A Hypothesis concerning screamo

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hans_aschim

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We've all heard the earsplitting tones that are 'screamo', but do we ever wonder? Wonder why scream? Why start screaming now? Music has been around for a long time (234124 years?) but only now have artists resorted simply to screaming as a means of communicating their emotions rather than through heartfelt, expressive lyrics. Dont get me wrong, some bands can scream and I am ok with it. By some I pretty much mean Thursday and the occasional glasjaw song. So, is screamo simply a result of an incapable lyricist with insatiable inner-conflict or what it seems?
 
Nah they can just do it, people like it, they like the people and its all good. Another good screamo band is between the buried and me
 
maybe it just feels good? anyone ever just gone for a good scream, it's pretty effing satisfying...music isn't 100% only for the benefit of the audience.
 
^ you my friend are a faggot. lost prophets are terrible and if u consider them good screamo then you have no idea. ffaf is good though

but man its jsut a genre, its hardcore mixed with emo. you know they dont scream cuz they dont know what to say its jsut a style of music. its kids who like hardcore but like other shit to
 
There's shitty screamo, like that emo kid who posted his band music here once. ANd then there's stuff like Number 12 Looks LIke You, which is pretty dope. But death growls are where it's at. Lik the Black Dahlia Murder(L)
 
buddy, they are still screaming words. Go take a read at some of alexisonfires lyrics. They are in no way bad at all, better than kiesha chante or any other black teen thinking they are hot shit.
 
thursday fuckin blows.

lost prophets are not screamo.

they are shit.

listen to silverstein.

thats good screamo.

listen to a static lullabye. their old stuff.

and their super new stuff.
 
PS: alexisonfire.

fuckin GOOD screamo.

crisis is the best album i have ever heard in the genre.
 
^ yeh crissis is amaazing, all of their cd's are sick. but the new thursday aint bad yeh they got real emo shit but half their music is good screamo. they at least havent sold out or changed much jsut like alexisonfire.
 
Im assuming the 3 arrows, are pointing to the post 3 above yours. Where the guy claiming Silverstein to be good. Calm down
 
It's a diffrernt way to express yourself.

I see no problem.

It's a way to create sounds meant purely for interpretation anyways, why the dislike???
 
Yeah, man. If you're going to do a hypothesis then you're going to need to do it properly... If - Then form.
 
my bad bro, dont eat a dick i take it back.

but hate to say it but silverstein still kills it live or at least 3 years ago when i saw they did
 
AS I LAY DYING IS NOT SCREAMO.

are you fucking serious? they are straight up metal. next you will be telling me that zao is screamo.

grind is sick. and some metal is sick.

but silverstein is definitely screamo, and they dont just throw in a few screams. i would put them WAY above hawthorne heights, who fucking blow live and on cd.

the bled is screamo, but more hardcore than screamo. the key to knowing if a band is screamo is if they have emo influences. thursday fits into that definition perfectly, but i am NOT a fan of his voice.

but yeah, to whoever called as i lay dying screamo, fuck you in the neck.
 
I'm fairly certain the thread creator was not aware of this. A very small percentage of bands that utilize screaming vocals would fall under the screamo genre.
 
haha there's been a fair few emocore bands mentioned, a fair few metalcore bands mentioned too, however I haven't seen any real 'screamo' bands listed (Antioch Arrow, I Robot, Moss Icon). You could argue that it's not even a real genre, it's a musical characteristic that several emo/emo violence/emocore bands use to express extreme emotions, and effectively I might add.
 
The true thing to think about right now, would be why people who listen to such genre's of music like screamo, are so defensive of their music. Never have I seen people rise up and fight opinions so stupidly.

Music is generally opinion, it's something we interpret and take what we can from it. But for some reason these people want to classify every band in a specific genre, and god help us we can't get that genre wrong.
 
Im not going to debate you, because I agree that Silvestein is "pop" with hardcore references...But you are also bashing on me completly unaware that I listen to Throw Down, Terror, Verse, Bane (all old school hardcore) to Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth, As I Lay Dying (newer metal) to thrash, punk, older metal...

...essentially, you are preaching to someone who agrees with what you said, and was just commenting on a band in the genre that the thread was refering to...
 
i must admit silverstein sucks complete and total balls

but some good screamo is a static lullaby,bullet for my valentine,AIDEN!! FUCKING AMAZING but only some songs are screamo..and whoever considers hawthorne heights screamo deserves to die in a hole
 
^^^ haha yeh foreal. if u like aiden then u might as well put as mcuh white make up on ur face and then listen to my chemical romance and slit u fag
 
Seriously; all of you need to like go smoke a bowl, go outside. play a video game, etc and stop worrying about shit like this.
 
hawthorne hieghts screaming sounds like the first few breaths you can reatain after you get the wind knocked out of you. Its more of just a coarse whisper. in short hawthorne hieghts are snaggleflags.
 
I like how someone classified Bane and Terror as old-school hardcore. I've got nothing against it, I do the exact same thing, but true old-school hardcore is shit like Black Flag and Minor Threat, which for some reason these days is just considered old-school punk. But as far as screaming goes, I like what fireunderwater said.
 
Yea...if you want to get down to it, its not "old school" hardcore...but labels get so broad...and the fact that bands like Bane and Terror started adding elements to the music that are now being considered benchmarks of modern hardcore. Essentially, bands like them were a key stepping stone in the evolution of "old school hardcore" to new school hardcore bands like Bury Your Dead, Since the Flood, and Black My Heart.

PS, If you havent heard Black My Heart yet...do it. They are amazing.
 
People have screamed as a way of expressing themselves in music for as long as music has been around. Just because you don't know about it, doesn't mean it never existed.
 
of course skiing has been around for a while. but people never built parks or slid rails...so why should we do it now?

because its fun and its progression

i think the same principal goes to music
 
the first alexisonfire album was mostly sceaming for vocals but you could make out what they were saying, just. but crisis, the new album is mostly singing which is weird.
 
im personal friends with some screamers from some pretty sick local bands. You can have the same expressive, deep lyrics in a scream than just simply singing. Screaming does not limit lyrics...it just takes a better listener to understand.
 
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