About got-djent.com

What is 'djent'?

'Djent' refers to a particular style of metal music, incorporating low tuned, open note syncopated riffing and/or heavily palm-muted metallic-sounding power chords. It is regarded as a new subgenre of metal by some, but this is controversial. More information can be found in our FAQ or on Wikipedia.

What is got-djent.com?

got-djent.com strives to be the ultimate resource for all things djent. We aim to be a place where all fans of djent can discover new music, update themselves about what's going on in the djent scene, share experiences and insights, hear the latest tracks by up and coming artists, and much more. We also wish to offer a platform for artists to reach the right target audience.

Receiving over 500,000 pageviews a month, got-djent.com has fast outgrown its origins as a hobby project to become a point of reference within the djent scene, educating newcomers and keeping veterans up to date at all times. Through strategic partnerships with like-minded sites and contacts with bands and labels, we are able to offer our users high-quality content. Despite all this, got-djent.com is still a non-profit project.

got-djent.com is a community portal. We take the 'community' part very literally: almost all content is submitted by users. Content can be added and edited by all registered users, in a wiki-style fashion. There is a team of content moderators that reviews these additions and changes before they are made permanent, to ensure quality and prevent abuse.

This means that you can help us out. By adding your favorite bands and albums to our database for example. Or maybe you've got some djent-related news (about your own band, perhaps?) that you'd like to share - go ahead and submit it!

got-djent.com is a non-commercial initiative, managed and hosted entirely by volunteers in their spare time. It will remain ad-free as long as this is affordable. If you have a few bucks to spare, you can help us out with the server costs if you want. This site uses icons from pinvoke.com and komodomedia.com.

got-djent.com is run by a team of hard-working volunteers from all over the world. They watch over the quality of the published content, write news articles, conduct interviews, arrange exclusives and maintain the site infrastructure. The got-djent.com team consists of 3 administrators, a PR manager and several content moderators. You can recognise them on the site by their blue and green coloured usernames.

benanne (administrator, webmaster) - admin at got-djent dot com

The maintainer and lead developer of this website, living in Belgium. He is currently pursuing a PhD in computer science at Ghent University. Likes it technical and/or progressive, and is on a metalcore binge at the moment. Plays the piano. Is a huge nerd and a language nut. Loves British comedy, high-level programming languages and kebab. Digs Oceansize, Katatonia, Architects, Scarve, Textures, Disillusion, Extol, The Dear Hunter, and more.

Clarity (administrator) - clarity at got-djent dot com

Born in Ukraine. Currently studying and working simultaneously. Is fond of good books, especially science-fiction, and action/fantasy movies. Likes to write reviews and conduct interviews sometimes. Doesn't limit himself to metal or djent only; likes progressive/post-rock, electronic music and melodic metal with ambient influences.

breakdown (administrator) - breakdown at got-djent dot com

26 years old, born and raised in the land of love and beauty. When he doesn't curse during his full-time job as a web application developer, he listens to heavy music, mostly technical and progressive. He falls in love with bands and artists with weird names and odd, unconventional blends of different genres, which almost nobody knows about. Beer and nicotine addicted, he likes to read non-fiction literature and mature reader comics, along with watching drama, political thriller movies and tv series. Conspiracy nut and full-time paranoid.

blckravn01 (content moderator) - blckravn01 at got-djent dot com

An unforgettable California boy who has been playing music nearly his whole life. Picking up Saxophone in Elementary school, Bass Guitar in High School, and Piano in College and continues to play all to this day. He is a recent graduate of the UC system with a B.A. in Music Composition. Adores 19th century Poetry and Literature, Classical music, Rock, and Metal.

ProgHippie (PR manager) - patrick at got-djent dot com

The public relationist of this website. Likes it most if technicality and intensity culminate in le win, shown off by bands such as TesseracT, Struc/tures, Gojira, Uneven Structure and Disillusion - but is also down for some more mellow stuff such as Dark Suns and Pain of Salvation, or some straight forward Deaf Mepple like Bloodbath, Decapitated, Blood Red Throne and some obscure underground bands. Owner of the band promotion agency ProgHippie.com, freelance photographer and passionate for travelling and outdoors. Based in Switzerland.

Jules (content moderator)

Living it up in a small basement in Canada. Jules has a huge love for guitar and any music that is mainly guitar based. He plays in a progressive funk band called 'Cool Cool Mountain'. Jules mainly listens to metal, and has an obsession with J-rock. He spends most of his time volunteering and playing the guitar.

Meowzer (content moderator) - vadercat at got-djent dot com

At the ripe age of 20, he can out-wit, out-argue, out-smart, out-ego, and out-complain just about anyone. A biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics university student hailing from northern California, he fancies himself a cultured and respected Renaissance man for his experiences as a guitarist, vocalist, racquetball player, cross-country runner, student, and occasional gamer. Turn-ons: clean singing, cat-related things, fine foods, challenges, and a good smile. Turn-offs: everything that raises his blood pressure.

Marinos_Revenant (content moderator) - marinos at got-djent dot com

24 year old from Greece. Studied material science and now looks forward to starting a Masters. Music is his life, from listening to it all day, to playing guitar, bass, and trying his luck with music production. When he isn't out drinking beers or going to music concerts, he likes watching movies and TV series. The rest of his time is consumed by the internet and occasionally by video games. His favorite bands range from a big variety of music genres, for more info check out his Facebook page.

Intermedial (content moderator) - lynn.formesyn at got-djent dot com

23 year old, fretless bass playing art historian, working as a journalist and living in Belgium. She loves progressive music (AAL, Exivious, Chimp Spanner, Bulb, Cynic, Ayreon, Marillion, ...), concerts & festivals, comedy (Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Billy Connolly, ...), TV-series & movies (Game of Thrones, The Avengers,...), cats, storms, Belgian beers (especially Chimay Blue & Rochefort 10°) and sushi. Last but not least, she is very excited to be a got-djent.com mod!

Iamasingularity (content moderator) - iamasingularity at got-djent dot com

A 19 year old who strives to stay on his career path. His plans are to work towards gaining experience through internship and luthier school, then open a custom shop someday. He has deep respect for nature and unconditional love towards animals. When he has time he spends hours observing the works of nature and swimming in the river with his dog.

Moderators on hiatus: paulyrhythm, Ellen Djenteres, Mahn, jwinti, IARETYRAWR, ma7erick, Waldheri, StervendeWens, JL_VerthAliceR, Psy-Blade, MonstaH, Klonere, overdark, zyglrob, metal_legend, Kaushik

Contact the entire team: info at got-djent dot com

Join us

We're always looking for committed moderators to join our ranks. If you're interested in joining the team, you can find more information on our 'Join the got-djent.com team' page. Don't hesitate to contact us for a tryout!