(17 Apr 2011)
Personally, I'm really uncertain about djent's future, more specifically, whether it has one. It seems to me that it's more a style of riffing to which there is a very fitting guitar sound, than an actual genre. Also, it's sort of like alternative metal, in the way that it's a "genre" that can be taken to virtually infinite places, yet the bands seem to tend to stick to the usual stuff. So far, this is the only djent band which has caught my interest.
Anyway, on JoL PRELUDE, Circles play an Alt-Metal fused with Djent that is much more commercial than what I'm comfortable with, but, like System of a Down or Atomship, they have no problem with mixing hooks and simple song structures with a lot of interesting details, as well as some very good dynamics. Overall, slightly cheesy and cliché, but at the same time very interesting throughout.
Standout tracks:
None. They're all great, but also have all got some big goofs.
PS: The vocalist sounds way too much like a prepubescent Trent Reznor
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