Screamo
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EmoStylistic origins:
hardcore punk,
indie rockCultural origins:mid 1980s
Washington, DCTypical
instruments:
Guitar -
Bass -
DrumsMainstream popularity:
Sporadically through the 1980s and '90s, growing in the early 2000sSubgenresEmocore - Hardcore emo - Emo violence - ScreamoFusion genresPost-hardcore - Emotional MetalcoreRegional scenesMidwestern emoOther topicsList of emo groups - Timeline of alternative rockScreamo is a
musical genre which evolved from
emo,
post-hardcore, more specifically
hardcore emo in the early
1990s. Characteristic of the genre are hardcore screaming vocals and harmonized guitars.
Breakdowns in screamo songs are often slower and more melodic than in other genres, less of a "beatdown" and more of an opportunity for introspection (and rest for the musicians). Other than that, it is fairly hard to classify (particularly since the rule about screaming vocals is bent fairly often).