Djent Nearing Its End?, Don't fall in to the trap Options

[Todd Simpson]

They say when a genre becomes too predictable and all the bands in it start sounding the same, using the same gear, etc. That the genre is near Death. It seems Djent is on the edge of the Grim Reapers blade Imho.

I keep getting recommendations to check out various bands and it's always the same combo.

1.)Skerveson or Strandberg (or both) guitar
2.)Axe Fx
3.)Pro Tone Pedals (or some trendy boutique pedal)
4.)Hesu Cab (or other trendy boutique cab)
5.)Lots of single note licks that are locked to the kick drum ala Meshuggah/Periphery
6.)More than 6 strings minimum. Usually 8.

The result is often music that sounds very, very, very similar. You could close your eyes and mistake it for periphery at any point. I get that these bands were influence by Meshuggah/Periphery, heck who hasn't been?

Sadly, the music and the tone is starting to run together so much that it's getting hard to tell one band from another. Case in point, these guys. Well played, well produced, even well written. Just falls prey to the "sameness" that seems to be infecting so many bands. We already have a Periphery and a Meshuggah. We don't need 100 more bands doing the same thing. If you write music and use an 8 string, try to do something vastly different with it. Don't fall in to the trap that so many bands seem to be falling in to. Most of all, don't sound like every other band using this schtick. Sound like you, sound original

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