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Fredrik Thordendal, lead guitarist of Swedish band Meshuggah, coined the term in 2011. In a 2018 interview by Rauta, Meshuggah guitarist Mårten Hagström apologized for the band’s role in creating the “djent” style of guitar playing, calling it “a drunk misunderstanding”. Other bands important in the development of the style are Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Tesseract, Monuments and Textures, with Periphery and Animals as Leaders both emerging at the beginning of the coining of the phrase “Djent” and both hailing from the Washington DC Suburban area. The scene has grown rapidly, and members of the original online community, including the bands Chimp Spanner and Sithu Aye have gone on to tour and release albums commercially. Other bands influenced by djent include A Life Once Lost, Veil of Maya, Vildhjarta, Xerath, and Uneven Structure. Born of Osiris have also been described as being inspired by the djent movement. and DVSR are djent bands that use rapping as a primary vocal style.

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