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screamo

noun
/ˈskɹiːməʊ/

Etymology

Blend of scream + emo.

Definitions

  1. A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals,…

    A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.

  2. A genre of guitar-driven music combining late 1990's emo indie rock with interludes of…

    A genre of guitar-driven music combining late 1990's emo indie rock with interludes of screaming vocals, often accompanied by hardcore or metalcore guitar riffs.

  3. Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the…

    Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.

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