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screamo.

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.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈskɹiːməʊ/
  1. 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.

    uncountable
  2. 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.

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

    uncountable
  4. Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.

    derogatory · often · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Blend of scream + emo.

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