After the Burial: The first "djent" band i've featured

in music •  7 years ago 

First off, what the hell is "djent"

It is "officially" defined as " a style of metal characterized by progressive, rhythmic, and technical complexity accompanied by a dense layer of polyphonic groove." I don't know what most of that sentence means but basically it was just a term made up by people on the internet - most likely 4-chan.

Some "djent" guitarist famously said “djent is any band who uses off-time chugs”..... this definition is easier for me to understand.

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i chose to feature these guys because they have clothes that aren't black

some bands involved in the genre hate the term "djent." Someone in Lamb of God actually said “there is no such thing as djent, it's not a genre” Sorry pal, and i really like your band, but the internet thinks differently - and the internet always wins.

Ok, the article is supposed to be about After the Burial.

I like them because they incorporate some melodic stuff into their music as well. Plus there is something about the singer's voice that I like. Yeah, i get it, he is screaming for the most part but he mixes up the speed in which he screams and this is why i could never get on board with Meshuggah - the inventors of the genre (or so it is widely agreed.)

After the Burial is from Minneapolis, Minnesota ( a great city i briefly lived in) and have gone through a few lineup changes throughout the years, including changing singers - which is normally a death-sentence for bands, but it worked out for them.


this is a huge gym motivator for me, it's like a battle call

One of the crazy things about their past is Justin Lowe, the rhythym guitar player. Justin was one of the founding members and it was determined he had severe paranoid schizophrenia. He believed that his bandmates, the record label, and most of the people in his life (including the fans) were against him and "out to ruin him." He left the band in 2015 and was later found in the woods dead with injuries consistent with a fall. It is unclear whether he fell or jumped.

Sorry to end on a downer, but it is true!

After the Burial has 5 full-length albums and they are all pretty good. Check em out!

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That's pretty much awesome..... Thumbs up