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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 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. 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. 4
   Any aggressive music with screamed vocals. derogatory, often, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

posthardcore

Example

More examples

"This band defines Korean screamo."

Etymology

Blend of scream + emo.

Related phrases

hardcore emohardcore punklo fipunk rock

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