Track Of The Day - The Infinite Edition

These guys can deny the genre status of the style they popularized, but this is a prime example of modern djent:

As much as Djent gets meme'd on, Djent Is Not A Genre is proving to be a solid part of my year end list this year. It's definitely a taste thing with the way the clean vocals are used, especially with the length of the full album, but this is definitely my favorite Periphery album to date. Something about the hooks, songwriting, and riff choice really brought me to their side after the disappointment that was Hail Stan from 2019. 

A dark monstrous 22-minute epic of experimental prog-death metal:

Arjen Lucassen's spin-off project to Ayreon, Star One has created majestic compositions of progressive space metal:

A few of the bonus tracks in the limited edition of Space Metal also rule, like this kick-A tribute medley to an earlier space rock band:

A true highlight of symphonic/avant-garde metal with awesome eerie vocals:

A killer short yet progressive track with catchy heavy rhythm to headbang to:

An incredible piece of violent yet melodic blackened prog-metal from Trivium frontman Matt Heafy:

Jazzy post-progressive metal from LA:

Lots of ominous riffing in this progressive thrasher:

Ambitious epic space progressive djent:

Sludgy progressive metal with metalcore tendencies:

The band example of funky carnival-style avant-garde metal from this band that includes Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton:

Although this new blend of deathly progressive metal with metalcore elements doesn't sound as cool as it should, it shines the best in this 7 and a half minute epic throwing back to Persefone's earlier greatness:

A hard-hitting progressive epic of "RAGE!... RAGE!... RAGE!... RAGE!...":

An under two-minute track perfectly uniting progressive metal with hardcore/speed metal as the leads and rhythms strike each other for dominance:

The vocals and guitars reach their progressive height as dynamic emotion flow through the atmospheric darkness:

The perfect progressive closing epic to this fascinating heavy experience:

The perfect progressive closing epic to this re-recording album, combining the heavy and acoustic versions of this iconic song for a memorable climax of harmonic leads:

I would've chosen one or both of the Crimson epics for this thread, but that felt like too much of a cheat. So I'll just go with this highlight of catchy progressive action:

A dynamic progressive adventure within an adventure:

This 9-minute progressive epic is the best way to summarize all this Mayan album has to offer:

I would've chosen one or both of the Crimson epics for this thread, but that felt like too much of a cheat. So I'll just go with this highlight of catchy progressive action:

A 30th anniversary remastering of that track, having just come out today:

The perfect progressive closing epic to this out-of-this-world experience:

Greymachine isn't the only band to feature Isis frontman Aaron Turner. After both bands dissolved, he formed a new one of experimental post-sludge, Sumac:

I also enjoy this band that is another prime example of modern djent/metalcore: