screamo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of screamo
C20: blend of scream + emo
Example Sentences
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She wrote her debut album in the midst of chaos, pouring all of those experiences into 15 gritty, eviscerating songs that swerve between rock, emo, pop, screamo and nu metal.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
For the alternative crowd: Poppy continues her Nine Inch Nails-inspired industrial streak, Beartooth’s melodic screamo powers on and Jared Leto ’s Thirty Seconds to Mars bring an optimistic take on the apocalypse.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Gatherers, “Black Marigold” If early-aughts screamo is classic rock by now, these New Jersey vets brought it into modernity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
In 2006, My Chemical Romance — by then, an edgy screamo band turned ostentatious pop-punk dramatists — released “The Black Parade,” a flashy and theatrical opus that established the group as art-house emo sophisticates.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
Known to his parents as Sonny Moore, Skrillex began his music career at 16 as the lead singer of the screamo band From First to Last.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2011
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