Utah progressive metal and djent act Chronicles builds its sound on polyrhythmic precision and tightly constructed modern metal arrangements. Their music belongs to the technically demanding, groove-anchored side of progressive metal.

Cloudkicker is the solo project of Columbus, Ohio-based guitarist Ben Sharp, a commercial airline pilot who has released instrumental post-metal and djent music under that alias since 2007. Sharp composes, records, and engineers everything himself, and has distributed all releases as pay-what-you-want downloads under Creative Commons licensing, amassing an unusually large following for a DIY studio project. His breakthrough album Beacons arrived in 2010, and a short touring run in 2014 with Intronaut as a backing band marked his only live performances.

Green Bay, Wisconsin outfit working in the djent-adjacent groove metal space, built on polyrhythmic riffing and rhythmic precision. Their material favors low-end density and locked-in, mechanical heaviness.

Phoenix's Cryptadia fuse djent's polyrhythmic precision with progressive metal's expansive song structures, producing technically demanding music built on groove and complexity. Their material is dense, layered, and aimed at fans of modern heavy progressive sounds.

Saratoga Springs, Utah multi-instrumentalist David Lyon weaves djent-driven rhythmic precision into a tapestry of progressive and symphonic metal, a sweeping and technically demanding sonic vision he's been developing since 2004.

Milwaukee's Deorbit launched in 2023 at the intersection of progressive metal and djent, applying the polyrhythmic tension of modern progressive metal to the Midwest's tradition of grinding out something honest and technically ambitious. Their dense, syncopated riffing and atmospheric spaciousness make them an emerging presence in Wisconsin's growing metal underground.

Denver's Eddie Kim charts one of the more interesting trajectories in the underground — starting from post-rock and progressive territory before evolving toward death metal, deathcore, and djent, active since 2011.

Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.

Haunted Shores began as a full band project led by guitarist Mark Holcomb before evolving into a studio collaboration between Holcomb and Periphery co-founder Misha Mansoor following both joining that band. The Washington, DC-rooted djent project released a self-titled debut in 2011, the Viscera EP in 2015, and the second full-length Void in 2022, with guest vocalists including Spencer Sotelo and Dan Tompkins filling vocal duties across the recordings. The project operates as a vehicle for progressive metal experimentation outside the demands of Periphery's touring schedule.