screamo

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/ˈskɹiːməʊ/

noun

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.

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posthardcore
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Meanings

nounscreamo (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA 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. uncountableentertainmentA 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.

    Synonyms: posthardcore

  3. uncountableentertainmentAny punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.
  4. derogatoryoftenuncountableentertainmentAny aggressive music with screamed vocals.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
posthardcore

Origin

Blend of scream + emo.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screamo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screamo.

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