Kind of a player request, please!

[Nadz1lla]

Could anyone on here do me a play-test, please?

I have defined a good Pod XT tone that I think would be good for that whole "Djent" sound, but I think it might be my guitar that just isn't cutting it.
Whoever wants to do this will need the "Metal Shop" add-on for it to work, as it uses the Engl modeller.

http://uk.line6.com/customtone/profile/NADZ1LLA/

The first one is old, please ignore that one, but tones Nadz Powerball 1 to Nadz Powerball 4 are the ones I'd like tested.

It would be really nice if Nolly or lepersmeesa could give one of them a go (if lepersmeesa even still visits us...*sniff* :(), as I am familiar with your sounds, guys, and I love them! But if anyone else has the Djent inclination and could plug your lovely guitars into this, then please do feel free!

Many thanks in advance for any help.   

[chrisola]

Djent? is it a band or a genre?  :lol:

And I thought 'bombastic epic folk power metal' was a rubbish genre name :P

[ras]

hahaha Djent is the onomatopoeia of the sound a 4 note power chord makes when it is choked with palm muting in the just the right way.  It's progressive metal with a Meshuggah and death metal tinges.  I think it is hilarious that we have stopped trying to make hybrid names for metal (i.e. "it's folkish doom sludge death hardcore  breakbeatcorecore") and now have come to relating a "genre" to the sounds related to it.  Electronica then can be "beep boop beep" or "bawooowwwwwuuuu bowwwwww".

[gwEm]

i just call all of it br00talz myself :) its funny, because the kind of metal i like is almost called classic rock today :|

sorry i don't have a POD Nadzilla or I'd be interested to try your patches.

[Telerocker]

i just call all of it br00talz myself :) its funny, because the kind of metal i like is almost called classic rock today :|

Yes, the times they are a changin'  :)

[Nadz1lla]

Heh, "Djent" is usually associated with Mathcore / Tech Metal and newer Progressive stuff. Usually containing poly-rhythmic sections aplenty.

Check out TesseracT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_YIiRoRFM

Meshuggah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc

Animals as Leaders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmfzWpp0hMc

[Dmoney]

I didn't realise that is what Djent meant.

come to think of it though, the amount of times ive said "you know, like this... DJENT DJEEEENT DJENNNT" it kind of makes sense.

I do it with other stuff too like "ner ner... na ner ner... na ner ner" which is usually representative of some band playing octave harmonies over power chords to the point where it is completely sickening.

[Nadz1lla]

Aye, it's more of a description of a guitar sound rather than an actual "genre" of music. It's just that it is mostly associated with tech / prog / math bands. Although I have heard some Bring Me The Horizon that has that tasty "Djent" sound too. Hate the band, love the tone, heh.

[JDC]

djent for me is the tone, it's all about the high mids

[shobet]

What the $%&# are you all on about?

[Nadz1lla]

Uhm, haven't we just been explaining that? Just read the posts again, it'll sink in soon.  :lol:

[chrisola]

ah ok -- i love Animals As Leaders -- i just assumed it would fall under 'progressive metal' myself... clearly behind the times  :P

Song of solomon is my favourate track, here is a live version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqT1aA4Q88

Awesome guitar playing!

I would have tried your patches but i don't have the correct model packs for my GuitarPort :(

[Jonny]

I could try it (because your tones are usually good) but I don't know what to play really :P

The best I can do is Architects. Or BTBAM. But I don't know if that's what you're going for.

[Nadz1lla]

Oooh, Jonny, that would be great. If I remember correctly, Architects have a kind of djenty sound to some of their stuff. Let me just look up BTBAM... *Google-fu commenceth...* Hmmm, they have nice tone but it's not quite got that djenty quality to it.

Architects pretty much nail it in the first riff of Early Grave though!   :D

[Edit] Just to add, doesn't need to be a whole track or anything, and doesn't need backing. Just a phrase or two with plain ol' axery to get a feel for the sound.  ;)

Ta!

[Jonny]

Even on stock pickups?