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Also known as skramz

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

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Music genre.name
Screamo
Music genre.other_names
Skramz
Music genre.image
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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 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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