I like just a moderate degree of djent but not the real stuff - just too shattered/mathematical/broken/messy to my ears. I like metal (coming from the end-80's stuff), also with some degree of finesse/prog but I think the djent guys are doing it simply to get stuff as complicated as it goes - most stuff tends to lose appeal if overdone. This is where I don't see real musicality. But we're all different, some may exactly enjoy the complexity of djent. I like it when there's some melodies going on, too.
I think that guy doing his solo project - chimp spinner - has been doing djent for a while.
Animals as Leaders are a bit different from the rest - they have a super guitarist who's also using 8-string guitars. Djent also works with 6 strings...