screamo Meaning & Definition
/ˈskɹiːməʊ/
What Does Screamo Mean?
Screamo is a noun that means 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. It is also used to mean 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.
Screamo Definition (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.
- 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.
- Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.
- Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.
Synonyms of Screamo
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Screamo synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
screamo (uncountable)
Origin of Screamo
Blend of scream + emo.