Dream Theater entered the studio in February v. No News is Good News

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Well I know for a fact that the album got cancelled because while they were in the studio John recorded the fastest guitar solo ever known to mankind. However this created an unbalance in the space-time continuum and John reverted back to his baby form.

The other guys then asked Mike if they could wish him back to his adult form with the help of his genie powers. He said that it would be possible, but since we're talking about John Petrucci he would need to channel Jordan wizard's power to increase his magical abilities to a sufficient level. This plan unfortunately failed as the spell fizzled, draining all of Jordan's power and turning Mike into a tambourine.

James and Jordan then realized that, in the chaos, John Myung swiftly fled with baby John. He only left a note saying: ''...''. They both understood that Myung had brought baby John to his secret ninja training ground to raise him as a ninja for the next few decades. Seeing as the band was basically over at this point, James offered the Jordan a place amongst his pirate crew. They were last seen riding a forklift towards Canada, with James rocking a tambourine in 19/16 over a bar of 7/8.

[Sacul]

The thing with Djent is that it gets old really fast.  Like that video Lucas posted, its awesome for a one off listen, but as soon as you start sampling other bands from the genre you realise how one dimensional it is.

Maybe you didn't really listen to it - djent doesn't get any more creative than that. Seriously. 

[Rodni Demental]

It's no more a genre than palm-mute is a genre.

No waaaaay.  Djent-ing isn't a guitar technique, so that comparison doesn't make sense.  I think it's valid term for the subgenre of Progressive Metal that does all that stupid djenty shit.  It's a term that describes a sound that has morphed into the name of the genre, just like 'heavy metal' as a descriptor for a certain kind of music became the genre of Heavy Metal.  Bands don't want to be associated with Djent because its stupid.  "nah, we're progressive metal' - no you're not you're djent wanking all over the place mate.

Anywhoo, hows that new Dream Theatre album coming along anyway?

Well sorry to bring this up again but just wanted to throw my opinion into the mix.
I would argue that Djent is as much a genre as it is a guitar technique at this point. I mean, the word Djent in itself is even an onomatopoeia for the sound the guitar makes. That's something we can call a guitar technique. But the style has actually become big enough to represent a generalised description of a type of music now too, which is all a genre is. Genres aren't supposed to be just for categorising songs (in many cases there are limitations to this anyway), and they certainly don't define the music. They're supposed to describe them or represent/symbolise an aspect of what you could expect.

[Darkstarshades]

The new album is obviously reggae oriented.
It's done, but they're so ashamed of it that they're thinking on realasing it or writting an entierly different album.

[fischermasamune]

Is Afterlife's intro considered djent?

[BlobVanDam]

Is Afterlife's intro considered djent?

I just think of that as kinda thrashy/metal, inspired by the 80s bands they liked.

[TheCountOfNYC]

I think the closest that they've come to djent is the into and out to to Raw Dog. Which may explain why a lot of people around here are so against them doing it again lol. If they had a section here or there with djent influences or even one song I would be all for it but I wouldn't want an entire album full of it.

[Rodni Demental]

Is Afterlife's intro considered djent?

Hmm... With a more modern tone like The Enemy Inside, I could imagine Afterlife's intro sounding djenty. Far too old to be considered that though.

[AboutToCrash]

back to the original topic; What do you think he meant by 'A huge undertaking'?. What could that mean? Possibly a concept album because they are incredibly difficult to write/tie all themes up/flow. I think most peoples assumptions are a double disc or concept album or even a double disc concept album. I can't wait for more news.... Roll on October/November!

[Cyclopssss]

Concept album is the first thing that came to mind when I read that part.

[sneakyblueberry]

I think the closest that they've come to djent is the into and out to to Raw Dog. Which may explain why a lot of people around here are so against them doing it again lol. If they had a section here or there with djent influences or even one song I would be all for it but I wouldn't want an entire album full of it.

I'd say the intro to The Mirror is proto-djent... but not really.

[BlackInk]

back to the original topic; What do you think he meant by 'A huge undertaking'?. What could that mean?

Collab with Skrillex

[Kotowboy]

#1. Skrillex went to the hairdressers for a £20 haircut. But he only had £10


#2. Skrillex went to the hairdressers and they had an offer on : " 50% off "

[sneakyblueberry]

back to the original topic; What do you think he meant by 'A huge undertaking'?. What could that mean?

A Dramatic Turn of D-jents

[Zydar]

Ladies And Djentlemen.

[BlobVanDam]

When Dream and Djent Unite

[sneakyblueberry]

The Djent Eternal Night

[Mladen]

Imadjents and words

[YtseJamittaja]

Falling Into Polyrhytm Infinity.

[JediKnight1969]

Time to rename the band "Djent Theater".

[Rodni Demental]

Based on the info so far, we may have figured out what they're doing for the new album...

6 Degrees of infinite Djent:
 1. The Djent Prison
 2. Blind Djentage
 3. Misunderstood Djent
 4. The Great Djent Debate
 5. Please Disappear Djent (just kidding)
 6. I: Djent Overture
   II: About to Djent Again 
  III: Djent Inside My Head (that won't stop)
   IV: The Djent that Djented Them All (djent)
    V: Djent Kiss
   VI: Solitary Djenting (extended djent solo)
  VII: About To Djent All Over Again (djent reprise)
 VIII: Loosing Djent...

[Cedar redaC]

Djent inside this Djentavarium!

[Lucien]

This thread sucks.

[Zydar]

Pretty much.

[James Mypetgiress]

Someone scream for me when there's news, rather than just djent theater...

[hefdaddy42]

Thread retitled for accuracy.

[Cool Chris]

What the fuck is djent? I swear I've never seen or heard that word before reading it in this thread.

Off to Wikipedia....

[hefdaddy42]

What the fuck is djent? I swear I've never seen or heard that word before reading it in this thread.

Off to Wikipedia....

You and I are too old to understand the need for a new term.

[James Mypetgiress]

What the fuck is djent? I swear I've never seen or heard that word before reading it in this thread.

Off to Wikipedia....

I can't tell if you're serious or not... Would sarcasm green come in useful here?

[hefdaddy42]

What the fuck is djent? I swear I've never seen or heard that word before reading it in this thread.

Off to Wikipedia....

I can't tell if you're serious or not... Would sarcasm green come in useful here?

He's serious.

[Stadler]

What the fuck is djent? I swear I've never seen or heard that word before reading it in this thread.

Off to Wikipedia....

I can't tell if you're serious or not... Would sarcasm green come in useful here?

He's serious.

And not really wrong, either.  Is it just me, or do the best bands in history just play rock, and not worry about unpronounceable labels?   With very few exceptions most of the greatest bands in history cross multiple genres and styles, and reside solely in none.

[BlackInk]

^ I don't quite get what you're trying to say with that. I mean, yeah?

[Kotowboy]

My least favourite thing about that whole genre is the drummer in each band plays basically a drum solo through every song.

If you watch " play thru " or " drum covers " of some of these bands - it's basically one long drum fill.

I much prefer it when they have a steady groove going.

[cramx3]

What the fuck is djent? I swear I've never seen or heard that word before reading it in this thread.

Off to Wikipedia....

I can't tell if you're serious or not... Would sarcasm green come in useful here?

He's serious.

So am I, never heard of it before reading this.

[RoeDent]

Just wait until djent is even further broken down. Progressive djent, death djent, post-djent. I can see it now.

(Dream Theater. Just thought I'd mention that to try and keep this post on-topic.)