5 Iconic Djent Riffs (Drop G#)

Periphery, Northlane, Invent Animate, Volumes, and Polaris. Little bit of old and a little bit of new. Admittedly, the Invent Animate riff isn't exactly iconic but I thought throwing in SOMETHING from Everchanger was necessary. All the other riffs are absolute staples in the genre and deserve a spot on the list. Cheers, djentlemen.

📍Guitar tuning in this video: Drop G#/Ab

📍Guitars/ Gear:
- Ibanez RGA7 (EMG-HZ pickups)
- Ibanez ARZ400 Artist Series
- PRS SE Standard 24-08 Evertune
- Audient iD4 MK2
- Neural DSP
- Submission Audio
- GGD Modern & Massive

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[belugaprincessofficial]

drop G# is THE OG djent tuning, really good work on this, love the little flourishes you added

[demo]

this video pays homage to two guitarists im very inspired by. RIP Ryan and Diego

[coldmoonlight]

I like that you opened with some PureRiffery.
Love that shit 🤘

[recklessnotion]

This man has excellent taste in riffing. Two off the top of the head that would have fit well with this list is Neo Seoul by After the Burial, that main riff after the opening and Tremors by Currents between the 30 and 50 sec mark. And between the 2 min and ten - 2 min 35 sec mark. Absolutely devastating riffage.

[AntonOhlin]

These are actually some spicy and not so obvious choices! Great work!

[ingvarr]

The first riff of this compilation is exactly the first djent riff I've heard in my life over 10 years ago 🙃
great job!

[Veridi]

the courier riff is literally my style with the Japanese mode runs, that's so cool

[freakinricankaraoke]

absolutely amazing song selection. The mix from Northlane to IA felt so good I almost saw it coming

[belikemusic]

Every video is awesome! Keep em coming you got the ear for the sick djenty boi riffs and we want more!

[claytonmitchell]

That classic Invent Animate and Northlane style is a tier above anything else for me. Not just in that era of metalcore, but any era of metalcore. When everybody else started to do it, they just couldn't do it as well (IMO obviously, not everyone agrees with that, and that's perfectly fine)

[Pietreszcz]

Ah, the original Djent tuning. Good times.
Great covers and absolutely stunning production!

[LimitlessPotential]

amazing choices great mixes great playing

[GrootGuitar]

I knew it in my gut what the first song on this list would be! Killer job, man.🤘🦖

[Nopalmtreez]

The volumes section is so groovy man 🔥 absolutely fire

[INIGO]

VIA is literally my fav...major key riffs imo are so heavy.. the lower tuning and rhythm mixed with the happy sound adds such a contrast that makes you wanna crip walk in the pit

[MikeAngelo]

Great job 👏🏻
Love the sound and the riffs

[ConnorHammond]

Yes dude, time to bring out the Tesseract! 🤘

[Qysej]

I've been listening to this for days. I really like this better than the originals even. I really love the synth arpeggios you added on Dispossession and Pray For Rain. Can you please do full covers of these?

[lautarogarcia]

My man, could you make some tutorials of how to achieve such recordings? Your tone and mix are on point

[duff]

The polaris riff is huge. Ryan siew was a legit pioneer