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*** Noun
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1. [en] 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. [en] 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. [en] 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. [en] Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.
**** Usage notes
Due to the similarities of the different genres described by the word SCREAMO,
the term is the cause of much confusion and controversy (see discussions at
[Talk:Screamo]).
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