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Screamo (also referred to as skramz) is a subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s and emphasizes "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics". San Diego–based bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow pioneered the genre in the early 1990s, and it was developed in the late 1990s mainly by bands from the East Coast of the United States such as Pg. 99, Orchid, Saetia, and I Hate Myself. Screamo is strongly influenced by hardcore punk and characterized by the use of screamed vocals. Lyrical themes usually include emotional pain, death, romance, and human rights. The term "screamo" has frequently
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Screamo
- Music genre.other_names
- Skramz
- Music genre.image
- Orchid - Stierch.jpg
- Music genre.caption
- Orchid performing in 2000
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Early 1990s, San Diego, California, U.S.
- Music genre.derivatives
- Pop screamo
- Music genre.local_scenes
- San Diego sound
- Music genre.other_topics
- Bands screaming (music) metalcore Risecore
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19 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Etymology
- Corruption
- Recodification
- History
- Origins (early 1990s)
- Diversification (mid–to late 1990s)
- Mainstream crossover (2000s)
- Revival (2010s)
- Subgenres and fusion genres
- Emoviolence
- Post-screamo
- Sass
- Pop screamo
- Kittencore
- Bedroom skramz
- See also
- References
- External links
Screamo (also referred to as skramz) is a subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s and emphasizes "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics". San Diego–based bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow pioneered the genre in the early 1990s, and it was developed in the late 1990s mainly by bands from the East Coast of the United States such as Pg. 99, Orchid, Saetia, and I Hate Myself. Screamo is strongly influenced by hardcore punk and characterized by the use of screamed vocals. Lyrical themes usually include emotional pain, death, romance, and human rights. The term "screamo" has frequently been mistaken as referring to any music with screaming.
==Characteristics==