Screamo

Screamo is a subgenre of post-hardcore characterized by intense, emotive soundscapes and chaotic, screamed vocals. Emerging in the 1990s, particularly in San Diego's DIY scene, screamo drew from punk, hardcore, and emo traditions. By the early 2000s, the genre gained mainstream popularity, marked by frantic, intricate guitar work, driving rhythms, and a mix of screamed and clean vocals. Screamo's cultural significance lies in its cathartic expression of adolescent angst and emotional turmoil, resonating with a generation seeking authenticity and release. While often associated with emo and post-hardcore, screamo's distinguishing feature is its more extreme, chaotic sound, which set it apart from its more melodic counterparts.

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Ocean Divide
Single - Released February 18, 2026

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A Skylit Drive
AFI
AFTERMYFALL
Acres
Adept
After Hour Animals
Alexisonfire
Alkaline Trio
Appeal To Authority
Armor For Sleep
Atreyu
Attila
Avalanche Effect
Bisturí
Black Veil Brides
Bring Me The Horizon
Bruuno
Bury Tomorrow
Cloudcage
Coheed and Cambria
Comastatic
Converge
Counterparts
Deaf Havana
Demersal
Disventure Camp
Divine Fallacy
Drill for Absentee
Drop Dead, Gorgeous
Edit The Tide
Emarosa
Emery
Endzweck
Escape the Fate
Every King Has A Clown
FAIM
FISHER
FJØRT
Four Year Strong
From First To Last
Gone Are the Days
HEAVENSGATE
Hands Like Houses
Hawthorne Heights
Homesick
I Hate Myself
I Set My Friends On Fire
If Not For Me
In Waves
Ink & Dagger
Jejune
Judge & Jury
Kaelob Mecum
L.S. Dunes
Le Sacerdotesse dell'Isola del Piacere
Lift The Curse
Like Moths To Flames
Lil Mariko
Lord Distortion
Matchbook Romance
Miss May I
Modern Day Escape
Murder Junkies
No Cure
Noise Ratchet
Nuzzle
Of Mice & Men
Oh! I Kill
PAWLIE POIZN
Poison The Well
Quercia
Roman Candle
Rou Reynolds
SHIFTER
SUPERWORLD
Say Anything
Seven Blood
Stay Inside
Story Of The Year
Stutterfly
Sundowning
Svalbard
The Amity Affliction
The Bunny The Bear
The Devil Wears Prada
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Starting Line
Thrice
Ultimate Emo Party
Underoath
Zao
blessthefall
departmefrombearisland
i don't like mirrors
moreru
never easy
soccer.
son of deni
weknewnothing
xEIGHTY-SIXEDx
Bring Me The Horizon
FISHER
Pierce The Veil
A Day To Remember
Bullet For My Valentine
Sleeping With Sirens
Asking Alexandria
i don't like mirrors
Dance Gavin Dance
Memphis May Fire
AFI
Rain City Drive
The Used
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Amity Affliction
Silverstein
Black Veil Brides
Escape the Fate
Taking Back Sunday
Coheed and Cambria
The Devil Wears Prada
Get Scared
Underoath
Thrice
Brand New
Atreyu
Of Mice & Men
thrown
Tyler Cole
Senses Fail
Alkaline Trio
Saosin
Alexisonfire
Sugarcult
Story Of The Year
I See Stars
blessthefall
Hawthorne Heights
Glassjaw
La Dispute
Alesana
Counterparts
Judge & Jury
Bury Tomorrow
Issues
Bayside
Attack Attack!
Acres
Not Enough Space
Miss May I
Emarosa
Attila
Chiodos
Like Moths To Flames
Godmode
praise.
Deaf Havana
Jonny Craig
Hands Like Houses
Circa Survive
Say Anything
never easy
robbietheused
Four Year Strong
SLAVES
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Emery
Finch
Converge
Poison The Well
Norma Jean
Thursday
Rivals
The Starting Line
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
ФРЕНДЗОНА
From First To Last
Picturesque
If Not For Me
Funeral For A Friend
Adept
The Fall of Troy
Craig Owens
A Skylit Drive
Kaelob Mecum
SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
Woe, Is Me
Matchbook Romance
Your Arms Are My Cocoon
Lil Mariko
Eyes Set To Kill
Armor For Sleep
LOCKED SHUT
XweaponX
Cap'n Jazz
Jejune
DethTech
Evergreen Terrace
Dead Lakes
Haste The Day