I think that might be because Meshuggah are the most obvious and direct influence on a lot of the newer &quot;Djent&quot; bands like Periphery and Tesseract that are popular with younger fans.<p>What&#x27;s interesting to me about those bands is that they took some of the elements of Meshuggah&#x27;s sound - the complex time and extended range instruments - but usually end up with something that&#x27;s not as heavy or extreme, often having very melodic sections and lots of clean singing.<p>For a long time it seemed the direction was a bit one way - bands tending to get more extreme - and while that&#x27;s still the case it&#x27;s maybe going the other way at the same time.