breeigo-sama954

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    My top are Meshuggah, car bomb and vildhjarta by quite the margain.
    fantastic would be: tesseract, AAL, veil of maya, jinjer, mirar probably.
    Not really into all the core stuff and I think veil of maya was a lot better in their first 2 albums than their recent deathcore kinda sound, but damn their first 2 records were strong.

    Not a super fan of spiritbox, polyphia, sleep token or after the burial. Not nessecarily for any reason with ATB I just don’t really vibe with most of their songs

    A lot of the other bands I haven’t listened to enough to fully form an opinion on.
    Periphery is decent though but they peaked at their 3rd album imo

  15. @FESTIVUSIVDRUMMER

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    I wish The Contortionist were more active. I understand they have had members getting married, starting families, some have had recent loss too, but at one point they were a band I loved above all else. Language and Clairvoyant are both heavily underrated because they took huge risks as a “djent” band to strip their sound back to less brutality and more emotional and ambient levels. Might not be for those looking for heaviness, but more for the feels.

  16. @AbsalonWhiteJr.

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    You should check out “Forevermore” they were a Christian Djent band, and they put out killer Djent songs. Unfortunately they’ve been broken up since 2016 though. They’re my personal favorite Djent band. It’s a shame when great bands break up. A few songs by them I would recommend are …

    1. Moths and Rust
    2. The Curse of Complacency
    3. Wormtongue
    4. The Wide, The Narrow
    5. Charlatan

  22. @alexloomis4796

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    Hey! new to the channel! I appreciate the honesty and the takes on the bands! I DEFINATELY would have put Tesseract and The Contortionist higher! Tesseract's first album get's a lot of love, and The Contortionist's album "Language" (me personally) is amazing! Spiritbox I think was scored low (again I get the criticism), but respect the opinion! Vola's first album is amazing if you haven't checked them out enough. And as a fellow (huge) Periphery fan I appreciate the rating for them! Excited to check out more vids!!

  25. @Soup_x_Time

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    I would personally rank Northlane higher, expecially their last 2 LPs but i get the ranking – the thing is that they are more of an industrial band compared to their older stuff and the djent-y elements are far less noticeable. Would also rank Tesseract higher and would highly recommend a fuller listen since you say you don't have as much exposure to them – the thing with them is that each album almost has a completely different feel to it.

  31. @Jorgetime

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    That Northlane rating is the biggest crime here, you should give them another shot, I can understand why someone would think it's very octanecore from the singles, but listen to something like Jinn or Worldeater. The deeper cuts always had super interesting stuff. It's a very influential band imo.

  33. @justicedefreest

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    I also remember the first time I heard Icarus Lives, sitting in my dorm room and browsing YouTube in college. I really wasn’t a fan of their latest album, which is a shame because everything before that was basically perfection for me. Hopefully it’ll grow on me over time.

  34. @pineapplesunited2358

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    I think two bands I think need more appreciation in djent is stone side is pretty cool, and destiny potato is a crazy band that only made one album a while ago but It is pretty fun and full of bangers.

  41. @p.inside

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    You dont understand Sleep Tokens Music and say its „confusing“.

    Its okay to Not Like it, but in a musician way, its the definition of perfection.

  44. @brianb_1085

    December 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    The best bands in this ranking are VOLA, Jinjer, Humanity's Last Breath, Spiritbox, and Periphery.

    Out of every band listed that I haven't heard of before, the most impressive is Unprocessed. Those riffs are insane and their music videos are pretty cool.

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