screamo

British

/ ˈskriːməʊ /

noun

1. a form of emo music typically featuring screaming vocals
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a screamo band

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Etymology

Origin of screamo

C20: blend of _scream + _emo

Example Sentences

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I booked the indie, ska, emo, screamo and pop punk stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

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

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

The song has screamo moments mixed with a Sigur Ros-esque melody.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2019

“I used to be in a screamo band,” Tins tells me after the performance.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2014

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