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

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

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

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2014

It’s harmless, high-energy screamo by the numbers: assault-weapon guitars, square and loud drumming, vocals alternating between sandpapered shouting and clean, digitally assisted pleas: “I’d do anything to bring you back to life,” and so on.

From New York Times • May 22, 2011

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