screamo

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of scream +‎ emo

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈskɹiːməʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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screamo (uncountable)

  1. (music) 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. (music) 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.
    Synonym: posthardcore
  3. (music) Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.

Usage notes

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Due to the similarities of the different genres described by the word screamo, the term is the cause of much confusion and controversy (see discussions at Talk:Screamo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).

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