screamo

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Synonyms: scream, screams, screamy

Antonyms: scream, screams, screamy

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|music}} A [[genre]] of aggressive [[lo-fi]] [[guitar]]-driven music with predominantly screaming [[vocals]], while preserving structural aspects of the [[emocore]]/[[hardcore emo]] genres of the early 1990's.
2. {{lb|en|music}} A genre of guitar-driven music combining late 1990's [[emo]] [[indie]] rock with interludes of screaming vocals, often accompanied by [[hardcore]] or [[metalcore]] guitar riffs.
3. {{lb|en|music}} Any [[punk rock]]-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain [[subgenre]]s of [[hardcore punk]].
4. {{lb|en|music|often [[wikt:derogatory|derogatory]]}} Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.

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