Emoviolence
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Screamo pioneers Orchid performing in 2000
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Screamo is an aggressive style of emo that emerged in the early 1990s, using short songs that combined musical intensity with "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics." It was pioneered by San Diego bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow and developed in the late 1990s mainly by bands from the East Coast of the United States such as Orchid, Saetia, and Pg. 99. Screamo is characterised by a strong influence from hardcore punk and the use of screamed vocals. Lyrical themes usually include emotional pain, romantic interest, politics, and human rights. Some screamo bands border on powerviolence (a fusion sometimes termed "emoviolence") and grindcore.
The term is complicated in usage and many bands object to the label. The vocal style it describes is not clearly defined and even some bands using growled vocals have been called screamo. It has been applied to various genres unrelated to the original screamo scene, such as modern post-hardcore and metalcore.
Screamo essentially is a style of hardcore punk-influenced emo with screaming. The term screamo is a portmanteau of the words "scream" and "emo." Screamo uses typical rock instrumentation, but is notable for its brief compositions, chaotic sounds, harmonized guitars, and screaming vocals. Some screamo music features chaotic noise and quiet, melodic guitar lines put into a song. According to AllMusic, screamo is "generally based in the aggressive side of the overarching punk-revival scene." Screamo often features dynamic shifts that go from soft and quiet to loud and aggressive or loud and aggressive to soft and quiet. Emotional singing and harsh screaming are common vocals in screamo. A lot of screamo bands sometimes play ballads.
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